Admission Avoidance Sister/Charge Nurse

Admission Avoidance Sister/Charge Nurse/HCP

Band 6 – Part time 15 hours. Permanent contract.

Job Summary

This is an exciting opportunity for a skilled nurse or health care professional to join the Admission Avoidance Team (AA). As a member of the AA Team, you will work as a senior clinician with a broad range of competencies, adaptable to a wide variety of clinical circumstances. The team is based on the Acute hospital site and focuses on conducting holistic assessments across the Emergency Department, Acute Medical Unit, Integrated Assessment Unit, Same Day Emergency Care and Urgent Treatment Centre to support medically optimised patients for discharge using pathways such as home first, discharge to assess and Stamford unit referrals.

Main Responsibilities

• Conduct holistic assessments to support discharges and avoid admission, using the home first and discharge to assess pathways.
• Work closely with health and social care colleagues across acute and community settings to support safe discharges.
• Refer patients onto appropriate services to prevent readmission.
• Attend unit board rounds daily to identify patients who can be supported home with Admission Avoidance to facilitate earlier discharge.
• Provide complex assessments and interventions, making high‑impact clinical decisions to support patients remaining in their own homes.
• Work autonomously while drawing assistance from primary and secondary care colleagues.
• Use evidence‑based principles, current best practice and specialist skills to assess, plan, implement and evaluate interventions.
• Manage caseload and communicate to prioritise patient care; collaborate with senior clinicians, practitioners, social workers and other professionals to establish a whole‑systems approach.
• Complete rapid discharges for palliative and end‑of‑life patients to their preferred place of care and conduct assessments to support placement into appropriate facilities.

Values & Behaviours

• Compassion
• Accountability
• Respect
• Excellence

Equality & Inclusion

We actively encourage applications irrespective of race, age, disability, sex, gender reassignment, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, religion or belief, marriage & civil partnership, or pregnancy or maternity. We particularly welcome applicants from Black, Asian & minority ethnic candidates, LGBTQ+ & Disabled people to improve workforce diversity.

Benefits

• Flexible working
• 27–33 days annual leave plus bank holidays
• Sick pay
• NHS Pension Scheme
• Free eye tests and health checks
• Gym discount
• Free bicycle loan scheme
• Salary sacrifice car scheme
• Support with stress, bereavement, relationships, finance and much more

Tameside and Glossop Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust serves a community of 250,000 people across Tameside & Glossop. We provide a range of services both within the hospital and across our community for adults and children. Our vision is to improve health outcomes for our population and influence wider determinants of health through collaboration with our health & care partners.

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