Job Description

An exciting opportunity has arisen for an experienced, enthusiastic and driven individual to join our Integrated Discharge Team at Scunthorpe for a 12-month fixed term or secondment opportunity (which should be discussed with your current Line Manager prior to applying). The post holder will need to be a Registered Nurse, AHP or Social Worker with experience of complex discharge planning as well as leadership expertise in change management, operational delivery and service development.



The North Lincolnshire Integrated Discharge Hub Manager is a senior appointment charged with the operational direction and leadership of the Integrated Discharge team to ensure timely discharges from acute settings to community providers. The post holder is expected to work closely with system-wide Health and Social Care Senior Operational Leads, to lead the operational element, expediting discharge times, minimising barriers and improving patient experience across all community discharges (Pathways 1-3) within the system.



Under the guidance, supervision and direction of the Deputy Nurse Director for Community, Frailty and Therapies, the North Lincolnshire Integrated Discharge Team Hub Manager will support the operational management of the integrated multidisciplinary health and social care teams within the Scunthorpe General Hospital Integrated Discharge Hub in North Lincolnshire



Responsible for supporting the Home First approach for discharges across North Lincolnshire, facilitating early discharge in line with the aims and objectives of the Humber Health Partnership. The multi-disciplinary team is based at Scunthorpe General Hospital and supports user flow across the site and community hospitals through a home first approach. This method focuses on discharge home and discharge to assess, which are achieved through timely interagency partnership working.



The post holder will coordinate the direction for the assessment, planning, implementation and evaluation of people's care ensuring effective multidisciplinary decision-making, and ensure standards are implemented, maintained, monitored and improved upon where necessary. They will ensure appropriate escalation channels are in place where matters arise within the service which require immediate oversight or direction from the Head of Adult Intermediate Care, Community, Frailty & Therapy Matrons, Deputy Nurse Director, Head of Therapies, Programme Director for Home First Transformation or other relevant professional body.



The Humber Health Partnership is one of the largest acute and community Partnership arrangements in the NHS, seeing well over one million patients every year and managing a budget of over 1.3 billion.



Made up of two Trusts - Northern Lincolnshire and Goole NHS Foundation Trust (NLAG) and Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust (HUTH) - our Partnership has significant ambitions and is committed to delivering world-class hospital and community services for the 1.65 million people we serve.



Together we employ nearly 20,000 staff. Our five main hospital sites are Diana, Princess of Wales Hospital, Scunthorpe General Hospital and Goole and District Hospital, for NLAG and Hull Royal Infirmary and Castle Hill Hospital for HUTH.



As Teaching Hospitals working with the Hull York Medical School, we both lead and contribute to research in many areas - biomedical research, primary care, palliative medicine, cardiovascular and respiratory medicine, vascular surgery, cancer surgery and oncology.



We believe that by developing a diverse, inclusive, innovative, skilled and caring workforce, we can deliver excellent care to our patients and a great future for our employees, our Partnership and our community.



For more detailed information, please read the job description linked below.



As a Trust we are keen to offer and encourage flexible working opportunities to address health and wellbeing and work-life balance for our employees, this will have a positive impact on the care we provide.



Flexible working is part of a wider commitment to improve the quality and experience of working life and we recognise that it is a key contributor for the recruitment and retention of our employees.



We therefore support and encourage open conversations around a specific working pattern to suit your work-life balance or a multi-role career, if it works for you and works for the role, we'll do our best to make it happen.



Local flexible working arrangements are developed in partnership between the line manager and employee in order to ensure equality of access to flexible working, as far as practicable, regardless of role, shift pattern, team or pay, based on: patient/service user and staff experience, service delivery and work-life balance of colleagues.



We are committed to creating and maintaining a fair and supportive working environment and culture, where contributions are fully recognised and valued by all and staff feel empowered to carry out their duties to the best of their abilities. As employers we are committed to promoting and protecting the physical and mental health and well-being of all our staff. This underpins our values as set out in the NHS Constitution, supports us to be an Employer of Choice and ultimately enables our employees to support the effective care of our patients.



We strongly value the different perspectives and ideas a diverse workforce brings to deliver better outcomes for our patients. We welcome applications irrespective of people's age, disability, sex, gender identity and gender expression, race or ethnicity, religion or belief, sexual orientation, or other personal circumstances.



To learn more about Northern Lincolnshire and Goole NHS Foundation Trust, and discover the unique benefits on offer to employees, view our latest videos, plus more, please visit our recruitment website at https://join.humberhealthpartnership.nhs.uk/



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Please be aware that all new employees starting work with us will be charged for the cost of their DBS check, if it is required for their role.