Right Care Practitioner - Lewisham Directorate

An opportunity has arisen for a Right Care Practitioner in the Lewisham Integrated Discharge Team.

The Right Care Practitioner will work across community, rehab and inpatient services within the Lewisham Directorate. The primary purpose of this post is to support the Right Care Leads in reducing length of stay within inpatient and complex care services and creating capacity and flow across the whole mental health system.

The role requires excellent communication and organisation skills and the ability to work collaboratively with all relevant parties including external agencies. The post holder will support identification of internal and external barriers to flow, record information systematically and escalate accordingly.

Main duties of the job

To work in collaboration with a broad range of professionals to gain intelligence regarding inpatient demand and anticipated discharges and extended periods of leave.

To work closely with ward teams to support staff to be proactive about discharge planning from day one of admission.

To be integral to decision-making about patient care and discharge in liaison with all other health professionals

To assist the multidisciplinary team in diffusing difficult situations when discharge plans become complex or there is conflict with the carers / other health professionals and escalate to the Right Care Lead as necessary

To work closely with multi-disciplinary teams to standardise good discharge planning practice throughout the Directorate

We are committed to ensuring our staff get the most out of their benefits package and understand the importance of a healthy work life balance. There is an extensive range of excellent benefits for you and your family. We want you to feel like you are part of a close-knit team at SLaM. It is important to us that you feel valued and appreciated and that is why we have a comprehensive benefits package on offer.

Some of our benefits are highlighted here:

Generous pay, pensions, and leave, we offer comprehensive pay, pensions and leave package, which is dependent on the role and length of service.

Work life balance, flexible working and supporting a range of flexible options, such as part-time working and job sharing.

Career development, there are plenty of opportunities to progress your career and we support your development through several programs such as leadership, mentoring, coaching, positive people management, collective leadership, and other talent programmes

Car lease, our staff benefit from competitive deals to lease cars

Accommodation, eligible staff benefit from keyworker housing which is available on selected sites

NHS discounts, with discounts up to 10% from a variety of well-known retail brands through Health Service Discounts website.