South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust • London SE13 6LW
About this role
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.
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
For further details, please refer to attached JD.
We are committed to ensuring our staff get the most out of their benefits packageand 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 arehighlighted 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 fromkeyworker 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.
For a full list of our benefits please visit:https://www.slam.nhs.uk/media/421262/Working%20at%20SLaM.pdf
We look forward to receiving your application.
To communicate with all members of the multidisciplinary team when a concern is raised regarding a patients discharge, escalating to the Right Care Lead as necessary.
To ensure good communication with patients and carers about plans for discharge.
To be a visible presence on the inpatient wards to follow through with actions.
To liaise on a daily basis with the inpatient wards to understand any plans for movement, i.e., section 17 leave or discharge.
To work collaboratively with the health care professionals, patients and carers to ensure appropriate standards of care and communication are met.
To support advanced planning across 7 days.
To support forecasting by ensuring estimated discharge dates are recorded and updated.
To employ excellent clinical and communication skills with inpatient colleagues to achieve optimum utilisation of beds.
To ensure accurate bed state information is maintained in conjunction with the inpatients wards and Acute Referral Centre (ARC) including admissions, discharges, patients on leave or AWOL and anticipated Mental Health Act Assessments and CTO recalls.
To record patient flow data accurately ensuring all information is captured and updated from daily ward reviews, bed management, DCCM and Right Care Meetings.
To identify and escalate barriers to discharge to the Right Care Lead and any other relevant parties using initiative and sound clinical judgment.
To provide early warning of patient flow risks, considering potential solutions and taking corrective action as appropriate and / or escalating as required.
To carry out Home Treatment assessments, as required, to prevent delay in discharge.
For further details, please refer to attached JD.
This advert closes on Tuesday 5 May 2026