Professional experience and career objectives: Working now within an Acute Trust - District General Hospital within an Integrated Discharge Team; who provide specialist assessments and discharge planning for continuity of care on discharge, for patients and their carers.
Skills and areas of expertise: Advanced practitioner - complex assessments, multi-disciplinary team working and co-ordinating complex care for patients with complex care needs - such as end of life care at home - organising specialist equipment/med, gaining relevant funding approval and organising staff to deliver specialist care
Royal Cornwall Hospitals NHS Trust
(Health, Medicine, Social Services) - United Kingdom
october 1988 - Today (21 years 1 month)
Advanced assessments, trust wide educator, co-ordinator of care for discharge from hospital, implementer of NHS responsibilities within NHS Continuing Healthcare & NHS funded care and from the Community Care (Delayed Discharge) Act. Act as a resource for complex discharge issues.
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About me
Interests:
Music, films, reading, cycling, keeping fit, shows, meals with friends, walking the dogs especially country and beach walks, laughing.