Job overview

The Rapid Transfer Service (RTS) are responsible for managing complex patient discharges from the acute hospital to community pathways to enable the patients care needs to be assessed outside of hospital. This 
post is to assess end of life patients in the acute hospital who wish to return to their own home or to a care home. The role will include working within the acute Trust to assess patients’ needs for discharge.

The post holder will work as a key member of the RTS, whose aim is to ensure the timely, effective,  appropriate and safe discharge of end of life patients requiring supportive discharge, from the acute into a community setting.

The RTS service is a 7-day service covering weekends and bank holidays on a rota basis. The RTS team has responsibility for complex discharges across all 3 acute sites in east Kent and occasionally cross site working will be needed to ensure service cover.

This post is not delivering direct patient care. However, a clinical nursing background is essential.

Main duties of the job

Role Specific Responsibilities

• Assessment, planning, implementation and evaluation of holistic care linked to end of life care needs
• Supporting in the supervision and development of staff.
• Actively working as a member of the integrated team to provide high quality care to service users.
• Undertaking a range of competent clinical and non-clinical interventions to support the outcomes of the service.
• Acting as lead and senior practitioner to support junior staff carry out assessment/reassessments of service users and/or pathways with complex needs across the relevant field.
• Supporting and making recommendations to senior managers in order to prioritise and focus efforts to drive forward and achieve business objectives, service improvement strategies and statutory 
  requirements

Working for our organisation

Rated ‘outstanding’ by the CQC, we’ve got a passion for delivering high standards of patient care and excellent services to improve the health of our communities. To do this we need outstanding people who share our values compassionate Aspirational Responsive Excellent

We know a commitment to equity, diversity and inclusion leads to better patient care and a happier workforce. We pride ourselves in being diverse and welcome applications from people with varied backgrounds, perspectives and experiences

We ask for information about your protected characteristics on our application forms. This isn’t visible to anyone involved with shortlisting or interviewing you, except when you choose to be considered under the guaranteed interview scheme due to disability. Short listers will see two ticks alongside your application to ensure they apply the principles of the scheme to your submission

The data we collect helps us to ensure we are attracting diversity in our applicants, that all our colleagues have equitable access to career opportunities and supports us on our journey to being a Great Place to Work

As a flexible working friendly organisation, we want you to be able to work in a way that is best for us, for our patients and for you. Talk to us about a flexible working arrangement that won’t involve sacrificing time for personal interests or family commitments. We’ll support you to work flexibly in a way that will suits us both

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