Discharge Planning Specialist Nurse

You will act as a specialist nurse in in the overall assessment and management of patients with complex health needs on discharge from the acute hospital setting.

You will work within clearly defined local and national policies and standards with regards to discharge planning.

You will be responsible for facilitating and providing high quality, patient focused care with responsibility for assessing, developing and implementing specialist discharge planning programs.

You will be responsible for providing specialist advice and support to, and liaising with, other staff & wider partners.

Identification, Assessment, planning, implementing and evaluating care as a practitioner with specialist Discharge Planning Skills. This involves the understanding and completion of specialist discharge planning assessments such as those within the full CHC process, Special Needs Funding, FNC’s, health equipment and the fast track assessment of those patients entering the terminal stages of their life in accordance with local and National guidelines and the application of these assessments against the eligibility criteria’s associated with each assessment type

• Complete specialist assessments to submit to commissioning panels acting as an advocate for patients.
• Provide advice and clinical expertise to staff and community colleagues including those from Nursing and Residential homes to expedite discharge and where possible prevent admissions.
• Provide specialist clinical advice for patients and carers
• Carry a caseload, and take responsibility for the management of allocated cases ensuring that there is appropriate liaison with relevant members of the MDT to ensure discharges are achieved in a timely manner.
• Identify the need for and lead case conferences to enable patient choice, and a safe and timely discharge
• Provide a high level of communication by:

Liaising with all appropriate members of multi-disciplinary team

Communicating very sensitive condition related information to patients and relatives, requiring high levels of empathy and reassurance.

Come Nurse with us…

Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (CUH) is one of the largest teaching Trusts in the country. It comprises Addenbrooke’s Hospital and the Rosie Hospital. We provide accessible high-quality healthcare for the local people of Cambridge and regional and national specialist services. It’s a great place to nurse, work and live.

You will work on a vibrant hospital campus with a friendly community feel; we have excellent facilities to practise your skills and abilities to support your career pathway and development. Our values ofTogether – Safe, Kind, Excellentsupport the delivery of outstanding care. We have a fully electronic patient record system that is improving health-care quality; this is transforming services, improving patient safety and clinical outcomes.

CUH is committed to promoting a diverse and inclusive community - a place where we can all be ourselves. We value our differences and fully advocate and support an inclusive working environment where every individual can fulfil their potential. We want to ensure our people are truly representative of all the communities that we serve. We welcome applications for all positions in the organisation irrespective of people’s age, disability, ethnicity, race, nationality, gender identity, sex, sexual orientation, religion or belief, marriage and civil partnership status, or pregnancy and maternity status or social economic background.

Please see the attached Applicant Information Pack (combined Job Description and Person Specification) for key duties and responsibilities.

A welcome subsidy of £1000 is available to all Band 5 and Band 6 Nurses, Midwives, ODPs and Radiographers taking up substantive employment with the Trust.

Closing date: 13 April 2023

Interviews are due to be held on 25 April 2023

Why choose Cambridge University Hospitals?

• Our values and reputation for outstanding care
• Opportunities to experience a range of specialities
• Career and development opportunities
• Preceptorship and mentoring programmes delivered by a dedicated clinical education support team
• Research experience and opportunities
• Lovely location and quality of life
• Excellent schools/colleges and transport links (road, rail and air)

Benefits to you

We offer development opportunities and a wide range of benefits including on-site leisure facilities, shopping concourse, day nurseries and access to a great transport system with easy access to airports and rail travel.

Please note if you would like to discuss the required hours of this role further, you should approach the contact given. In some cases alternative working hours will be considered.

We welcome applications from the Armed Forces.