Overview

An exciting opportunity has arisen to work within our Hospital Discharge services as a Trusted Assessor for Local Care Providers.

Are we looking for you?

Are you have significant experience of working as part of multi-disciplinary and multi-organisational team working in social care or health care delivery? Substantial experience of working with older peoples’ services?

You will be at the start of our journey in Buckinghamshire where over the next 12 months we are looking to develop a team of professionals using Trusted Assessment to ensure people are able to be discharged from hospital safely.

The purpose of this role is to support care providers, discharge teams, patients and their families by carrying out assessments on behalf of Care providers. It is aimed that this will free up resources and facilitate discharges from hospital more quickly and smoothly, reducing post-admission problems and readmissions to hospital.

This role offers the opportunity to support the development of this approach as changing and developing processes and evaluating interventions so that the service can develop further will be a key part of the job.

Salary: £33,706 - £40,588 per annum pro rata (NHS AfC: Band 6)

Hours: 37.5 hours per week (Weekends and BH included)

Site: Stoke Mandeville Hospital/across multiple sites

Contract: Fixed term for 6 months

About us

Be part of our BHT family

Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust (BHT) is an integrated provider of acute hospital and community services for people living in Buckinghamshire and the surrounding area.

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What does Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust offer you?

• As part of our BHT family, you’ll benefit from learning and development opportunities to support your career progression.
• We offer flexible and agile working opportunities, alongside your NHS benefits of generous annual leave entitlement, pension and access to NHS discount schemes.
• We provide a range of health and wellbeing services to promote a healthy, happy workforce.

Why work for us?

• We’re committed to promoting inclusion and making sure all colleagues feel they belong. We encourage new colleagues from a diverse range of backgrounds to apply.
• As an employer, we aim to create a workplace where differences are valued and colleagues treat one another with dignity and respect.
• Greater diversity within our BHT family improves positive outcomes for the people and communities we serve.

What do we stand for?

• Our vision is to provide outstanding care, support healthy communities and be a great place to work.
• Our mission is to provide personal and compassionate care every time.
• Our CARE values are collaborate, aspire, respect and enable.

About the role

Main duties of the job:

• Good organisational skills, with the ability to work under pressure to meet deadlines and targets.
• Enthusiasm to take on a new role and shape the job to fit the need.
• Be able to work effectively in situations that present challenges.
• Have excellent communication skills, including good oral and written communication skills.
• Demonstrate an ability to motivate other professionals to meet person-centred outcomes for individuals and families.
• Be able to see a situation from the perspective of all of the people involved.
• Be a polite, honest, reliable, professional and able to build trusting relationships and overcome scepticism or other work culture challenges.
• Problem solve with an ability to work innovatively.
• The ability to use IT equipment effectively and undertake a range of admin tasks

About you

• Flexibility of approach- able to respond to competing pressures elsewhere in service
• Ability to use negotiation skills to reach shared goals
• Ability to communicate difficult or sensitive information to people who might be anxious or upset
• Recognises own limitations and how to escalate issues and situations
• Ability and willingness to travel independently in Buckinghamshire, as required
• Communicates openly, honestly and professionally, and actively promotes team working and building strong working relationships
• Patients are always first. Drives service improvements. Strong self-awareness with a desire to grow.
• Treats all with compassion and kindness. Ensures everyone feels valued.
• Consults others and listens to their views/opinions. Enables others to take the initiative
• Registered nurse or AHP or relevant experience in social care or health care delivery, including knowledge relating to the operation of residential and/or nursing homes
• Diploma/degree level relevant qualification
• Evidence of continuing professional development in the last year

For a comprehensive list of responsibilities and duties, please kindly refer to the job description and person specification attachment in the advert.

Other information

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The postholder will have access to vulnerable people in the course of their normal duties and as such this post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service to check for any previous criminal convictions.

About the Business Unit

We care for over half a million patients every year:

• provide specialist spinal services at our world renowned National Spinal Injuries Centre at Stoke Mandeville Hospital, the birthplace of the Paralympics
• nationally recognised for urology and skin cancer services
• regional specialist centre for burns, plastic surgery, dermatology, stroke and cardiac services
• deliver community services in health centres, schools, patients’ own homes, community hospitals and community hubs.

More than 6,000 people from different nations, cultures and backgrounds work for us.

We pride ourselves in being a great place to work – and invite you to join our BHT family.