Community Liaison Sister

History
Southern Area Hospice Services applied for funding to the New Opportunities Funding (NOF) Body for the development of a Hospice Community Liaison Sister.

Aim of the Service
The aim of the Community Liaison Sister post is to provide effective patient centred admissions to Hospice and effective discharge planning of patients from Hospice to Home, thus providing seamless continuity of care for the patient.

The Role
The role of the Community Liaison Nurse is to enable the Patient, Carers, Hospice and Community Services to participate in planning, to enable a smooth admission and discharge from Hospice. Within the Hospice the Community Liaison Sister works closely with all members of the multi-disciplinary team. By liaising with key personnel the Community Liaison Sister's post provides effective patient centred admissions to Hospice and effective discharge of patients from Hospice to Home.

She liaises with the following:

• Patients, their families and Carers
• Hospital Consultants
• General Practitioners (GPs)
• District Nurses
• Macmillian Nurses
• Other Community Health Care Professionals

Offers Advice
The Community Liaison Sister offers advice and support not only to patients and their families but also to Community Health Care Staff.

When is the Community Liaison Sister available?
The Community Liaison Sister is available at the Southern Area Hospice
Monday - Friday, 9am - 5pm.

Other Hospice services that the Community Liaison Sister will
give information on are:

• In-patient Unit
• Medical Homecare Visits
• Outpatients Clinic
• Day Hospice Unit
• Bereavement Care
• Physiotherapy
• Patient Helpline

If you would like to contact the Community Liaison Sister:
Tel: (028) 302 67711 (Monday - Friday 9am - 5pm) or
email: info@southernareahospiceservices.org

Download PDF Leaflet “Your Hospice, Community Liaison Sister”