Job Title:  Pathway 1 Discharge Senior Nurse / OT or PT – Band 6
Area:  Central London NHS
Salary: £negotiable
Job Type: Locum
Job details:  Qualified RN/PT or OT qualification

• Knowledge of community services, hospital discharge processes, excellent clinical risk assessment
• knowledge of nursing and functional community equipment, knowledge of referral pathways.
• Experience of providing clinical supervision & student training
• Excellent communication skills and efficient time management, able to manage busy caseload, excellent computer skills.

Role is more office based than ward based – post holder will need to be on the ward daily especially at board rounds for all the pathway 1 patients to help with the discharge been able to identify the patients and prioritise them as they need to be discharged. A lot of computer work and telephone conversations. Communicating with the community team I.e. Care agency / DN team / Redcross / My care My way / and other services. Ideally the candidate should be experienced in hospital discharges and able to problem solve and work closely with the MDT within the hospital. Skills/experience required: 
1) Knowledge of community services, Knowledge of hospital discharge processes, excellent clinical risk assessment. 
2) knowledge of nursing and functional community equipment, knowledge of referral pathways 
3) Excellent communication Skills and efficient time management, To be able to manage a busy caseload, computer skills.
4) Attend the first-floor meetings 8.30am and board round at 12 – this is to cover the first floor
5) To log in to Cerner daily and follow up on the patients – awaiting care packages Ie identify the patients that can be discharged once MFFD
6) Daily meetings on Teams
7) To be able to communicate and hand over to the community Home first team Daily 
8) To be able to follow up with the Therapist on the wards and 
9) Documentation on the patient’s hospital notes 
10) Identifying any issues or raised or concerns with the patients NBA
Working hours: 08.00 – 18.00 but flexible. 7-day rota so will include some weekends.
Code: U.LIT1147.028003.B11648