Admission & Discharge Coordinator

To apply for this role, please click the linkunder "supporting links" on the right hand side to apply on the Leeds City Council jobs website.

Dolphin Manor is delivered in partnership with NHS organisations in Leeds, providing specialist short-term 24-hour care to people with Dementia. The service focusses on recovery of wellbeing for people experiencing psychological distress and behavioural needs.

The successful candidate will demonstrate skills, knowledge and experience in the following key areas of responsibility:

• Support the safe admission processes, including responsibility for medicine reconciliation and transcription.
• Highlight as early as possible people who are ready for discharge and work with the MDT to coordinate and facilitate their onward move.
• Be an advocate of strengths-based social care and for promotion of approaches to maximise independent livingand championing the city-wide Home First ambition.
• Coordinate referrals tosystem partners and external organisations such as Homecare Providers, Care Homesand Neighbourhood NHS teams and Active Recovery.
• To update the Multi-Disciplinary Team on the progress of patient discharges and any delegated actions.

A Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check against the Childrens or Adults barred list as applicable will be carried out on preferred candidates. Read our recruitment of ex-offenders policy.

We welcome applications from everyone and actively seek a diverse range of applicants from all backgrounds and cultures. We particularly encourage applications from, but not limited to, women, carers, veterans as well as LGBT+, ethnically diverse, disabled and care experienced people.

This role is based in the UK. Home Office guidance states that candidates must evidence their right to work in the UK prior to commencing employment, either as a UK or Irish citizen, under the EU Settlement scheme or having secured any other relevant work visa.

If you do not have the right to work in the UK, you must consider your own eligibility for sponsorship for a particular role through the Skilled Worker visaroute before applying.

To be eligible for sponsorship you'll usually need to be paid the standard salary rate of at least £41,700 per year or meet one of the other eligibility criteria. Ensure you are eligible before applying.

To see the full job description and to apply for this role, please click the link under "supporting links" on the right hand side to apply on the Leeds City Council jobs website.

The post holder will work within the Recovery Hub and support the multi-disciplinary team. The post holder will coordinate the safe andtimelyadmission anddischargeof customers to andfrom the Recovery Hub. Ensuring that thepersonand theircarersare provided withahigh qualityexperiencefrom admission through to discharge. The post holder will contribute to the reduction in delayed transfers of careand a reduced length of stay,supporting the wider Leeds health and social care systems.

Responsibilities:

To complete daily delegated tasks from the registered manager tofacilitatetimelyadmission toand discharge from the Recovery Hub. This will include but is not limited to:

• Coordinate with system partners and external organisationstoagreetimelyadmission of customers from both community and acute settings.
• To gather basic discharge information on admission and start discharge planning from the earliest opportunity
• Support the safe admission processes, specifically with responsibility for medicine reconciliation and transcription.
• Highlight as early as possible customers who have no reason toresidewithin the Recovery Hub and are ready for discharge, ensuring they are discharged in a safetimelymanner.
• Be an advocate of strengths-based social care andforpromotion of approaches to maximise independent livingand championing the city-wide Home First ambition.
• Coordinate referrals tosystem partners and external organisations such as Homecare Providers, Care Homes and Neighbourhood NHS teams and SkILS Reablement service.
• Contacting system partners such as GPs, Community Services and Care Homes torequest/provideadditionalinformation and/or inform them of discharge planning.
• Attend andactionappropriate tasksas delegated by the Registered Manager or Deputy Manager following Multi-Disciplinary Team meetings.
• To update the Multi-Disciplinary Teamon the progress of patient discharges and any delegated actions.
• Ensure No Reason to Reside data is reordered,maintained,updated.
• Escalate issues that cannot be resolved within agreedtimeframes.
• To attend family meetings and clinical meetings (e.g.MDT, Best Interest) and provide feedback post-meeting to the Registered Manager or Deputy Manager and appropriate persons involved in thecustomerscareas necessary.
• Liaise with the teamon a daily basisfor an updated position on customer progress.
• To communicate inan appropriate and effective manner to customers,familiesor carers where there may be barriers to communication such as language barriers,…