Job overview

Would you like to work in a dynamic, flexible and forward-thinking team – ready to adapt and accommodate every eventuality to meet patients needs safely in the community? If so, Care Coordination is the team for you! Our drive and determination to meet the needs of our patients meant that we were HSJ award finalists in September 2022.

Are you seeking a new challenge or looking to work in a different care setting with exposure to new opportunities? We are offering an exciting  position for a Band 6 Junior Sister to join the Care Coordination Team to work in our Hospital Inreach Service.

Main duties of the job

The Care Coordination Inreach Team work across our acute and community sites to help streamline patient discharges. The team visit the acute site daily (New Cross Hospital)  attending a wide range of wards to identify patients who will need community support on discharge and take the lead with discharge planning for identified patients. Our aim is to achieve a safe, timely and seamless transition from hospital to home for our patients. Candidates must have a passion for service improvement and be motivated to promote, deliver and ensure success of the inreach service. Experience in service improvement and leadership is desirable as the post will involve the successful candidate working autonomously to implement, promote and deliver the inreach service with measurable set outcomes throughout the 12 months.

Applicants must be confident to promote safe and timely discharges into the community and lead with discharge planning (including liaising with MDT, patients and their families). 

Candidates must have a UK driving license, business insurance and own a car they can use for work purposes. The post will require frequent travel across community sites and to New Cross and West Park Hospitals. Applicants must have a live NMC registration.

Working for our organisation

We can offer:

Flexible working

A dedicated and robust 4 week super-numery induction

Support to enable you to be an autonomous and independent practitioner

Support so you can manage your own working day

The opportunity to be part of and lead with new and exciting developments in our inreach service

Support so that you are confident to bring new ideas forward and transfer your skills to our teams

Autonomy to lead on changes to improve and develop our inreach service

Support with funding for professional development

Technology to help support you to do your job along with support to develop skills in using technology and different web based applications

Exposure to complex case management of patients, including patients who are suitable for a D2A pathway

Professional advocacy sessions and regular supervision

An established team of experienced nurses to help you settle in and support your transition in becoming a valued member of our team