Clinical Screener Transfer of Care Hub
At a glance
- Band
- Band 7
- Contract
- Permanent
- Pattern
- Full-time
- Posted
- 16/09/2026
- Closes
- 29/09/2026
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Role summary
This role is for a Band 7 Physio/OT or Nurse to work as a Clinical Screener within the Brent Integrated Services at Northwick Park Hospital. The post holder will assess patients with complex needs, triage referrals, and coordinate safe and timely transfers from the acute setting to appropriate community-based services. The role involves working collaboratively with multidisciplinary teams and external partners to streamline the discharge process and reduce delays.
Essential criteria
- Registered Nurse with current NMC registration or registered AHP with current HPC registration
- Evidence of continuing personal and professional development with up-to-date CPD portfolio
- Extensive post -registration qualification in advanced nursing practice, community nursing or equivalent relevant to the post
Desirable criteria
- Evidence of continuing professional education and training at master's Level.
- Management or Clinical leadership qualification
- Mentor or practice-based learning training Registered Nurse with current NMC registration or registered AHP with current HPC registration
- Evidence of significant recent post-registration experience in community nursing, rapid response, emergency care, unscheduled care or equivalent inpatient therapy or community rehabilitation experience.
- Experience of effectively working in collaboration, negotiating and liaising within a multi-disciplinary team and across organisational boundaries
- Experience of assessing, co-ordinating and delivering quality care to people with complex needs and long-term conditions
- Experience of urgent nursing/therapy assessments and developing and delivering care plans to meet these needs.
- Experience of leadership including coordinating and managing a team
- Experience of change management and implementing change in practice
- Experience of working in a changing and uncertain environment.
- Proven ability to prioritise and manage own workload with minimal supervision
- Experience in working in a Transfer of Care Hub/ Discharge Hub
- Experience in presenting and service promotion
- Experience in monitoring clinical standards.
- Experience of conducting research projects and audit.
- Experience of teaching others and mentoring students
- Skills and Knowledge
- Evidence of comprehensive range of clinical skills and expertise relevant to the role
- Specialist knowledge in clinical reasoning, history taking, physical examination, diagnostic skills and prescribing/treatment
- Clinical knowledge across a range of long term and enduring conditions.
- Able to work autonomously, planning and prioritising own workload and that of others
- Able to delegate work effectively and safely
- Able to deal with conflict and manage appropriately
- Ability to assess a situation and act appropriately
- Advanced communication and report writing skills, in both verbal and written format
- Basic IT skills including use of Microsoft Office package, clinical systems and email
- Knowledge of current health care policy and relevance to the delivery of healthcare services including Hospital Discharge
- Knowledge of adult protection and safeguarding children issues.
- Detailed knowledge of Community Health and Social Care Environment and collaborative working with other care providers, e.g. social care and voluntary services
- Knowledge and understanding of clinical governance and its application to clinical
- Knowledge of evidence-based practice and able to implement in practice
- Experience in monitoring clinical standards.
- Ability to thrive in a changing environment and to focus on opportunities to generate new ideas Experience of conducting research projects and audit
- Knowledge/ Ability to use Cerner Clinical System and OPTICA Discharge Tool
- Knowledge of the audit process and able to implement in practice
- Knowledge of resource management.
- Knowledge and understanding of NICE and other relevant guidelines
- Knowledge and understanding of the role of MDT members within an integrated locality team.
- Education/Qualification
- Registered Nurse with current NMC registration or registered AHP with current HPC registration
- Evidence of continuing personal and professional development with up-to-date CPD portfolio
- Extensive post -registration qualification in advanced nursing practice, community nursing or equivalent relevant to the post
- Evidence of continuing professional education and training at master's Level.
- Management or Clinical leadership qualification
- Mentor or practice-based learning training Registered Nurse with current NMC registration or registered AHP with current HPC registration
- Evidence of significant recent post-registration experience in community nursing, rapid response, emergency care, unscheduled care or equivalent inpatient therapy or community rehabilitatio
Useful to know
Agenda for Change 2024/25 pays Band 7 at £46,148 – £52,809 a year, across England.
This advert: £55,524 – £62,652 — outside the standard scale; check for HCAS/London weighting.
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Central London Community Health Trust
Clinical Screener Transfer of Care Hub
The closing date is 29 September 2026
Job summary
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Band 7 Physio/OT or Nurse who would embrace a new challenge. Northwick Park Hospital Transfer of Care Hub are looking for a Clinical Screener within the Brent Integrated Services.
The successful post holder will be based at Northwick Park Hospital and work in partnership with colleagues in the acute sector, social services, continuing care and other community health services to ensure that appropriate patients from the acute setting are assessed and transferred safely to appropriate community-based services in a timely and seamless manner.
Main duties of the job
You will:
- Assess patients with complex and challenging needs and determine the most appropriate discharge pathway to support a safe and timely transfer of care.
- Triage referrals received by the Transfer of Care Hub , ensuring patients are directed to the appropriate services and pathways.
- Work proactively with ward multidisciplinary teams (MDTs) and the wider Integrated Discharge Team (IDT) to identify and assess patients who are ready for discharge.
- Provide an in-reach service to hospital wards, supporting teams to facilitate timely discharge and reduce unnecessary delays.
- Liaise and work collaborativ
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