Main area: Discharge Nurse Grade Band 6
Contract: Permanent
7 day working pattern - 8-8 shifts covered
Full time
Flexible working
37.5 hours per week (7 day working pattern - 8-8 shift working)
Job ref: 319-6883111IO
Site: Northumbria Specialist Emergency Care Hospital
Town: Cramlington
Salary: £37,338 - £44,962 pro rata per annum
Salary period: Yearly
Closing: 27/01/2025 23:59
Do you want to work in one of the best performing NHS organisations in England? Work for an organisation that was voted the best acute and combined acute and community trust in the country, based on the experience of its staff (NHS Staff Survey 2022). Sound too good to be true? Well it isn’t, this is what you get when you work for Northumbria Healthcare and, this is…the Northumbria Way!
Job overview
An exciting new opportunity has arisen for a Discharge Nurse to expand our Home Safe Team at NSECH. The successful applicant will work alongside our front of house teams, acute wards on site and base site wards to help ensure effective discharge planning and also assess patients for one of our 3 Rehabilitation units across Northumberland and North Tyneside. We are looking to recruit motivated, enthusiastic and innovative individuals to help deliver and develop this model within our organisation. The successful candidates will play a central role within the MDT to ensure high quality, recovery focussed care is delivered to our service users within Northumberland and North Tyneside. The organisation adopts a Home First, Discharge to Assess approach and will work closely with our Social Care, Community Therapy and Community Nursing Teams to ensure that personalised care plans are in place to avoid patients being admitted/readmitted back into the hospital environment. The post holder will be required to work flexibly to cover the service hours of 7 days a week between the hours of 8am-8pm. Main duties of the job
The successful applicant must have excellent communication skills and be able to work on their own initiative and as part of a team. Experience in working with adults and knowledge of the Care Act and safeguarding procedures would be an advantage. Applicants must be Registered Nurse and be able to demonstrate ongoing professional development. Applicants must be able to meet the transport requirements of the post. Successful applicants will have access to regular management and reflective supervision, annual appraisals and professional development opportunities. Working for our organisation
We manage three major locality hospitals at North Tyneside, Wansbeck and Hexham, plus a number of smaller community hospitals and clinics from Tynemouth to Berwick on Tweed, covering one of the largest geographical areas of any NHS trust in the country. Do you want to work in one of the best performing NHS organisations in England? This is the Northumbria Way! Detailed job description and main responsibilities
As part of a single, multidisciplinary team, the post holder will provide efficient and effective facilitation of the patient journey through hospital, to achieve safe and timely discharge, seamless transitions and help to avoid unnecessary admission and readmission to hospital. The post holder will work within a multi-disciplinary team working in the community and hospital setting in order to make the patient discharge pathway as seamless as possible and carry out urgent assessment within a patient’s home. The post holder will be required to provide high quality nursing care to patients with a range of complex care and rehabilitation needs. To role model compassionate and inclusive leadership in order to shape the creation of a collective leadership culture within the trust. Person specification
Qualifications
Registered General Nurse, UK B.Sc. (Hons) degree health related studies or equivalent relevant qualifications or equivalent relevant experience Post registration mentorship, teaching qualification Relevant experience working in the community Experience and Knowledge
Previous experience of change management Conversant with discharge planning processes Experience of working within a rehabilitation setting We recognise the positive value of diversity and inclusion and are committed to a workforce that is diverse, equal and inclusive. We welcome and encourage job applications from people of all backgrounds. If you require any reasonable adjustments to attend interview please make the recruitment team aware as soon as possible. Make sure to read the ‘applicant guidance notes’ before submitting your application. Please note that it is a requirement of this Trust that all successful applicants pay for their own DBS certification if a DBS check is required for the post.
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An exciting new opportunity has arisen for a Discharge Nurse to expand our Home Safe Team at NSECH. The successful applicant will work alongside our front of house teams, acute wards on site and base site wards to help ensure effective discharge planning and also assess patients for one of our 3 Rehabilitation units across Northumberland and North Tyneside. We are looking to recruit motivated, enthusiastic and innovative individuals to help deliver and develop this model within our organisation. The successful candidates will play a central role within the MDT to ensure high quality, recovery focussed care is delivered to our service users within Northumberland and North Tyneside. The organisation adopts a Home First, Discharge to Assess approach and will work closely with our Social Care, Community Therapy and Community Nursing Teams to ensure that personalised care plans are in place to avoid patients being admitted/readmitted back into the hospital environment. The post holder will be required to work flexibly to cover the service hours of 7 days a week between the hours of 8am-8pm. Main duties of the job
The successful applicant must have excellent communication skills and be able to work on their own initiative and as part of a team. Experience in working with adults and knowledge of the Care Act and safeguarding procedures would be an advantage. Applicants must be Registered Nurse and be able to demonstrate ongoing professional development. Applicants must be able to meet the transport requirements of the post. Successful applicants will have access to regular management and reflective supervision, annual appraisals and professional development opportunities. Working for our organisation
We manage three major locality hospitals at North Tyneside, Wansbeck and Hexham, plus a number of smaller community hospitals and clinics from Tynemouth to Berwick on Tweed, covering one of the largest geographical areas of any NHS trust in the country. Do you want to work in one of the best performing NHS organisations in England? This is the Northumbria Way! Detailed job description and main responsibilities
As part of a single, multidisciplinary team, the post holder will provide efficient and effective facilitation of the patient journey through hospital, to achieve safe and timely discharge, seamless transitions and help to avoid unnecessary admission and readmission to hospital. The post holder will work within a multi-disciplinary team working in the community and hospital setting in order to make the patient discharge pathway as seamless as possible and carry out urgent assessment within a patient’s home. The post holder will be required to provide high quality nursing care to patients with a range of complex care and rehabilitation needs. To role model compassionate and inclusive leadership in order to shape the creation of a collective leadership culture within the trust. Person specification
Qualifications
Registered General Nurse, UK B.Sc. (Hons) degree health related studies or equivalent relevant qualifications or equivalent relevant experience Post registration mentorship, teaching qualification Relevant experience working in the community Experience and Knowledge
Previous experience of change management Conversant with discharge planning processes Experience of working within a rehabilitation setting We recognise the positive value of diversity and inclusion and are committed to a workforce that is diverse, equal and inclusive. We welcome and encourage job applications from people of all backgrounds. If you require any reasonable adjustments to attend interview please make the recruitment team aware as soon as possible. Make sure to read the ‘applicant guidance notes’ before submitting your application. Please note that it is a requirement of this Trust that all successful applicants pay for their own DBS certification if a DBS check is required for the post.
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