Trusted Assesor

The Trusted Assessor role supports this by acting as an independent and unbiased assessor on behalf of Sheffield care home providers. They will undertake assessments to support and facilitate effective and timely discharges from acute hospital settings. The Trusted Assessor service will aim to reduce the numbers and waiting times of people awaiting discharge from hospital back to their care home back to a care home or a new care home setting , quickly, effectively and safely. To facilitate the discharge of people to their existing care home placement or to a new care home setting. To help increase the bed flow and status. To reduce the number of assessments an individual has to undergo. To ensure people are discharged to the right setting with complete and up to date information and paperwork. To develop a standard assessment framework for care homes. To improve patient and user experience. Establishing whether the outcomes have been achieved will be through a collection of information and data supplied by the Provider and collated and analysed by the Commissioner.