Job Description

Hospital Discharge Advanced Practitioner

Somerset County Council are looking to expand their current team. The Hospital Discharge team is looking for an Advanced Practitioner to join a well-structured and organised team. As well as joining a supportive team our client also offers a competitive salary, opportunities for training to enhance your skills and potential progression within your team. This Hospital Discharge Advanced Practitioner role will be for an initial 3-6 months with potential for extension subject to internal circumstance and your performance.

Hospital Discharge Advanced Practitioner Responsibilities Include:

• Support adults in their community to remain independent for as long as possible because we help their families and local communities give them the support, they need to reduce the risk of them losing their independence.
• Deliver care or support, when people do need it, through high-quality, joined-up social care, health, and wellbeing services. These services will enhance rather than replace their existing informal support networks.
• Support people out of hospitals in a timely manner and prevents admissions by using their own and the community's assets to enable them to return home.
• Give people control of the care and support services they receive so that these are delivered where, when, and by the people they want, and they achieve the outcomes that are important for them.

Requirements / Experience preferred:

• HCPC Registration
• 1-2 years post qualifying experience within the UK Social Care industry
• Enhanced DBS/CRB (we can obtain for you)
• Eligibility to work in the UK.

Benefits of working with Ackerman Pierce:

• Your own personal consultant
• Access to a variety of Social Care jobs Nationwide
• DBS and Compliance Service
• Quick and Easy Registration Process
• Access to CPD
• Guaranteed weekly payment.

To discuss this Hospital Discharge Advanced Practitioner post or any similar vacancies we currently have available in Somerset, please email your updated CV to us at Ackerman Pierce or contact Harry Bannister at or on (phone number removed).