Care Home Pathway Coordinator
At a glance
- Band
- Band 4
- Contract
- Permanent
- Pattern
- Full-time
- Posted
- 08/09/2026
- Closes
- 22/09/2026
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Role summary
The Care Home Pathway Coordinator will work within the At Home Team, coordinating supported discharges and the single point of discharge from St Helier Hospital to care homes. The role aims to improve patient flow, reduce delayed transfers of care, and avoid unnecessary readmissions for care home residents. The post holder will also manage the 'Red Bag' journey for patients, ensuring proper documentation and personal items are transferred. This position involves close collaboration with various stakeholders to facilitate safe and quality care for patients moving between care homes and the hospital.
Essential criteria
- Through knowledge of administrative procedures, including specialist software package acquired through experience or formal training to diploma level
- Undertake any other relevant duties that may be required from time to time.
- Experience of team working
- Understanding of confidentiality
Desirable criteria
- Experience of working in a project focused environment
- Ability to write clearly and precisely
- Ability to prioritise tasks and seeking guidance as required
- others
- A flexible and can do approach
- Team player with other Care Home Pathway coordinators within the ICB
- Education/Qualification
- Through knowledge of administrative procedures, including specialist software package acquired through experience or formal training to diploma level
- Undertake any other relevant duties that may be required from time to time.
- Experience of team working
- Understanding of confidentiality
- Experience of working in a project focused environment
- Ability to write clearly and precisely
- Ability to prioritise tasks and seeking guidance as required
- others
- A flexible and can do approach
- Team player with other Care Home Pathway coordinators within the ICB
Useful to know
Agenda for Change 2024/25 pays Band 4 at £26,530 – £29,114 a year, across England.
This advert: £33,262 – £36,027 — outside the standard scale; check for HCAS/London weighting.
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Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals NHS Trust
Care Home Pathway Coordinator
The closing date is 22 September 2026
Job summary
Care Home Pathway Coordinator
The Care Home Pathway Coordinator will be working within the At Home Team closely with the Transfer of Care Hub (TOCH) and will coordinate all aspects of supported discharges and the single point of discharge from St Helier Hospital to care homes.
The service is to ensure care home residents are not unnecessarily admitted to, or delayed in leaving, hospital to the detriment of their wellbeing and independence. The post holder will seek to improve patient flow, reduce delayed transfers of care (DTOC) and avoid unnecessary readmissions, LOS reduction and reduce 4-hour breach for care home residents.
We are looking for an enthusiastic individual to take up the role of Care Home Pathway Coordinator. The post holder will be based at the St Helier Hospital and will coordinate the activities related to the Red Bag journey for patients coming into the Hospital from care homes and ensure the Red Bags are received in the hospital and returned to the care homes on discharge of patients after hospital episode.
The post holder will work closely with all stakeholders to enable the successful delivery of the Hospital Transfer pathway and the Discharge Process for care home residents. The post holder will facilitate th
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