Closing date: 10 November 2026
Salary: £39,959 to £48,117 a year per annum
Working pattern: Full-time, 37.5 hours per week
Contract: Permanent

Job summary
An exciting opportunity to join the Flow Team as Band 6 discharge facilitator.

We are looking for a person who is compassionate, motivated and approachable. In return you will be working within a supportive team with strong commitment to excellent patient outcomes.

The post holder will be required to work in variety of locations across the trust to provide an interface between CWPT services and all External agencies.

Working within the MDT to co-ordinate inpatient discharges to step them back into the community.

Main duties of the job

• To monitor and manage the oversight and reporting of the standard admission to discharge process on all the mental health inpatient wards and stepdown provision
• To monitor and manage the oversight and reporting of patient length of stay in line with the development of pathway interventions in Mental Health Services
• Ensure escalation of complex delays is reported and recorded within the agreed admission to discharge framework
• Support Ward Managers to ensure timely progress of discharge planning
• Provide regular updates to the S&Q lead for length of stay and delayed transfers of care. To provide the operation leads with the necessary weekly reports to support the DTOC and Bronze escalation meetings
• To assist the team to update and report to the identified contracting team and support the reporting mechanisms
• To highlight/escalate to the Pathway/Service Manager any issues in relation to delays

About us
At Coventry and Warwickshire Partnership NHS Trust (CWPT), we deliver a wide range of physical, mental health, learning disability and autism services, and are proud to serve communities across Coventry, Warwickshire and beyond.

We put 'people at our heart'; this ethos is at the centre of everything we do and how we do it. We care for our staff and colleagues as much as they care for others and offer a wide range of benefits and development opportunities.

Benefits

• Generous annual leave entitlement which increases during your time with us
• Excellent learning and development opportunities, including apprenticeship frameworks, distance learning, internal training, coaching and mentoring, and much more
• Salary sacrifice schemes for lease car/ vehicle, Cycle to Work, home and electronics, gym membership and more
• Discounts with a range of retailers, restaurants and entertainment venues through our Employee Assistance Programme and NHS discount schemes
• Wellbeing support, including an in-house counselling service, external helpline and more
• Staff networks and support group

We're always on the lookout for people who share our passion for improving the lives and wellbeing of people in our community, as well as our values of compassion, collaboration, excellence, integrity and respect.

Job responsibilities

• Work within MDT to ensure that all discharge planning is effective and carefully planned
• Ensure all discharges are progressed within a timely manner
• Escalate any delays that are identified and any barriers to discharge
• Attend escalation meetings and prepare updates for all other professionals

Essential qualifications

• Current professional registration: Nurse, Social Worker, Occupational Therapist
• Educated to degree level or equivalent

Essential knowledge

• Specialist knowledge and skills in patient flow management
• Excellent communication skills both non-verbal and verbal
• Good organisational and time management skills
• Ability to liaise effectively with statutory and voluntary services as well as provider organisations / placements
• Knowledge of other services provided in the locality
• Evidence of having developed expertise in a particular clinical area e.g. dementia, LD etc.
• Ability to problem solve and find creative solutions

Essential experience

• Experience of working in mental health or learning disability
• Experience of multi-disciplinary team working
• Experience of working independently as an autonomous practitioner
• Experience of joint working with statutory, voluntary and private sector agencies
• Experience of holding and managing a case load

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.

UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website. Apply through our website.

For questions about the job, contact:
Team manager Leanne Satchell, leanne.satchell@covwarkpt.nhs.uk, 02476932503

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