Job Description

The Urgent and Intermediate Care team have an opening for a dynamic and experienced individual to join our Discharge Specialist Team. The team support in both community and secondary care settings to facilitate timely hospital discharges and enhance the quality and safety of the service given to individuals at home with an aim to optimise recovery and resilience.



The Discharge Specialist Team is an adaptable team with a variety of functions to support and advocate the patient in the interface between services and organisations, identifying the appropriate pathway for the patient, ensuring 'what matters to them' is at the forefront of decisions in the process.



The service aims to deliver support for discharge to recover and assess at home working in conjunction with our community multidisciplinary team and in-reaching into our hospitals.



We seek a Registered Nurse with a proven interest in the discharge process. The post holder will be based mainly in Withybush General Hospital, South Pembrokeshire Hospital and Tenby Cottage Hospital and will be responsible for assessing and coordinating the discharge of patients identified as having complex needs.



This post will require you to have a high degree of autonomy and manage your own day-to-day activity, possess excellent communication and assessment skills and ideally have experience and good knowledge of working with adult social care and community services within primary or secondary care.



The post holder will work in a fast paced, evolving environment and is expected to undertake the holistic assessments of patients using a person centred approach and co-ordinate the discharge process across both health and social care to facilitate the timely discharge of patients from the hospitals.



If you are passionate and want to make a difference to patient safety and experience this is the ideal environment to make such a positive contribution.



The ability to speak Welsh is desirable for this post; English and/or Welsh speakers are equally welcome to apply.



Interviews to be held on 15/12/2025



Hywel Dda University Health Board plans and provides NHS healthcare services for people living in Carmarthenshire, Ceredigion, Pembrokeshire, and bordering counties.



We have over 13,000 staff and together we provide primary, community, in-hospital, mental health and learning disabilities services.



We work in partnership with the three local authorities, as well as public, private and third sector colleagues, including our valued team of volunteers.

Our services are provided in:

Four main hospitals:

Bronglais Hospital in Aberystwyth; Glangwili Hospital in Carmarthen; Prince Philip Hospital in Llanelli; and Withybush Hospital in Haverfordwest

Five community hospitals:

Amman Valley and Llandovery hospitals in Carmarthenshire; Tregaron Hospital in Ceredigion; and Tenby and South Pembrokeshire hospitals in Pembrokeshire

Two integrated care centres:

Aberaeron and Cardigan in Ceredigion, and several other community settings

47 general practices (six of which are health board managed practices); dental practices (including four orthodontic); 97 community pharmacies; 43 general ophthalmic practices; and 8 ophthalmic domiciliary providers

Numerous mental health and learning disabilities services



You will be able to find a full job description and person specification attached within the supporting documents.



The Health Board is committed to supporting its staff to fully embrace the need for bilingualism thereby enhancing patient and service user experiences. In our commitment to increase the number of staff who are able to communicate in Welsh with patients and professionals, we welcome applications from Welsh speakers.



The ability to communicate in Welsh is desirable for this post. If you do not meet the Welsh Language requirements specified, the Health Board offers a variety of learning options and staff support to help you meet these minimal desirable requirements during the course of your employment with us.