Discharge Planner

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Discharge Planner based at the Great Western Hospital within the Hospital Social Work Team as part of a multi-disciplinary team and in re-shaping Adult Social Care to meet the needs of our service users.

The Hospital Social Work Team assess and organise discharge services for patient’s requiring extra support before or upon returning home from hospital.

Your next role

You will be pivotal in information gathering and sharing to ensure safe and timely discharges as well as maintaining a true representation of current caseloads across the team. 

This is an excellent opportunity for an individual that has the passion to succeed and wanting to further develop new skills. The successful candidate will need to have a flexible approach to work in order to meet the demands within the acute setting.

You will have the opportunity to work with partners across the health and social care system and as an expert communicator you will liaise with colleagues across the organisation, ensuring compliance with relevant policy and legislation (The Care Act 2014).

You will need excellent clear communication skills dealing at all levels, maintaining tact and diplomacy at all times and hold an awareness of handling sensitive information.

You must have the ability to interpret levels of urgency/complexity when prioritising work and knowing when to escalate to a senior. 

In addition, you will need good IT skills and experience of working in a Health and Social Care setting would be an advantage.

This is a 7-day service and the working hours for this position are Tuesday to Saturday.

You must be fluent in the English language (as a requirement of Part 7 of the Immigration Act “for the effective performance of a customer-facing role”).

Your next package

Please see our Rewards and Benefits offer for more details.

As an employee, you will receive a diverse and exciting environment in which to work, encouraging creativity and innovation whilst recognising the need to support ongoing personal development and a flexible work life balance.

For Swindon to thrive in the future, we need to lay the foundations now. It’s why our regeneration and transformation programmes are already underway. So, you’ll be joining us at an exciting time on our journey. We’ll look to you to share your knowledge, influence decisions and drive real, positive change. With your contributions, we’ll achieve our vision of a prosperous, re-vitalised Swindon together. And you’ll be proud to say it was made better with you.

Please see our Vision and Values page for more details and our new Swindon Plan.

Your next steps

Read the role profile and select the Apply button where you will be redirected to the Swindon Borough Council website to complete our online application process. Clicking the ‘Apply’ button on this job website is not an application, you must register on the Swindon Borough Council website in order to be considered for the role.

For an informal discussion on the role please contact Liz Horne on ehorne@swindon.gov.uk

Potential applicants are sometimes put off if they don’t meet 100% of the requirements. We think individual experience, skills and passion make all the difference, so if you meet the majority of the criteria, we’d love to hear from you.

As an inclusive employer, we welcome applications from a diverse range of communities, and in particular disabled people and people from ethnic minorities. Read our statement of commitment to equality & inclusion.

If you are experiencing technical issues submitting your application please email resourcing@swindon.gov.uk