Here at Portsmouth Hospitals University NHS Trust, we are proud to provide expert, compassionate care for our local population. We are ranked as the third in the country for research, embedding education and training across the organisation. Our main hub is the Queen Alexandra Hospital, which is one of the largest hospitals on the south coast employing over 8,700 staff.

Our patients come from all walks of life and so do we. We hire great people from a wide variety of backgrounds because it makes our hospital stronger. If you share our values and our enthusiasm for getting it right for patients, colleagues, and our community, you will find a home at Portsmouth Hospitals University NHS Trust

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Discharge Planning Assistant to join our team

The role will be based on the ward, reporting to the Discharge Planning Lead Nurse and will be  responsible for supporting the ward staff in managing all discharge pathways and working as a ward Discharge Planner, taking on all complex cases, under the instruction of the Discharge Planning Team.

Key Responsibilities

• Based on allocated wards and working as part of the team, support and educate ward staff with all processes relating to discharge, ensuring discharges happen safely and in a timely manner.
• Act as the Discharge Planner on the base wards. Working with both the ward teams and under the direction of the Lead Nurse for Discharge Planning.
• To manage a caseload of patients with the express purpose of facilitating a timely and safe discharge from Portsmouth Hospitals University NHS Trust.
• Assist the wards and the discharge planning team in maintaining records for monitoring and audit purposes ensuring that the data produced is accurate and reflective.

Essential

• Computer literacy and Keyboard Skills.
• Experience / Understanding of the healthcare setting.
• Educated to NVQ level 2 or equivalent.
• Be able to learn and participate in Portsmouth Hospitals University NHS Trust computer systems.

Desirable

• Health care experience within a hospital setting.
• Experience in managing discharge planning processes.

Skills and Knowledge

Essential

• Ability to communicate effectively, both orally and in writing.
• Time Management.
• Ability to gather and compile information for documentation and record keeping.
• Ability to use own initiative to make decisions and judgements.
• Ability to ascertain available services within the community.

Desirable

• Working knowledge of associated external agencies.
• Previous experience working within a cross-functional team.

The health and wellbeing of our staff is at the forefront of everything we do. We are proud to be able to offer our staff some fantastic benefits including our on-site Nursery, access to our free Beach Hut for those long summer days, our on-site Wellness Centre including a gym and a swimming pool, access to our fantastic staff networks including LGBTQ, Race Equality and DisAbility, and awards ceremonies to recognise your achievements. We believe we can offer support to all of our staff when they need it the most.

We welcome the unique contributions that you can bring in terms of your education, opinions, culture, ethnicity, race, sex, gender identity and expression, nation of origin, age, languages spoken, veteran’s status, colour, religion, disability, sexual orientation, and beliefs.