Senior Nurse – Hospital Discharge

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Full time
The Senior Nurse for hospital discharge will be a visible and professional clinical leader with responsibility for day-to-day discharge process while liaising with multi-professional colleagues throughout the community hospitals to ensure timely complex discharge arrangements are in place. The post holder is required to support and align with the Senior Nurses for community wards prioritising the implementation of national guidelines and escalation processes. Responsible for supporting policy and service development and for the budget and physical resources for the hospital discharge teams.

Main duties of the job Assess the ability of the community hospital sites to cope with escalation planning and devise and implement a daily operational plan. Achieve a constantly up to date assessment of the hospitals known capacity and anticipated demands, and provision of this information to key people. Ensuring the delivery of the required standards and continual improvement of the fundamental aspects of safe care, cleanliness and infection prevention and control. Safe and effective use of staff resources on a day-to-day basis in accordance with need and appropriate skill level within the designated teams. Timely, safe and effective discharge for simple and complex discharges. Ensuring positive patient experience, reduction in harm, waste and variation. This includes leading digital transformation and supporting nursing workforce to confidently work with innovative technologies. A culture that fosters empowerment, collaborative learning and continuous professional development. Actively supports the organisation's ability to respond to change and continuously improve by fostering a transformative approach to leadership style and management. To support the on-call senior nurse rota at Tier 1.

About us Aneurin Bevan University Health Board is a multi-award-winning NHS organisation with a passion for caring. The Health Board provides an exceptional workplace where you can feel trusted and valued. Whatever your specialty or stage in your career, we have opportunities for everyone to start, grow and build your career. The health board provides integrated acute, primary and community care serving a population of 650,000 and employing over 16,000 staff.

We offer a fantastic benefits package and extensive training and development opportunities with paid mandatory training, excellent in-house programmes, opportunities to complete recognised qualifications and professional career pathways including a range of management development programmes. We offer flexible working and promote a healthy work life balance, provide occupational health support and an ambitious plan for a Wellbeing Centre of Excellence to support you at work.

Our Clinical Futures strategy continues to enhance and promote care closer to home as well as high quality hospital care when needed. Join us on our journey to pioneer new ways of working and deliver a world-class healthcare service fit for the future.

Job description Job responsibilities You will be able to find a full Job description and Person Specification attached within the supporting documents or please click Apply now to view in Trac.

Key working relations are vital for the success following a multi-disciplinary approach of the role and including patients and families/carers. The attached JD outlines the relationships that will be required to fulfil the main responsibility of the post.

Person Specification Registered Nurse Essential Registered with NMC

Essential Criteria Essential Education and Experience Knowledge and exposure to wider political and social drivers relating to hospital discharge Aware of Six Goals for Urgent Care

Desirable Teaching Qualification

Employer details Employer name Aneurin Bevan University Health Board Address Primary and Community Care Llanarth House Newbridge NP19 0BH

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