ITOC Senior Nurse

Locala; Huddersfield; On-site; GBP 38,000 - 47,000; Full time

Job summary

A health and wellbeing organization in Huddersfield seeks a Senior Nurse to join their dynamic ITOC Team. This role focuses on supporting safe hospital discharges and providing patient-centred care. Core responsibilities include working with multidisciplinary teams to assess individuals' needs and avoid hospital admissions. Ideal candidates will have nursing qualifications, experience in discharge support, and a passion for delivering high-quality care. The position also offers flexible working arrangements and a generous benefits package.

Benefits

Flexible working

Generous pension

Refer a Friend Scheme

Qualifications

• Candidates should have experience in supporting discharges and working with multidisciplinary teams.
• Ability to provide patient-centred care is essential.
• Experience with assessments in non-hospital settings is preferred.

Responsibilities

• Support safe and timely hospital discharges for patients.
• Work with individuals and families to identify needs and goals.
• Lead triage efforts for supportive discharges from acute trusts.

Skills

Multidisciplinary working

Patient-centred care

Triage experience

Education

Nursing qualification

Job description

Job Role

Senior Nurse

Band 6 - £38,682 - £46,580

37.5 per week (to include 1 in 4 weekends)

Permanent

Responsibilities

The Integrated Transfer of Care (ITOC) Team is a dynamic and multi-skilled team consisting of nurses, occupational therapists, physiotherapists, and Assistant Practitioners. We also work in partnership with acute trusts, local authority (LA – Council/Social Care), and voluntary organisations to support discharges in the community.

Our purpose is to support a safe and timely hospital discharge of people who are medically fit, and no longer need hospital care, to a place more suitable to the person’s needs. Assessments and care provision can then be tailored to support people to regain strengths and skills so that they can live as independently as possible.

We also aim to avoid admission for patients in A&E and Frailty departments who require intervention to allow them to be discharged home.

The main priority of the team is to consider home first with ongoing community interventions, if required.

The ITOC model aims to support better outcomes for people leaving hospital by:

• Reducing the time people spend in hospital when they no longer need acute care, preventing hospital acquired infections and ‘deconditioning’ (the loss of strength and independence).
• Assessing people in a more appropriate environment than the hospital, giving a more accurate indication of their strengths and needs.
• Providing multidisciplinary reablement and rehabilitation plans, and if necessary short‑term care and support, to help people gain and regain independence, preventing or reducing need for longer term care.
• The model also enables the urgent care system to prioritise acute hospital care for those people who need it.

The ITOC team works in partnership with individuals and families to identify their own needs and short-term goals, recognising that person‑centred care planning and intervention is key to the person accomplishing the outcomes they want to achieve.

The nurses within the team lead on the national front door work regarding discharge, including triage from the acute trusts for a supportive discharge. Experience in multidisciplinary working and supported discharges is essential for this role.

Locala is committed to helping employees achieve a positive work‑life balance and promotes mobile working. Staff are provided with mobile technology.

There will also be opportunities to broaden your scope of practice through supporting across the wider service of Unplanned and Intermediate Care.

To find out more about Locala see our Thrive Strategy.

For more information please refer to Job Description & Person Specification.

To discuss the role further, please contact Elkie Moffatt (Team Leader for Unplanned Care) [e-mail] [phone] or Deon Bryan (Complex Discharge Co‑ordinator) [e-mail] 07946609074.

Please note – this position may be subject to DBS check.

Closing date – 19/01/2026

We reserve the right to close the vacancy earlier than the stated date should we receive sufficient applications.

About us

Here at Locala we are part of the community and have often cared for generations within the same family and continue to be part of the NHS family also delivering care under the same ethos.

Locala Health and Wellbeing embraces diversity and inclusion and encourages applicants from people from all backgrounds with our ambition to have a workforce that represents the wider communities we live and work within, which you can support us to achieve.

We are an organisation that celebrates and values the individuality of our colleagues lived experiences and can adapt accordingly, recognising the value inclusivity brings when delivering equitable, high quality healthcare to our local communities. Where everyone feels valued, has the ability to develop, has flexible working opportunities, with a sense of belonging, supported by our Inclusivity Groups.

“Locala is a ‘Disability Confident’ employer and as such any disabled applicants who meets all the essential criteria are guaranteed to be invited to the assessment process.”

Benefits

• Flexible working – We are committed to supporting our colleagues to have a good work‑life balance and welcome conversations about flexible working wherever possible.
• Generous pension – We offer a generous, defined contribution, pension scheme with matched contribution + 2% up to a maximum of 8%.
• Refer a Friend Scheme – If you know a friend or family member who works at Locala on a substantive contract, you may be able to take advantage of our Refer a Friend Scheme. You both could receive a reward of £500 each, after you have successfully started your role with us.