Band 6 Complex Discharge Nurse Specialist

Band 6 Complex Discharge Nurse Specialist

The closing date is 09 March 2026

This is an opportunity to join the energetic, innovative complex discharge team. It is an exciting time for complex discharge with many new pathways and initiatives being introduced with partnerships with external agencies being forged by the complex team.

You will provide clinical expertise to support safe, effective and timely discharge working directly with internal and external multidisciplinary teams as required.

We are committed to providing excellent, person-centred care for our patients, who are always at the heart of what we do. Do you have the passion and enthusiasm required to join us?

The Complex Discharge Team is looking for a dynamic, innovative, and enthusiastic experienced nurse to join the team, to ensure the safe, effective, appropriate and timely discharge of patients from hospital. You'll need to be enthusiastic and have a strong sense of purpose and good diplomatic skills in engaging staff. However, you'll also need to be tenacious, confident, calm and persuasive.

As a registered nurse you will have significant experience in an acute hospital care setting, with extensive knowledge of the discharge process through relevant post qualification training and experience.

If you are passionate about patient care and want to develop your skills and knowledge, then we want to hear from you.

Main duties of the job

As the Band 6 within the team, you would be supporting the Band 7 and Band 6 Complex Discharge Nurses to ensure the timely completion of complex discharge assessments and service provision whilst having an awareness of complex discharge including but not limited to continuing health care processes including End of life, Mental capacity, DOLS, safeguarding and Discharge to assess.

You will also be involved in the Single Transfer of Care process, undertaking triaging of referrals and decision making regarding the hospital discharge pathways.

You will be a self motivated team player, who will uphold and promote our Trust values. You will need to demonstrate excellent communication skills and be able to confidently liaise with all members of the multi disciplinary teams and external agencies involved in the discharge process and provide support and teaching to the wards, attend MDT and lead and signpost on all complex discharge issues in the trust.

You should be confident in completing holistic, nursing needs based assessments and will also need to be confident liaising with all MDT, patients and their families. This job role includes daily liaison with all clinical ward areas, including emergency department as needed and excellent communication skills are essential for this post.

Please Ring Liz Chilver Complex Discharge Lead Nurse on or Elaine Ledwidge Senior Complex Discharge Nurse if you require further information or wish to discuss the post in more detail.

About us

University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust strives to have an inclusive culture where everyone feels like they belong, can thrive, knows that they add value and feels valued. We do this by developing compassionate and culturally competent leaders, being values driven in all that we do and by creating a welcoming and inclusive workplace that thrives on the diversity of our people. As such we want to attract and recruit talented individuals from all backgrounds, and for each of you to feel supported for the diversity you bring, to achieve your full potential. For those staff with a disability, including physical disability, long term health condition, mental health or neurodiverse condition, this also means being committed to making reasonable adjustments needed for you to carry out your role.

Job responsibilities

For a detailed job description for this vacancy, please see attached Job Description.

Person Specification Qualifications

• Registered Nurse on the NMC register.
• Maintained relevant continuing professional development in the past 3 years which supports revalidation.
• Evidence of knowledge of the Hospital Discharge and Community policy.
• Evidence of knowledge of Discharge to Assess and the hospital discharge pathways.
• Ability to demonstrate the importance of, and commitment to integrated working.
• Teaching / assessor qualification.

Experience

• Ability to act on own initiative with evidence of sound decision making abilities.
• Ability to demonstrate up to date experience and depth of knowledge and clinical competence.
• Experience of MDT working.
• Experience in an acute hospital/community setting.
• Experience of caseload management.

Additional Criteria

• Ability to work autonomously, manage / prioritise own workload.
• Ability to work under pressure across competing priorities.
• Excellent IT skills and ability to work across multiple systems.
• Ability to communicate articulately written, verbal and non verbal.
• Ability to adapt behaviour to changing circumstances.
• Positive and enthusiastic attitude with an approachable and supportive approach.
• Ability to relate to and motivate others.
• Flexible.
• Awareness of current relevant NHS policy context relating to the speciality.
• Has understanding / experience of the principles of Safeguarding in relation to the role applied for.
• Ability to work a varied shift pattern where required / and ability to work across UHB sites where required.
• Knowledge of corporate and clinical governance.

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

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