Detailed job description
and main responsibilities
The integrated discharge team has an overarching aim to reduce a patient's length of stay thereby reducing the risks associated with elongated stays in acute hospital beds. The Our Dorset discharge to assess ( D2A) model is committed to enabling and supporting patients to be assessed away from the acute hospital setting. Dorset is recognised as an integrated care system. Transformation work continues post pandemic across the Dorset health, social and voluntary organisations to continually improve discharge policy and procedure that support hospital discharge recognising the complexities in achieving this aspiration requires professionals with expert skills and knowledge of working with partners, knowledge of legal frameworks such as safeguarding, Deprivation of Liberty, Mental Capacity Act and excellent interpersonal skills.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- NMC registered Nurse / or equivalent professional body Experience of managing/ supporting the complexities of care delivery within an acute hospital setting
- Experience of working with hospital discharge services
Desirable criteria
- 1st level degree or working towards Leadership and management qualification
- Teaching and Assessing in Clinical environment Course or recognised teaching qualification
Experience
Essential criteria
- Demonstrable post-registration experience
- Experience in undertaking audit
Desirable criteria
- Experience of working in hospital discharge services
- Teaching Practice and developing staff
Technical Skills Competencies
Essential criteria
- Ability to motivate and lead a people
- Change management skills
- Planning and prioritisation skills
- Computer literacy particularly working with excel spread sheets and access databases
- Awareness of the importance and impact of priorities and autonomy in practice
- Ability to work in highly pressurised situations
Knowledge
Essential criteria
- Knowledge of the National Hospital Discharge Service
- Knowledge of Older Persons Medicine / Frailty and importance of a comprehensive Geriatric Assessment
- Knowledge of MCA and Human Rights Act and Advocacy / Safeguarding
- Understanding of current NHS trends and policies, including clinical governance, NHS improvement, CQC, IC... etc
- Awareness of the importance and impact of priorities and autonomy in practice
- Multidisciplinary approach to care
- Ability to keep up to date with evidence based practice and effectively communicate this to the team
Desirable criteria
- Evidence of knowledge and managing staff through human policies and procedures
- Awareness of principles of budgetary management
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