Hospital Discharge

We are seeking a highly skilled Adults Hospital Discharge Social Worker to join our Home First team in Dorset. This rewarding role offers the opportunity to make a positive difference to people's lives in our community.Key Responsibilities:Undertake strengths-based assessments and support planning to promote independence.Work collaboratively with a busy team...

**Do you have a passion and drive for assisting people at a time of potential crisis?** Dorset Council is looking to recruit a special a Hospital to Home Caseworker, also known as a Complex Needs Housing Caseworker, to join the team. The postholder will be working proactively with the hospital discharge teams as well as community based integrated care teams...

The Patient Key Worker role will primarily focus on providing a smooth discharge plan for each patient. The primary function of this role is to ensure patients and relatives are aware of the plan both in terms of interventions and expectations on discharge. Also to highlight to all concerned, any problems that may become apparent that could affect a delay in...

Highly Specialised Occupational therapy team lead, Frailty & Older Peoples Unit Do you feel ready for a change?? Band 6 Accelerator or Band 7 Dorset County Hospital therapy team are actively recruiting for a dynamic Band 7 Occupational Therapist to join ourAcute Frailty and Older Peoples Therapy Team. The Team works closely with the larger...

Highly Specialised Occupational therapy team lead, Frailty & Older Peoples Unit Do you feel ready for a change?? Band 6 Accelerator or Band 7 Dorset County Hospital therapy team are actively recruiting for a dynamic Band 7 Occupational Therapist to join our Acute Frailty and Older Peoples Therapy Team. The Team works closely with the larger...

**About The Role**: **Do you have a passion and drive for assisting people at a time of potential crisis?** Dorset Council is looking to recruit a special a Hospital to Home Caseworker, also known as a Complex Needs Housing Caseworker, to join the team. The postholder will be working proactively with the hospital discharge teams as well as community based...

An opportunity has arisen to work in an exciting integrated model for the delivery of patient care in Dorset County Hospital’s Acute Hospital at Home service. This service proactively manages and monitors a defined caseload of patients who have complex care needs in the short term, on a multi-disciplinary basis in their own home. We are looking for a...

Are you an accomplished children's nurse with strong leadership skills and a passion for community nursing? We have a rare and exciting Job opening for a compassionate, dynamic, and inclusive Team Leader to join our CCN Team in West Dorset. You will be responsible for the daily operational management and leadership of the team Monday - Friday 9.00am to...

As a key member of the Gastroenterology team at Dorset County Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, you will provide comprehensive secretarial and administrative support to ensure the smooth operation of the service.Acting as a point of contact for patients, carers, and other healthcare professionals, you will handle queries, provide information, and escalate...

About the RoleWe are seeking a highly skilled and dedicated Bank Nurse to join our team at Dorset County Hospital NHS Foundation Trust. This is an exciting opportunity for an experienced nurse to work in a dynamic and supportive environment, providing high-quality patient care.Job DescriptionThe successful candidate will be responsible for delivering...

This is an exciting and challenging opportunity for someone to join our team on Lulworth Ward, this role will enable you to be the welcoming face for all out patients and visitors. Lulworth Ward is a general surgical ward with a friendly and professional team that will provide an ideal environment for applicants to learn new skills, work as a team and...

Dorset County Hospital's busy and friendly Dietetic Team have an exciting opportunity for a Renal Dietitian development post; commencing as a Band 5 and developing to a Band 6. As an autonomous HCPC registered dietitian, provide a specialist, evidence-based dietetic services to a caseload of patients within the renal setting covering DCH inpatients, the...

To fully participate in the inter-professional evaluation of care, to ensure patients meet their ongoing health & wellbeing needs, focusing on safe and effective discharge/transfer out of the acute hospital. - Ensure the initiation of DOLs and MCA at the earliest opportunity in conjunction with the nurse in charge and that restricted interventions...

**As a Senior Therapy Assistant we can offer you**: Competency based training A wide range of experience working within the Acute hospital sites, and into the community through our collaborative partnerships and Discharge to Assess pathways. Role specific training Continuing Professional Development and Training opportunities including foundation degrees...

To provide comprehensive administrative support to the IBD team in order to facilitate the smooth, efficient and effective running of all elements of the service. The IBD Team provide professional advice & support to patients with IBD and this role will be a key support to the Lead IBD team administrator and some responsibilities of the Lead IBD...

To provide comprehensive secretarial and administrative support to the Gastroenterology team in order to facilitate the smooth, efficient and effective running of all elements of the service. To act as a point of contact for patients/carers and other health professionals. Dealing with queries, providing information and escalating to the clinical team where...

Urgent and Integrated Care Division DIETETICS DEPARTMENT ROTATIONAL DIETITIAN (BAND 5) 4 WTE (i.e. 4 full time posts) This is a very exciting opportunity to join an integrated Acute and Community Dietetic service based in Dorset County Hospital, Dorchester. If you are a newly qualified or due to qualify Dietitian who is seeking the opportunity to...

Job summary We invite applications for this exciting post to provide specialist respiratory care as part of our DAIRS team at UHD and participate in the development and implementation of our Respiratory virtual ward.The Dorset Adult Integrated Respiratory Service (DAIRS) provides care to patients with a variety of chronic respiratory diseases.The role is...

Job summary This advert seeks candidates for employment by University Hospitals Dorset NHS Foundation Trust or Dorset Healthcare University NHS Foundation Trust Are you a final year Occupational Therapy student or a qualified Occupational Therapist who is looking for the next opportunity working as a Rotational OT in Dorset?Do you have excellent...

Provide clinical dietetic services to the designated patient caseload. Maintain continual professional registration as a Dietitian whilst in post. Undertake clinical assessment and make judgements on the designated generalist clinical caseload in line with the HCPC Standards and BDA Code of Conduct. Ensure judgements are evidenced based, patient centred and...