Job overview

Being at home or in a community setting is the best place to continue with a person’s recovery once an illness requiring hospital care is over and reduces unnecessary time in hospital for people for whom a community or other setting is most appropriate.

Following a stay in hospital, most people can return home without any further support. However, for some people, they may need further support, ranging from a very short period, to support for the rest of their lives. This can include:

1)    A further period of rehabilitation and recuperation, with extra support for a period of days weeks, or sometimes months until they regain full health or reach their agreed maximum potential.

2)    Returning home with a care package of services, aids or adaptations made to their home.

3)    Added support, which is only available in a care home, which will last for a long period and often for the rest of their lives.

A safe, effective transfer from hospital helping people to return to living independently at the right time is a cornerstone of our health and social care system. At Warrington and Halton Hospitals Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (WHH) and Warrington Borough Council (WBC), our Transfer of Care Hub has been on a programme of transformation taking integration beyond co-location by working together as an integrated team creating a whole system that aims to deliver tomorrow’s service today.

Main duties of the job

As a Transfer of Care Nurse, Physio or Occupational Therapist, you will be a valued member of the Transfer of Care Hub working with other health and social care colleagues, carers and families and other statutory and voluntary agencies to identify and plan the support people require to return to the community. Our team is solution focused placing the needs of the person at the heart of our decisions, ensuring they have the support they require to not only return to the community but also to live their lives well and independently.

Collaborative working and the ability to create and maintain effective working relationships with a range of health and social care colleagues both in the hospital and the community are an essential element of the role. Working within the Discharge to Assess model, you will place the needs of person at the heart of your assessment and the MDT’s decision-making. Ensuring risks are evaluated and managed with the support of your professional colleagues.

Working for our organisation

Warrington and Halton Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is a caring and compassionate organisation that is both ambitious and innovative. We are committed to delivering the best outcomes for our patients and providing a positive experience of our staff.  We aspire to be outstanding for our patients, our communities and our staff and are committed to being a great place to receive healthcare, work and learn.

Straddling the neighbouring boroughs of Warrington and Halton we are part of the Cheshire and Merseyside Integrated Care system.  Our hospitals are ideally situated to meet the growing healthcare needs of the 330,000 population of these boroughs.

Warrington Hospital is home to our emergency, critical care and maternity services, Halton Hospital is focused on elective procedures and the Runcorn Urgent Treatment Centre, although many services are offered at both sites and in community hubs.

A CQC-rated ‘good’ organisation with ‘outstanding’ features, we are working towards university hospital status, having achieved teaching hospital status in 2019.

We employ nearly 5,000 people from over 80 nationalities, striving to be a diverse, inclusive employer and recognised leader in equality. We support flexible working, welcoming flexible applications. Proud of our many accreditations, we are embedding an anti-racist approach in all we do.