East Locality Discharge Practitioner

We are seeking a Locality Discharge Liaison Practitioner to support safe, timely discharge from inpatient mental health services into the East communities of Louth, Skegness and Boston. Working across wards, LMHTs, social care and wider partners, the post holder will coordinate discharge planning, assess ongoing service needs and support smooth transitions to appropriate services. The role plays a key part in reducing delayed discharges, improving patient flow and promoting person centred, recovery focused care across the locality.

Please see attached job description. This post is ideal for a registered professional with experience across inpatient and community services, strong clinical judgement, excellent communication, and a passion for improving patient flow and discharge outcomes for our patients, enabling them to feel safe and supported.

Lincolnshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust provides mental health services and a number of learning disability, autism and social care services in the county of Lincolnshire. Employing around 2,900 staff, and serving a population of over 768,400, our people lie at the heart of everything we do.

You could be part of a Trust rated by staff as one of the best mental health and learning disability trusts in England. We firmly believe the key to high quality care is a contented workforce. This is reflected in our Care Quality Commission rating of 'outstanding' for well-led and 'good' overall. In the most recent National NHS Staff Survey, our staff rated us as the number one trust nationally for staff morale and one of the top scoring NHS Trusts in the Midlands for being compassionate and inclusive. We're really proud of this!

We offer options for flexible working and provide a wide range of training and promotion opportunities in all professions. We support and celebrate diversity, have active staff networks groups and are always looking at what more we can do to support our staff.

Whether you're taking the first exciting steps in your career, itching for a new challenge or searching for a better place to raise a family, Lincolnshire has arange of rewarding health and social care careers in a county that's friendly, fascinating, affordable and brimming with everything you need to live a happy life.Visitbeinlincolnshire.comto find out more.