Job summary
Employer heading
Discharge Coordinator
Band 3
Job overview
The National Rehabilitation Centre (NRC) will transform the future of rehabilitation for people who have experienced injury or illness. In preparation for opening of the new centre in summer 2025, the Rehabilitation Directorate Team will support intensive MSK rehabilitation for a group of patients located on Edward 2 ward at Nottingham City Hospital. Joining the Edward 2 team and the National ambition for rehabilitation, you will have the opportunity to make a positive impact on many people’s lives through being part of their rehabilitation journey and influencing the specialism by pushing the boundaries of rehabilitation forwards with involvement in research and technology. See the NRC website below for more details of the centre www.nationalrehabilitationcentre.nhs.uk.
This fixed term Discharge Co-ordinator position in Rehabilitation will be a crucial part of the team. This interim role will be in place as a 0.5WTE position based on Edward 2 until summer 2025. We would like to hear from candidates interested in fixed term or secondment opportunities who believe they can fulfil the attached job description and person specification.
Main duties of the job
The successful candidate will be based on ward Edward 2 at City Hospital.
This person is expected to work in the ward environment, alongside the multidisciplinary team to ensure that effective disacharge planning and communication are managed in order to provide a smooth, timely discharge from hospital.
The discharge coordinator will be working alongside the large team of nurses, doctors, physiotherapists, care support workers and occupational therapists. The role of the discharge coordinator will require working closely with the integrated discharge team, following the discharge to assess pathways as we ll as working with the nursing and medical treams to ensure prompt discharges from the ward via the discharge lounge as much as possible.
Keeping the ward environment clean and tidy will be another key responsibility of the discharge coordinator and they will be expected to be a friendly and approachable member of staff. Other responsibilities will include answering the telephone, liaising with family members and chasing any delays to discharge.
Working for our organisation
With over 19,000 staff, we are one of the biggest employers in the city with a central role in supporting the health and wellbeing of our local population. We play a leading role in research, education and innovation.
Come and join our wonderful team at NUH. We are big believers in diversity and welcome new ideas to help develop our team in order to deliver world class healthcare to the vast patient populations we serve. With endless personal development opportunities available, at NUH we will endeavour to turn your job into a career!
We particularly welcome applications from people who identify as Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic, or Disabled, as we are striving to be better represented at NUH.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please refer to the job description and person specification attached to the advert for the full details of the vacancy.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Evidence of a good standard of written and spoken English
Desirable criteria
- Aware of how to use hospital IT systems
Experiance
Essential criteria
- At least 2 years of telephone/receptionist/clerical. experience is required
Desirable criteria
- Ability to write reports on discharge data and to communicate this information to all levels of clinical staff
Communication
Essential criteria
- Demonstrate effective written and verbal communication skills
Desirable criteria
- Demonstration of team working and ability to work within a team
Judgemental skills
Essential criteria
- Prioritises/reprioritises own workload to co - ordinate deadlines as determined by others.
organisation skills
Essential criteria
- Able to work using own initiative.
physical skills
Essential criteria
- Physically able to perform the full range of duties
Applicant requirements
The postholder will have access to vulnerable people in the course of their normal duties and as such this post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Frances Jagger
- Job title
- Ward Manager
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Additional information
For an informal visit, please contact
Frances Jagger – Ward Manager Edward 2
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