Out of Hospital Facilitator

In the role of Out of Hospital Facilitator you will:

• Work as part of the Discharge Facilitation team to deal with referrals in a timely manner.
• Use your person-centred approach to ensure everyone is included and treated as an individual.
• Make contact with patients at the point of admission to asses and review their needs in order to support discharge form hospital.
• Use guided conversation techniques to provide holistic assessment of their needs.
• Work with other VCFE organisations, Age UK Wirral services and volunteers to develop a wellbeing visiting system to support patient after discharge.
• Develop and deliver training to partner organisations and volunteers.
• Seamlessly connect patients to long term support – whether this is provided by Age UK Wirral or other organisations.
• Carry out wellbeing visits as needed, especially where there are complexities or where a home assessment is needed before placing a volunteer.
• Assess patients recovery at regular intervals and ensure there is a clearly communicated exit strategy for the service with identified referral pathways where longer term support is needed.
• Document all interactions correctly on data management systems (in line with Data Protection) so that there is a clear record of the referral journey and necessary information.
• Keep up to date with the way services are delivered across the organisation so that you can provide useful information to individuals.
• Attend meetings and represent the team as directed by the Lead for Out of Hospital services.
• Provide practical and social support as required to respond to pressures within and across the health and care service as directed by Commissioner.

42 hours available across 2 posts

£14.03 per hour

Closing Date – 19th April 2024.

Download - Candidate Information Pack

Link to complete - Application Form