Transfer of Care Facilitator

Overview

An exciting opportunity to join the Transfer of Care Integrated Team as a Band 4 Transfer of Care Facilitator. We are a team based at the hospital that support patients discharges from the acute wards and the community bed facility.

The role provides support to wards, attend board rounds and ensure that all patients are discharged safely with the care they require. We support patients to return to their own homes or to 24 hour car setting.

We meet with the executives on a weekly basis to discuss the patients length of stay.

We work Monday to Sunday 8-4pm.

• Attend board rounds
• Assess patients for Home First Discharges
• Provide patient information for the No Criteria to reside data
• Complete equipment assessments to ensure safe discharges
• Update current electronic data systems daily with discharge plans

Tameside and Glossop Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust serves a community of 250,000 people across Tameside & Glossop. We provide a range of services both within the hospital and across our community for both adults and children. Our vision is to improve health outcomes for our population and influence wider determinants of health through collaboration with our health & care partners.

• Compassion
• Accountability
• Respect
• Excellence

We believe that the best organisations are those that reflect the communities they serve. We are therefore seeking to improve the diversity of our workforce to make it truly representative of our local population.

We actively encourage applications irrespective of race, age, disability, sex, gender reassignment, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, religion or belief, marriage & civil partnership, or pregnancy or maternity. Recognising those communities that are underrepresented within our workforce, we would particularly welcome applications from Black, Asian & minority ethnic candidates, LGBTQ+ & Disabled people.

Benefits include flexible working, 27-33 days annual leave plus bank holidays, sick pay, NHS Pension Scheme, free eye tests and health checks, gym discount, free bicycle loan scheme, salary sacrifice car scheme, support with stress, bereavement, relationships, finance, and much more.

For further details / informal visits contact:
Name:
Jill Sutcliffe.

Job title:

Transfer of Care Team Lead. Email address:  Telephone number: .