Job summary
Working hours – 37.5 hours per week
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a dynamic, enthusiastic and motivated individual to join the ICP as a Band 6 Integrated Discharge Sister. The role of the Discharge Sister will be responsible for facilitating all aspects of the discharge process, including complex discharges, liaising with families, external agencies and the multi-disciplinary teams, ensuring all discharges are completed in a timely fashion to ensure flow through the hospital.They will also be responsible for managing their own cases load of patients ensuring all aspects of the discharge have been addressed. Training will be provided and you will be supported by current post holders.
The list below is to outline the main duties involved; however this is subject to change and will vary within the given role. We ask all employees to be flexible in their role, to always ensure we are delivering Safe, Kind and Effective care.
Main duties of the job
To work as an autonomous practitioner to perform a specialist nursing assessment patients. To use clinical reasoning to deliver and adapt individualised discharge plans, involving patients and carers/relatives in the planning and delivery.
To be professionally responsible for managing a defined caseload of complex cases and lead Discharge Planning/Best Interest Meetings and Professionals meetings as required.
To ensure the Trust meet its statutory responsibilities to the homeless patients by ensuring a full assessment has been undertaken.
To facilitate Red and Green Multidisciplinary Meetings daily on the wards to ensure active discharge planning is being undertaken to progress the patient to their date of discharge.
To identify which discharge pathway the patient requires and in conjunction with the ward staff ensure this is documented on tele tracking at the daily meetings.
Those individuals who have been identified on Pathway 4 as requiring further period of rehabilitation the post holder is to ensure that the individual meets the criteria and the intermediate care checklist has been completed to ensure a safe and timely transfer of care.
To provide education/training to the ward staff and other members of the multidisciplinary team in all matters related to discharge planning.
See Job Description for further details.
About us
The Countess of Chester Hospital NHS Foundation Trust consists of a 600 bedded large District General Hospital, which provides its services on the Countess of Chester Health Park, and a 64 bedded Intermediate Care Service at Ellesmere Port Hospital.The Trust provides services in all of the surgical and medical specialties common to a District General Hospital with some specialist services. The Trust serves the whole of the local population currently in excess of 250,000 residents which geographically covers populations in England and North Wales.The Trust strives to continuously improve and sustain the quality of its services for patients, providing care to more than 445,000 patients per year, with almost 4,000 staff working together putting quality and patient safety, at the heart of everything we do. The organisation provides a wide range of services offering health care to the whole spectrum of the population from birth to the end of life. The Trust complies with its terms of authorisation as a Foundation Trust.
Job description
Job responsibilities
See Job Description for further details.
Recruitment selection processes are based on competence (see Person specification) and values.
Please note applicants will be required to pay for their DBS check. Costs are deducted from salary following appointment. The cost of the DBS application is £23 (standard) or £43 (enhanced), this cost will be deducted from your salary over the first three months of employment.
You are encouraged to enrol for the DBS Update Service. A small annual fee of £13 per year applies.
New entrants to the NHS will commence on the minimum of the scale stated above.
Applicants are advised to apply early as if a large number of applications are received for this post, we reserve the right to close the vacancy prior to the advertised date.
Good luck with your application.
Job description
Job responsibilities
See Job Description for further details.
Recruitment selection processes are based on competence (see Person specification) and values.
Please note applicants will be required to pay for their DBS check. Costs are deducted from salary following appointment. The cost of the DBS application is £23 (standard) or £43 (enhanced), this cost will be deducted from your salary over the first three months of employment.
You are encouraged to enrol for the DBS Update Service. A small annual fee of £13 per year applies.
New entrants to the NHS will commence on the minimum of the scale stated above.
Applicants are advised to apply early as if a large number of applications are received for this post, we reserve the right to close the vacancy prior to the advertised date.
Good luck with your application.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
Desirable
- Membership of professional body
Knowledge and Experience
Essential
- Experience of a range of post registration areas
- Evidence of CPD and reflective practice
- Evidence of audit and/or research work
- Knowledge of current best practice in Nursing
- Understanding of professional ethics and their application in practice
- Knowledge of the principles of clinical governance
Desirable
- Experience across a range of clinical areas at Band 5 level
Skills and Abilities
Essential
- Communication skills (verbal and non-verbal)
- Evidence of group working and team working
- Ability to reflect and critically appraise own performance
- Ability to organise and respond to complex information, and work under pressure
- Good computer skills
- Good interpersonal and organisational skills
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
Desirable
- Membership of professional body
Knowledge and Experience
Essential
- Experience of a range of post registration areas
- Evidence of CPD and reflective practice
- Evidence of audit and/or research work
- Knowledge of current best practice in Nursing
- Understanding of professional ethics and their application in practice
- Knowledge of the principles of clinical governance
Desirable
- Experience across a range of clinical areas at Band 5 level
Skills and Abilities
Essential
- Communication skills (verbal and non-verbal)
- Evidence of group working and team working
- Ability to reflect and critically appraise own performance
- Ability to organise and respond to complex information, and work under pressure
- Good computer skills
- Good interpersonal and organisational skills
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab) .
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab) .
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Additional information
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab) .
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab) .
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
