Band 6 Complex Discharge Nurse Specialist
Requirements
Candidates must be a registered nurse with significant experience in an acute hospital setting and knowledge of the discharge process. A commitment to integrated working and evidence of continuing professional development are essential.
Job Description
This is an opportunity to join the energetic, innovative complex discharge team. It is an exciting time for complex discharge with many new pathways and initiatives being introduced with partnerships with external agencies being forged by the complex team.
You will provide clinical expertise to support safe, effective and timely discharge working directly with internal and external multidisciplinary teams as required.
We are committed to providing excellent, person-centred care for our patients, who are always at the heart of what we do. Do you have the passion and enthusiasm required to join us?
The Complex Discharge Team is looking for a dynamic, innovative, and enthusiastic experienced nurse to join the team, to ensure the safe, effective, appropriate and timely discharge of patients from hospital. You'll need to be enthusiastic and have a strong sense of purpose and good diplomatic skills in engaging staff. However you'll also need to be tenacious, confident, calm and persuasive. The post is a fixed term to cover maternity leave.
As a registered nurse you will have significant experience in an acute hospital care setting, with extensive knowledge of the discharge process through relevant post-qualification training and experience.
If you are passionate about patient care and want to develop your skills and knowledge, then we want to hear from you.
Main Duties, Tasks & Skills Required
As the Band 6 within the team you would be supporting the Band 7 and Band 6 Complex Discharge Nurses to ensure the timely completion of complex discharge assessments and service provision whilst having an awareness of complex discharge including, but not limited to continuing health care processes including End of life, Mental capacity, DOLS, safeguarding and Discharge to assess.
You will also be in involved in the Single Transfer of Care process, undertaking triaging of referrals and decision making regarding the hospital discharge pathways.
You will be a self-motivated team player, who will uphold and promote our Trust values. You will need to demonstrate excellent communication skills and be able to confidently liaise with all members of the multi-disciplinary teams and external agencies involved in the discharge process and provide support and teaching to the wards, attend MDT and lead and signpost on all complex discharge issues in the trust.
You should be confident in completing holistic, nursing needs-based assessments and will also need to be confident liaising with all MDT, patients and their families. This job role includes daily liaison with all clinical ward areas, including emergency department as needed and excellent communication skills are essential for this post.
Please Ring Liz Chilver Complex Discharge Lead Nurse on 07990410641 / 0121 424 7880, Elaine Ledwidge or Beth Collier Senior Complex Discharge Nurses 074238131147 / 0121 424 7880 if you need more details
About Us
University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust strives to have an inclusive culture where everyone feels like they belong, can thrive, knows that they add value and feels valued. We do this by developing compassionate and culturally competent leaders, being values driven in all that we do and by creating a welcoming and inclusive workplace that thrives on the diversity of our people. As such we want to attract and recruit talented individuals from all backgrounds, and for each of you to feel supported for the diversity you bring, to achieve your full potential. For those staff with a disability, including physical disability, long term health condition, mental health or neurodiverse condition, this also means being committed to making reasonable adjustments needed for you to carry out your role.
Job Description
*Please Note : For a detailed job description for this vacancy, please see attached Job Description*
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Registered Nurse on the NMC register.
- Maintained relevant continuing professional development in the past 3 years which supports revalidation.
- Evidence of knowledge of the Hospital Discharge and Community policy
- Evidence of knowledge of Discharge to Assess and the hospital discharge pathways.
- Ability to demonstrate the importance of, and commitment to integrated working
- Teaching / assessor qualification
Essential
- Ability to act on own initiative with evidence of sound decision making abilities
- Ability to demonstrate up to date experience and depth of knowledge and clinical competence.
- Experience of MDT working
- Experience in an acute hospital/community setting.
- Experience of caseload management
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.
Certificate of Sponsorship
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.
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.
UK Professional Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website.
For Help With Your Application, Contact
Elaine Ledwidge
elaine.ledwidge@uhb.nhs.uk
01214247880
Pay scheme
Agenda for Change
Band
Band 6
Salary
£39959.00 to £48117.00 Yearly
Contract
Fixed Term
Duration
10 Month(s)
Working pattern
Full-Time, Flexible Working
Reference number
304-9018389
Job locations
Good Hope Hospital
Rectory Rd
Sutton Coldfield
West Midlands
B75 7RR
Attachments
Job Description
Band 6 CDNS JD PS .pdf – 416KB Opens in a new window
Education
Skills
About University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust
University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust (UHB) is one of the largest teaching hospital trusts in England, serving a regional, national and international population. It includes Birmingham Heartlands Hospital, the Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham, Solihull Hospital and Community Services, Good Hope Hospital in Sutton Coldfield and Birmingham Chest Clinic. We also run a number of smaller satellite units, allowing people to be treated as close to home as possible. We see and treat more than 2.2 million people every year across our sites and our hospitals deliver more babies than anywhere else in Europe. We are a regional centre for cancer, trauma, renal dialysis, burns and plastics, HIV and AIDS, as well as respiratory conditions like cystic fibrosis. We also have expertise in premature baby care, bone marrow transplants and thoracic surgery and have the largest solid organ transplantation programme in Europe. We provide a series of highly specialist cardiac, liver and neurosurgery services to patients from across the UK. We are world-renowned for our trauma care and have developed pioneering surgical techniques in the management of ballistic and blast injuries, including bespoke surgical solutions for previously unseen injuries. As a result of its clinical expertise in treating trauma patients and military casualties, the QEHB has been designated both a Level 1 Trauma Centre and host of the UK’s only £20m National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) Surgical Reconstruction and Microbiology Research Centre (SRMRC). We have over 24,000 members of staff and we are committed to investing in their development and their health and wellbeing. UHB is a Stonewall Diversity Champion and aims to achieve positive change for LGBTQ+ people by creating an inclusive, inspiring and equal environment for both staff and service users.
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