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Job summary

Main area
Community Division
Grade
NHS AfC: Band 6
Contract
Permanent
Hours
Full time - 30 hours per week (to work weekend's and bank holiday's on a rota)
Job ref
407-COMMUNITY-8127863
Employer
Walsall Healthcare NHS Trust
Employer type
NHS
Site
Intermediate Care Services, Walsall Manor Hospital
Town
Walsall
Salary
£39,959 - £48,117 per annum
Salary period
Yearly
Closing
10/08/2026 08:00

Employer heading

Walsall Healthcare NHS Trust logo

ICS Discharge liaison Nurse

NHS AfC: Band 6

Walsall Manor Hospital is a busy district general hospital offering compete range of acute services. The Trust primarily serves the immediate population of Walsall with some patients requiring more specialised treatment at other, neighbouring Trusts. The Trust continues to invest in its facilities and services, supporting high-quality care for the communities it serves.

 

This role offers the opportunity to work within our integrated care model, contributing to high-quality services that help people remain independent in their own homes and communities.

 

We are committed to investing in our workforce and creating an environment where colleagues can learn, contribute and develop. Our new Urgent Emergency Care Centre, opened in March 2023, demonstrates our ongoing investment in facilities and services.

 

As an employee, you’ll benefit from an attractive salary and comprehensive benefits package (detailed in Employer Description above), plus access to NHS pension arrangements and staff accommodation where available.

 

Walsall Healthcare NHS Trust is proud to be part of the Armed Forces Covenant, currently holding the Bronze Award, underlining our commitment to supporting the Armed Forces Community.

 

RESPECT    COMPASSION    TEAMWORK    PROFESSIONALISM

Job overview

An exciting opportunity to join a wonderful, dynamic and patient focused team providing high quality services to the Walsall community.

Whether it be supporting a team member with new skills or attending to a patient and advising their family, your role as a ICS Discharge liaison Nurse provides you with the opportunity to deliver a high standard of care to patients in their homes (pathway 1), and patient’s that require comprehensive holistic clinical assessment and monitoring in the ICS pathway 2 and 3 beds, alongside developing your leadership skills supporting your team.

To provide a case management approach to care for an identified number of patients working closely with Acute Hospital colleagues and other Statutory and Voluntary agencies for patients on the ICS pathway 1-3.

To provide clinical advice, information and education to patients and carers with the aim of enabling patients to promote maximum independence, health and well being. To enable patients living with long term physical health challenges to live well within their communities, with a focus on not only their physical health needs but also their wider holistic needs, e.g. mental health, learning disabilities, psychological needs, social needs and spiritual needs.

Main duties of the job

To work within the multi-disciplinary team to provide senior nurse advice and expertise in relation to complex discharge planning. To complete comprehensive, holistic assessments and care plans to facilitate safe and timely discharge for Walsall residents in the Walsall area and in the Out of Borough Hospitals. Actively promote early and timely discharge planning within the Trust. Support junior members of the team to promote quality and embed the ethos of ICS.

To follow patients up in community and complete further assessments to support exit from ICS pathways, this includes Trusted assessments, Continuing Health care checklists and Decision support tool assessments.

 

 

Working for our organisation

Walsall Healthcare NHS Trust is an integrated Trust and the only provider of NHS acute care in Walsall, serving a population of 284,300, providing inpatient and outpatient services at the Manor Hospital as well as a wide range of services in the community. Walsall Manor houses the full range of district general hospital services under one roof. The £170 million development was completed in 2010 and the continued upgrading of existing areas ensures the Trust now has a state-of-the-art Critical Care Unit, Neonatal Unit, Obstetric Theatre, and Integrated Assessment Unit facilities. 

A new Urgent Emergency Care Centre was opened in March 2023. The two-storey development has significantly improved emergency care facilities and capacity and has provided almost 5,000 square metres of additional clinical space.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

·         To work within the Intermediate Care Services team at a senior nurse level to monitor high standards of care and to facilitate evidence based appropriate/timely discharge underpinned by quality of care.

·         To promote ICS Ethos of Home First.

·         To work within a multi-agency integrated team at a senior nurse level, adopting a ‘no blame’ culture and act as a role model to junior staff.

·         To assess Patients for Funded Nursing Care (FNC) determinations and Continuing Health Care (CHC), Decision support tool assessments (DSTs), CHC Fast Track Tools and oversee / advise on assessments completed by junior nursing staff.

·         To work closely and build rapport with the Intermediate Care Team and other community-based services to support a seamless transition and prevent further admission to acute care.

·         To support and supervise junior members of the team.

·         To complete follow up assessments post discharge as part of a multi-agency team.

·         To assess patients within the Trust for equipment needs and pressure relief equipment before their discharge home.

Person specification

Qualifications

Essential criteria
  • Adult registered Nurse, Diploma/Degree
Desirable criteria
  • V300 or working towards

Knowledge and Experience

Essential criteria
  • Demonstrate experience at Band 5.
  • Experience of/within primary and community
  • Experience of multi-agency working.
  • Working Knowledge of Legislation relating to care in the community.
  • Working Knowledge of discharge pathway’s when discharge planning
  • Working Knowledge of FNCC and CHC assessment processes.

Skills and Aptitudes

Essential criteria
  • Understanding of audit and standard setting processes.
  • Ability to work using own initiative.
  • Effective clinical decision-making skills.
  • Effective time management skills.
  • Effective written and verbal communication skills.
Desirable criteria
  • To be able to utilise Microsoft Excel.

Flexibility

Essential criteria
  • Ability of adopt a flexible and creative approach to work to meet the needs of the service and to be able to travel across the Borough daily to meet the service demand

Employer certification / accreditation badges

Apprenticeships logoNo smoking policyPositive about disabled peopleInvestors in PeopleMindful employer.  Being positive about mental health.Disability confident employerStonewall equality policy. Equality and justice for lesbians, gay men, bisexual and trans people.Armed Forces Covenant Bronze AwardArmed Forces Covenant

Applicant requirements

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.

Application numbers

Please note this vacancy may close early due to high volume of applications

Documents to download

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Further details / informal visits contact

Name
Donna Brighton
Job title
ICS Transfer of care hub lead
Email address
[email protected]
Telephone number
01922721172
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