Job overview

The post is within Discharge Service at Kings College Hospital, Denmark Hill site which consist of discharge co-ordination for adult wards and provision of a single point of access for delivery of the discharge to assess function.

Main duties of the job

The post holder will work in partnership with members of the multidisciplinary team to implement and evaluate a seamless patient transfer of care service, ensuring that patients receive the highest standard of care. The post holder will assess, monitor, and report on patient length of stay, delayed transfers of care and practice related issues.To case manage the discharge processes for patients referred via the IFH ensuring that the referral is of good standard and that all necessary and pertinent information has been provided and to refer onto the appropriate Hub or Single Point of Access (SPA) for patients being discharged on Pathways 1,2 and 3. 

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