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Location
Leicester | United Kingdom
Job description
The Complex Discharge Team on the Glenfield site covers a wide variety of discharge delay and planning issues including no recourse to funds, homelessness, immigration, Court of Protection, Power of Attorney, IV drug use and alcoholism, to name a few, alongside our standard discharge pathways including home with care, residential and nursing home transfer, Community Hospital allocations and End of Life/Palliation transfers. Other aspects of the role include education, signposting, chairing discharge MDT's and being the point of escalation for the wards and Senior Management Team. Ensuring our patients are discharged in a safe and timely manner is paramount to contributing towards the flow of patients through this hospital. The Discharge Specialist Nurse plays a key role in providing the wards, doctors and therapy colleagues with the support and guidance they require to facilitate the discharge process. As this role is to cover maternity leave the successful applicant will ideally need to be familiar with the local services, key stake holders and the processes that enable us to discharge our patients.
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Salary
£35.39k - £42.62k per annum
