Healthcare Assistant-Discharge Lounge

3 days ago


South Cheriton, United Kingdom Somerset Nhs Foundation Trust Full time

Job summary An exciting opportunity has arisen to join the highly motivated discharge lounge team in a health care assistant position.The Discharge Lounge supports all areas within the Trust with an emphasis on maintaining timely and safe patient flow out of the Hospital.The successful candidate will have experience of hospital care and a knowledge of patient discharge processes.The role requires the individual to have enthusiasm and a passion to drive the service forward and meet service demands.
They should have effective communication skills and an ability to support all the staff within the team to deliver high quality safe patient care.Working Pattern: hours per week during the hours of - Monday to Friday and - weekends.For more information on the Job Description and Responsibilities please find attached.
Main duties of the job To provide effective and clinical support to Registered Nursing Staff within the Medical Services Group during the shift around a 24 hour periodSupport the systems for a multi-disciplinary approach to patient-centred care delivery, which builds on the philosophy of greater involvement of patients and their relatives/carers by using the Trusts patient and public involvement strategyDelivers patient care including health promotion daily to patients who present with undifferentiated conditions including life-threatening emergencies to adults and will present unscheduled and unannounced at any time throughout the 24-hour periodPlease be advised - this vacancy may close early if we reach a sufficient amount of applications About us As an organisation, the NHS offers a wide range of benefits including flexible working, fantastic pension contributions, market leading annual leave allowance, career progression and regular conversations, not to mention our Blue Light Card and NHS exclusive benefits of working in Somerset include the idyllic countryside, with our areas of outstanding beauty and stunning coastlines.
You will get to enjoy these perks whilst still only being a stone's throw away from bustling city centres like Bristol, Bath and Exeter and only two hours away from are excellent educational facilities in the area and, when compared to other regions, house prices are reasonable.
You will to experience the best of both in Somerset, the countryside and the cosmopolitan -- there is truly something for everyone
Job description Job responsibilities For more details and further information about the role, please see the attached job description and person specification.
Person Specification Qualifications Essential A Qualifications and Credit Framework (QCF) Level 3.
This could be a Vocational NVQ, BTEC or equivalent international qualification in healthcare or able to demonstrate the equivalent level of experience Experience Essential Previous experience in a healthcare environmentCannulation and phlebotomyExperience of recording ECGsExperience of taking and monitoring blood glucose levelsWorks well in a busy environmentAdaptable/ flexibleGood time keepingWillingness to use technology to improve standards of care and support to our patientsFlexible approach to workDemonstrate respect for confidentiality at all timesProven experience of successfully working in a team environment Desirable Basic computer/keyboard skillsUnderstands limitations of the role and need to refer to others Additional Criteria Essential Able to demonstrate an ability to develop rapport and show empathy and sensitivityAble to build good working relationships with colleaguesAble to demonstrate they can adapt communication style to circumstancesAble to prioritise and organise work and support junior staffAble to work under instruction and under own initiative within the boundaries of the role and as part of a teamAbility to undertake manual handling training to assist the movement and handling of patients adhering to manual handling guidelinesAssist and enable patients with all activities of daily living - maintaining personal hygiene, dressing and appearanceAssist patients to eat and drinkAssist and enable patients to use toilet facilities



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