Band 6 Team Sister / Therapist cloned on 28-08-26 16:41:48

As a Team Sister within our Community Transfer of Care Hub, you play a pivotal role in supporting patients to leave hospital safely and receive the right care in the right place at the right time. Based at Gravesham Community Hospital, you will be part of a newly established and growing service that manages referrals into the Discharge to Assess pathways across Dartford, Gravesham, Swanley and Medway. Working at the heart of system-wide discharge planning, your role ensures patients experience smooth transitions from hospital to community services, assessment beds, or their own homes, supporting our Home First approach. This opportunity suits an experienced registered nurse or therapist passionate about complex discharge planning, leadership, and service improvement. You will collaborate closely with acute hospitals, social care teams, community services, and care providers to improve patient flow and outcomes for patients and families.

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As a Team Sister within our Community Transfer of Care Hub, you will play a pivotal role in supporting patients to leave hospital safely and receive the right care in the right place at the right time.

Based at Gravesham Community Hospital, you will be part of a newly established and growing service that manages referrals into the Discharge to Assess pathways across Dartford, Gravesham, Swanley and Medway.

Working at the heart of system-wide discharge planning, you will help ensure patients experience smooth transitions from hospital to community services, assessment beds or their own homes, supporting our Home First approach wherever possible.

This is an exciting opportunity for an experienced registered nurse or therapist with a passion for complex discharge planning, leadership and service improvement. You will work closely with acute hospitals, social care teams, community services and care providers to improve patient flow and deliver the best possible outcomes for patients and their families.

Job IntroductionYou will be joining a small, supportive and friendly team based at Gravesham Community Hospital, within walking distance of the train station and local amenities.

This is an exciting time to join the Community Transfer of Care Hub as the service continues to develop and strengthen discharge pathways across the local health and care system.

As part of HCRG Care Group, you will receive:

The service operates 7 days a week

Main ResponsibilitiesIn this role, you will provide operational, clinical and professional leadership to colleagues within the Community Transfer of Care Hub, supporting the day-to-day management of patient flow and discharge planning across the discharge pathways.

You will oversee complex discharge cases, support integrated discharge nurses and healthcare assistants, and ensure patients receive safe, timely and person-centred care.

Working collaboratively with acute hospitals, local authorities, social care teams, care providers and community services, you will help remove barriers to discharge and improve patient outcomes across the system.

You will also act as a specialist resource for discharge planning, providing expert advice on funding pathways, continuing healthcare processes, safeguarding, homelessness assessments and complex care arrangements.

Alongside your clinical responsibilities, you will contribute to service development, quality improvement, audit activity and workforce development.

Key responsibilities include

The role will involve travel across hospital, community, care home and patient home settings.

Person SpecificationEssential

Desirable

About the CompanyWe change lives by transforming health and care. Established in 2006, we are one of the UK's leading independent providers of community health and care services, working with health and care commissioners and communities to transform services with a focus on experience, efficiency, and improved outcomes. We deliver and transform adult and children community health services, primary care services including urgent care, sexual health, dermatology and MSK services as well as adult social care and wellbeing services. Across England, we support communities of many millions and directly help more than half a million people each year, guided by our simple values: we care, we think, we do. We're committed to equal opportunities and welcome applications from a broad, diverse range of people who want to join our team. We're a Disability Confident Committed company, so we work to provide facilities, work environment adjustments and technical solutions to be as inclusive of everyone. While it doesn't happen often, sometimes a role is very popular and we'll need to close it earlier than the date we've shown here. If you're keen to join our team, we'd love to hear from you so please apply as soon as you can. As you'd expect, safeguarding and protecting the children, young people and vulnerable adults that we work with is of the utmost importance so we have policies and procedures in place to promote safeguarding and safer working practices and everyone who joins the team is subject to a safer recruitment process, including the disclosure of criminal records and vetting checks.

Questions about the role? Feel free to reach out to Sam on+44 78846 59420 orsam.wright@hcrgcaregroup.com.

HCRG Care Group, established in 2006, is one of the UK's leading independent providers of community health and care services. The company works with health and care commissioners and communities to transform services, focusing on experience, efficiency, and improved outcomes. The organisation delivers and transforms adult and children community health services, primary care services including urgent care, sexual health, dermatology, and musculoskeletal (MSK) services, as well as adult social care and wellbeing services. Operating across England, HCRG supports communities of many millions and directly helps more than half a million people each year, guided by simple values: we care, we think, and we do. HCRG is committed to equal opportunities and welcomes applications from a diverse range of people, aiming to provide inclusive facilities and work environment adjustments.

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