Band 6 Discharge Coordinator (fixed term)
At a glance
- Band
- Band 6
- Contract
- Fixed-term
- Pattern
- Full-time
- Posted
- 28/07/2026
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Role summary
The Band 6 Discharge Coordinator will join the Acute Services Team to support safe and timely patient discharges. The role involves collaborating with multidisciplinary teams and external agencies to coordinate care plans and address discharge barriers, focusing on a "Home First" approach. This position offers opportunities to chair meetings, drive service improvement, and support junior staff while contributing to the development of the Care Transfer Hub.
Essential criteria
- Demonstrate a thorough working knowledge of purposeful admission (PIPA) and the Acute Care Pathway.
- Minimum of 12 months experience of working at Band 5 in acute and community mental health services
- Demonstrate sound leadership skills, possessing the ability to direct and motivate staff.
Desirable criteria
- Skills in DBT, CBT or PSI
- Demonstrate evidence of good organisational skills.
- Demonstrates good IT skills
- Training and Qualifications
- Professional Qualification and relevant professional registration
- Minimum of 12 months experience of working at Band 5 in acute and community mental health services
- Demonstrate a sound knowledge of mental health legislation and acute care pathways
- Evidence of being part of, or contributing to a service change
- Evidence of multi agency working
- Ability to work in a 24 care setting
- Demonstrate risk assessment and risk management skills with service users and the environment.
- Able to demonstrate an effective contribution to MDT working.
- Demonstrate experience of supervising qualified staff.
- Demonstrates an ability to work across agencies
- Demonstrate evidence of leadership on a service development issue.
- Demonstrate experience of supervising qualified staff.
- Knowledge and Skills
- Demonstrate a thorough working knowledge of purposeful admission (PIPA) and the Acute Care Pathway.
- Minimum of 12 months experience of working at Band 5 in acute and community mental health services
- Demonstrate sound leadership skills, possessing the ability to direct and motivate staff.
- Skills in DBT, CBT or PSI
- Demonstrate evidence of good organisational skills.
- Demonstrates good IT skills
- Training and Qualifications
- Professional Qualification and relevant professional registration
- Minimum of 12 months experience of working at Band 5 in acute and community mental health services
- Demonstrate a sound knowledge of mental health legislation and acute care pathways
- Evidence of being part of, or contributing to a service change
- Evidence of multi agency working
- Ability to work in a 24 care setting
- Demonstrate risk assessment and risk management skills with service users and the environment.
- Able to demonstrate an effective contribution to MDT working.
- Demonstrate experience of supervising qualified staff.
- Demonstrates an ability to work across agencies
- Demonstrate evidence of leadership on a service development issue.
- Demonstrate experience of supervising qualified staff.
Useful to know
Agenda for Change 2024/25 pays Band 6 at £37,338 – £44,962 a year, across England.
This advert: £39,959 – £48,117 — outside the standard scale; check for HCAS/London weighting.
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Job summary
We are seeking a motivated and compassionate Band 6 Discharge Coordinator to join our Acute Services Team, supporting safe, timely and person centred discharges.
You will work collaboratively with multidisciplinary teams, community partners, and external agencies to ensure effective discharge planning from admission through to transition home. The role involves identifying and addressing barriers to discharge, coordinating care plans, and supporting a "Home First" approach while maintaining a strong focus on patient safety and recovery-focused practice.
This is a key role within the service, offering opportunities to chair meetings, drive service improvement, and contribute to patient flow across all acute wards.
You will also support junior staff and work closely with ward teams, wider SHPU colleagues and contribute to the ongoing development of the Care Transfer Hub closely aligned with our Sheffield City Council partners.
We are looking for a registered mental health professional with excellent clinical, communication, organisational and leadership skills, including a strong understanding of the Mental Health Act and acute care pathways.
At SHPU, our values are central: we work together, are respectful and kind, inclusive, and always improving. If you share these values and are committed to delivering high-quality care, we would welcome your application.
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