An exciting opportunity has arisen for an experienced, enthusiastic and driven individual to join our Integrated Discharge Team at Scunthorpe for a 12-month fixed term or secondment opportunity (which should be discussed with your current Line Manager prior to applying). The post holder will need to be a Registered Nurse, AHP or Social Worker with experience of complex discharge planning as well as leadership expertise in change management, operational delivery and service development.
The North Lincolnshire Integrated Discharge Hub Manager is a senior appointment charged with the operational direction and leadership of the Integrated Discharge team to ensure timely discharges from acute settings to community providers. The post holder is expected to work closely with system-wide Health and Social Care Senior Operational Leads, to lead the operational element, expediting discharge times, minimising barriers and improving patient experience across all community discharges (Pathways 1-3) within the system.
Under the guidance, supervision and direction of the Deputy Nurse Director for Community, Frailty and Therapies, the North Lincolnshire Integrated Discharge Team Hub Manager will support the operational management of the integrated multidisciplinary health and social care teams within the Scunthorpe General Hospital Integrated Discharge Hub in North Lincolnshire
Responsible for supporting the Home First approach for discharges across North Lincolnshire, facilitating early discharge in line with the aims and objectives of the Humber Health Partnership. The multi-disciplinary team is based at Scunthorpe General Hospital and supports user flow across the site and community hospitals through a home first approach. This method focuses on discharge home and discharge to assess, which are achieved through timely interagency partnership working.
The post holder will coordinate the direction for the assessment, planning, implementation and evaluation of people’s care ensuring effective multidisciplinary decision-making, and ensure standards are implemented, maintained, monitored and improved upon where necessary. They will ensure appropriate escalation channels are in place where matters arise within the service which require immediate oversight or direction from the Head of Adult Intermediate Care, Community, Frailty & Therapy Matrons, Deputy Nurse Director, Head of Therapies, Programme Director for Home First Transformation or other relevant professional body.
The Humber Health Partnership is one of the largest acute and community Partnership arrangements in the NHS, seeing well over one million patients every year and managing a budget of over £1.3 billion.
Made up of two Trusts - Northern Lincolnshire and Goole NHS Foundation Trust (NLAG) and Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust (HUTH) - our Partnership has significant ambitions and is committed to delivering world-class hospital and community services for the 1.65 million people we serve.
Together we employ nearly 20,000 staff. Our five main hospital sites are Diana, Princess of Wales Hospital, Scunthorpe General Hospital and Goole and District Hospital, for NLAG and Hull Royal Infirmary and Castle Hill Hospital for HUTH.
As Teaching Hospitals working with the Hull York Medical School, we both lead and contribute to research in many areas - biomedical research, primary care, palliative medicine, cardiovascular and respiratory medicine, vascular surgery, cancer surgery and oncology.
We believe that by developing a diverse, inclusive, innovative, skilled and caring workforce, we can deliver excellent care to our patients and a great future for our employees, our Partnership and our community.
For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Rachel Greenbeck Job title: Deputy Nurse Director Email address:
[email protected] Telephone number: 03033 306977
