Clinical Discharge Coordinator
At a glance
- Band
- Band 6
- Contract
- Fixed-term
- Pattern
- Part-time, Job share, Flexible working
- Posted
- 25/08/2026
- Closes
- 08/09/2026
Sponsorship verdict
This contract type is not eligible for Skilled Worker sponsorship.
NHS Trusts cannot issue a Certificate of Sponsorship for part-time, bank, locum, zero-hours, job-share or short fixed-term (under 12 months) contracts under current Home Office rules. This applies even when the wider Trust holds a Skilled Worker licence.
Role summary
This role involves coordinating patient discharge planning from acute and community hospitals, working with multi-disciplinary teams and external agencies. The coordinator will ensure safe and timely patient transfers, manage complex cases, and maintain accurate records. It requires strong organisational, negotiation, and communication skills, particularly when dealing with patients and families during difficult times.
Key responsibilities
- To have a full understanding of the Discharge Process and the knowledge and skills to apply effectively in practice to ensure a safe and timely patient discharge takes place.
- To assist in identifying, negotiating and co-ordinating the movement of patients who are suitable to transfer to other health or social care facilities.
- To promote integrated and collaborative working with health, social care teams and third sector providers.
- To initiate and lead patient case conferences or 'best interest' meetings, as necessary with discussions and actions documented.
- To sensitively challenge conventional thinking that hinders or creates a delay in the process of patient discharge.
- To support and actively participate in audits pertaining to patient discharge and whole system flow.
Essential criteria
- Registered first level nurse or AHP or social care experience
- Diploma/degree level relevant qualification
- Mentoring and assessing qualification
- Evidence of continuing professional development in the last year
- Significant post registration experience in an acute hospital setting or equivalent or community setting in either Nursing or AHP or LA
- Experience in effectively contributing and sustaining change
- Experience with working with electronic systems
- Demonstrates excellent communication and interpersonal skills
- Demonstrates IT skills
- Flexibility of approach- able to respond to competing pressures elsewhere in service
- Ability to use negotiation skills to reach shared goals
- Ability to communicate difficult or information to people who might be anxious or upset
- Recognises own limitations and how to escalate issues and situations
- Ability to travel as may be required to work on any BHT site
Desirable criteria
- Knowledge of the key legislation, best practice and health/social care policy and guidelines relating to own professional practice
- Able to apply research and best practice operationally
- Able to manage, prioritise and organise own workload effectively
- Can demonstrate characteristics of effective credible leadership
- Demonstrates up to date knowledge in the field of patient discharge
- Is innovative, positive and has ability to apply critical and lateral thinking
- Able to plan and achieve targets and to meet deadlines
- Act as a positive role model/expert in complex patient discharge
- Demonstrates ability to sensitively challenge conventional thinking
- Demonstrates experience of multidisciplinary and collaborative working
- Ability to facilitate change effectively and motivate others
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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Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust
Clinical Discharge Coordinator
The closing date is 08 September 2026
Job summary
We are looking for a Clinical Discharge Coordinator to complement our existing team.
The right individual should have knowledge and experience of discharges from acute and community hospitals, knowledge and experience of the mental capacity Act and an understanding of Continuing Healthcare and Social Care Act
A general overview of responsibilities includes providing support to and working extensively with multi-disciplinary and multi-agency staff to co-ordinate discharge planning for those patients who require on-going care following discharge from hospital.
Candidates will need to have excellent organisational and negotiation skills and a detailed knowledge of care needs documentation, e.g. health needs assessments, continuing health care assessments, continuing care checklists, decision support tools and mental capacity assessments.
You will also need to have excellent communication skills which will enable you to work sensitively with patients and families at what can be a very difficult time in their lives and have an ability to problem solve and an ability to work under pressure.
Main duties of the job
- To have a full understanding of the Discharge Process and the knowledge and skills to apply effectively in practice to ensure a safe
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