Job summary
- Main area
- Older Peoples Mental Health Inpatient Services
- Grade
- NHS AfC: Band 3
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week (Full shift working pattern (including unsocial hours))
- Job ref
- 364-A-7926
- Employer
- Essex Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Thurrock Hospital
- Town
- Grays
- Salary
- £22,816 - £24,336 per annum, plus fringe allowance
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 09/07/2024 23:59
Employer heading
Discharge Co-ordinator
NHS AfC: Band 3
About Us
EPUT provides community health, mental health and learning disability services to support more than 3.2 million people living across Bedfordshire, Essex and Suffolk. Also:
- We are among the largest employers in the in the East of England region, with more than 10,000 staff working across more than 200 sites.
- We run the COVID-19 vaccination programme across mid and south Essex and Suffolk and north east Essex.
EPUT was formed on 1 April 2017 following the merger of North Essex Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust (NEP) and South Essex Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust (SEPT). A new leadership team was established at the Trust in 2020.
Our vision and values
Our Vision
“To be the leading health and wellbeing service in the provision of mental health and community care”.
Our Purpose
“We care for people every day. What we do together, matters”.
Our Values
- We Care
- We Learn
- We Empower
Our strategic objectives
- We will deliver safe, high quality integrated care services.
- We will enable each other to be the best that we can.
- We will work together with our partners to make our services better.
- We will help our communities to thrive.
Our services
- Mental Health Services
- Community Health Services
- Learning Disabilities Services
- Social Care
Find out more about the services we offer in our service directory.
Job overview
An exciting opportunity has arisen and we are in the position to recruit a full time Discharge Coordinator to work in Older Peoples Inpatient Services Meadowview Ward, Thurrock Hospital, to assist and coordinate patient discharge planning. This is a unique career opportunity to become a key member of the nursing team.
Main duties of the job
To be successful you should have experience of working within a care setting and have a good understanding of social care or a willingness to learn the process, whilst working under the direction of senior staff.
This is an exciting opportunity to become part of a team where patient care is always at the forefront. As part of the team you will be supported and encouraged to develop your skills whilst working for an organization that values their staff.
Working for our organisation
EPUT are looking for motivated staff who shares our Trust values of Care, Learn and Empower. In return, EPUT can offer you a range of benefits and development including;
- Season Ticket Loans
- NHS discounts for staff
- Excellent Training facilities and opportunities
- Buying and Selling annual leave scheme
- The opportunity to work bank shifts and expand knowledge and experience in other areas
- Salary Sacrifice schemes including lease cars and Cycle to Work
- Day One Flexible Employer
The Trust supports and actively encourages flexible working for all employees. We offer many options and you are encouraged to ask the recruiting manager what is possible for this role. If appointed, you will have the opportunity to apply for a flexible working request from the first day of your employment
Join our Staff bank
What is Staff Bank?
Our EPUT NHS staff bank is an entity managed by the trust that hires clinical and non-clinical healthcare professionals to take on shifts at our trust hospitals and community settings. Here at EPUT we maintain our own bank of specialist staff to ensure that we are able offer safe and effective care at all times.
All our permanent staff are automatically enrolled onto the staff bank however this does not mean you have to work any additional shifts, but the option is there for you if you wish.
If you are joining our Trust in a fixed term role, please indicate on your New Starter Paperwork that you wish to join our staff bank.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
As part of the discharge pathway and continued professional development, the post holder will be expected to undertake/enrol onto the Associate Practitioner course.
The post involves supporting individual patients in all aspects of their care including daily living needs as is outlined in the patients individualised care plan. The post holder is responsible for reporting any relevant changes in the patient’s condition to the qualified staff. Furthermore the post holder will assist in the physical care and support of people with mental health needs, proving person centred care and working within the Recovery Model to enable patients to be become socially inclusive, whilst supporting qualified staff to ensure the highest standards of care are upheld.
Person specification
Education/ Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Good general education
- Previous experience of working within a care
Desirable criteria
- NVQ care or equivalent.
Skills/ Experience
Essential criteria
- • Previous experience of social housing placements
- • Manual handling of patients using lifting aids
- • Assist patients’ with all activities of daily living (Hygiene, nutrition etc.)
- • Literate in IT/Computer Skills
Desirable criteria
- A good understanding of social care
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Thomas Ola
- Job title
- Matron
- Email address
- [email protected]
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