Discharge CoordinatorNHS AfC: Band 4

Main area

NVQ /Certificate in Health training

Grade

NHS AfC: Band 4

Contract

Permanent

Hours

Full time - 37.5 hours per week (Monday to friday 9am-5pm but to include non-mandatory 5-9pm twilight shifts and weekend / bank holidays9-5pm)

Job ref

367-A&UC-101737

Site

King Fisher Court, Radlett, WD7 9HQ

Town

Welwyn Garden City - yes

Salary

£27,106 - £32,715 Per annum, Pro rata (5% HCAS Included)

Salary period

Yearly

Closing

04/11/2026 23:59

Values Based Screener

At Hertfordshire Partnership Foundation Trust we are looking for people to join us who share our values and those of the NHS. Before your application can be considered please take part on our online values questionnaire, which you can find below. When you have finished you will be sent a 'completion code' by email, which will be valid for 6 months and required to submit your application form.

Job overview

The Trust is looking for a vibrant, motivated candidate with very good communication and engaging skills to support service users with social care issues prior to discharge from Inpatients unit.

The successful candidate will work collaboratively as apart of an MDT to support service users with identified needs to facilitate discharge. The candidate will work closely with service users, families, housing authorities and other charity and non governmental organizations to achieve their goals.

Knowledge of how these work will be an added advantage.

Main duties of the job

• To work as part of an MDT within Enhanced Discharge Team to support with service suers with identified needs to facilitate discharge from inpatient wards back to the communities or signposting to other teams like CSPS and rehab services.

To work in partnership with the Housing and accommodation workers, charitable organizations, governmental workers and Department of Works and Pensions providing support using the Support Time and Recovery Model.

• To work across the Adult Acute Inpatient wards in Hertfordshire as well as Contracted Independent Sector Providers.

• To work closely with the Inpatient staff, medical team, CATT team, bed management team, the housing worker, Health and Social Care Teams, Bed Placement, Care Coordinators and carers to enable barriers to discharge to be identified and resolved in a timeframe that meets the patient's needs.

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Working for our organisation

Hertfordshire Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust are one of just five mental health trusts to achieve an overall rating of 'Outstanding' from the Care Quality Commission.

Our family of over 4,500 members of staff provide health and social care for people with mental ill health, physical ill health and learning disabilities across Hertfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Essex and Norfolk, delivering these services within the community and several inpatient settings. Everything is underpinned by choice, independence and equality, with our Trust values embedded throughout:

Welcoming. Kind. Positive. Respectful. Professional.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

To work in partnership with the Housing and accommodation workers, charitable organizations, governmental workers and Department of Works and Pensions providing support using the Support Time and Recovery Model.

• To work across the Adult Acute Inpatient wards in Hertfordshire as well as Contracted Independent Sector Providers.

• To work closely with the Inpatient staff, medical team, CATT team, bed management team, the housing worker, Health and Social Care Teams, Bed Placement, Care Coordinators and carers to enable barriers to discharge to be identified and resolved in a timeframe that meets the patient's needs.

Person specificationKNOWLEDGE, TRAINING AND EXPERIENCEEssential criteria

• NVQ level 3 qualification or mental health certificate level 3 or agreement to undertake such training as soon as resources permit
• NVQ/Mental Health Certificate Level 2
• Commitment to Continuing Personal Development

AREAS OF EXPERIENCE AND KNOWLEDGEEssential criteria

• Ability to use structured therapeutic skills, such solution focussed therapy, or-a commitment to acquiring such skills
• Ability to acknowledge diversity and promote anti- discriminatory practice/equal opportunities

Desirable criteria

• Good awareness of local services

COMMUNICATION SKILLSEssential criteria

• Experience of using electronic recording systems and ability to produce accurate, appropriate and timely reports

Please note, we do not charge fees for job applications, recruitment processes, sponsorship arrangements, or employment offers. Please see the Trust careers vacancy webpage and Trac as the only authorised routes for recruitment communications, applications and verification of job offers.

Employer certification / accreditation badgesApplicant requirements

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.

Documents to download

• Job Description & Person Specification (PDF, 360.6KB)
• Refer a Friend (PDF, 160.5KB)
• Staff Benefits (PDF, 888.5KB)

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Further details / informal visits contact

Name

Ngoni Mandimutsira

Job title

Team Leader

Email address

Telephone number

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