Home First Transport Co-ordinator /IDS Hub
At a glance
- Band
- Band 4
- Contract
- Fixed-term
- Pattern
- Full-time
- Posted
- 16/09/2026
- Closes
- 23/09/2026
Sponsorship verdict
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Role summary
This role is an integral part of the Home First pathway, supporting patients across Pennine Lancashire by coordinating safe transport from hospital to home. It involves managing the IDS Hub and Home First referrals, supporting wider teams, and ensuring effective discharge processes. The service operates 7 days a week with flexible hours between 8am and 5pm. The post holder will work to release bed capacity and maintain accurate patient records.
Essential criteria
- oIT Skills - experience of Microsoft
- oEvidence of study at A level/ NVQ level 3 or equivalent experience
- oExperience of working across professional boundaries
- oHealth care experience
- oProblem solving skills
- oExperience of inter-agency working
- oAbility to manage own workload
- oDemonstrable ability to work within a team.
- Knowledge and skills
- oKnowledge of discharge planning processes and pathways.
- oAbility to analyse information to inform decision making
- oHigh standards of accuracy and literacy skills
- oExcellent organisational skills
- oProven ability to maintain confidentiality
- oAbility to prioritise an unpredictable work load and work to time scales in a fast past environment
- oExcellent organisational skills.
- oAbility to question and provide constructive feedback of detailed information
- oAccess to a vehicle to be able to travel across sites.
- Personal attributes
- oEnthusiasm to take on board new ideas, initiate change and implement
- oProven ability to work on own initiative without close supervision, whilst working as part of an integrated team
- oConfident at communicating with professionals at all levels/relatives/patients by telephone and face to face
- oConfident decision maker
- oProactive working practice
- oExcellent communicator
- oPositive attitude
- oApproachable manner
- oAbility to work in a team, being supportive of team members, understanding own role within the team and the Integrated Care organisation
- oAssertive, committed and self-motivated individual who is able to motivate others
- oAbility to manage conflict with appropriate resolution
- Other
- oAbility to pass pre-employment screening.
- oDemonstrate ability to evaluate/provide complex information and reports
- oApproach to flexible working hours to meet the needs of the service
- oAbility to influence working practices in relation to service development
- oAccess to own transport/car driver as post holder will be required to work across ELHT footprint
- oBe accountable for own professional actions
Desirable criteria
- oAbility to work rostered hours to provide a seven day service.
- oIT Skills - experience of Microsoft
- oEvidence of study at A level/ NVQ level 3 or equivalent experience
- oExperience of working across professional boundaries
- oHealth care experience
- oProblem solving skills
- oExperience of inter-agency working
- oAbility to manage own workload
- oDemonstrable ability to work within a team.
- Knowledge and skills
- oKnowledge of discharge planning processes and pathways.
- oAbility to analyse information to inform decision making
- oHigh standards of accuracy and literacy skills
- oExcellent organisational skills
- oProven ability to maintain confidentiality
- oAbility to prioritise an unpredictable work load and work to time scales in a fast past environment
- oExcellent organisational skills.
- oAbility to question and provide constructive feedback of detailed information
- oAccess to a vehicle to be able to travel across sites.
- Personal attributes
- oEnthusiasm to take on board new ideas, initiate change and implement
- oProven ability to work on own initiative without close supervision, whilst working as part of an integrated team
- oConfident at communicating with professionals at all levels/relatives/patients by telephone and face to face
- oConfident decision maker
- oProactive working practice
- oExcellent communicator
- oPositive attitude
- oApproachable manner
- oAbility to work in a team, being supportive of team members, understanding own role within the team and the Integrated Care organisation
- oAssertive, committed and self-motivated individual who is able to motivate others
- oAbility to manage conflict with appropriate resolution
- Other
- oAbility to pass pre-employment screening.
- oDemonstrate ability to evaluate/provide complex information and reports
- oApproach to flexible working hours to meet the needs of the service
- oAbility to influence working practices in relation to service development
- oAccess to own transport/car driver as post holder will be required to work across ELHT footprint
- oBe accountable for own professional actions
- oAbility to work rostered hours to provide a seven day service.
Useful to know
Agenda for Change 2024/25 pays Band 4 at £26,530 – £29,114 a year, across England.
This advert: £28,392 – £31,157 — outside the standard scale; check for HCAS/London weighting.
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East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust
Home First Transport Co-ordinator /IDS Hub
The closing date is 23 September 2026
Job summary
This role is an integral part of the Home First pathway supporting patients across the Pennine Lancashire footprint. The role will work alongside the Pennine Lancashire Home First pathways co-ordinating the safe transport of patients from hospital to home. The role will also include the management of the IDS Hub and the Home First referrals and supporting wider teams The service operates 7 days per week including bank holiday and hours will be flexible 8am - 5pm.
Main duties of the job
Work flexibly across the entire Pennine Lancashire Home First pathway to meet the needs of all Home First discharges for all adult patients being discharged or requiring community support.
Drive communication and response between relevant services through Hub management and Home First referrals
To ensure you are an integral part of a responsive team by delivering a highly responsive and effective service delivery increasing utilisation of the dedicated Home First Transport.
Complete a daily work allocation and ensure completion of all tasks to effectively operate the service, within this demonstrate a flexible approach to meet individual patients/family need.
Report & monitor problems with transport services and escalate issues to senior clinical flow
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