Discharge Lounge Staff Nurse

4 weeks ago


Yeovil, United Kingdom Somerset NHS Foundation Trust Full time

Job summary

The Discharge Lounge is offering an exciting opportunity to join the team as a permanent Band 5 Registered Nurse.

The successful candidate will have experience of acute 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.

The Discharge Lounge supports all areas within the Trust with an emphasis on maintaining timely and safe patient flow out of the Hospital.

Working Pattern: hours per week during the hours of - Monday to Friday and - weekends.

Main duties of the job

To assist and facilitate Patient Flow for the wards and patients in a timely discharge process

To provide clinical leadership within the ward area

To provide and maintain a high standard of evidence based, patient centred care

To demonstrate good interpersonal skills and to develop practical skills required within the specialty, whist reflecting the philosophy of care

To deliver patient care daily, using the systems in place in the department 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 strategy

To provide direction, supervision and control to team members in order that they provide patient care and services which are appropriate to the individual needs of the patient and the ward/unit

To provide a friendly, effective reception, service to patients

Support and assist Discharge Lounge staff in the day-to-day management and contribute to the care environment

All staff are expected to work to the Trust Values of Outstanding Care, Working Together, Leading and Listening

The duties listed are not exhaustive and may be varied from time to time

The post holder will be expected to undertake other duties as appropriate and as requested by his/her manager

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 the main duties and responsibilities for this role please read the attached job description and person specification. When completing your application please ensure your supporting statement reflects the criteria set out in these documents by showing how your experience and skills apply to this post.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

Nursing, professional registration

Experience

Essential

Good understanding of nursing care methods and modelsPrevious experience of working within an NHS environmentIV Drug AdministrationAble to identify prioritiesInnovative, able to problem solve and make decisionsUnderstand the importance and relevance of nursing research and uses this to improve clinical practiceAble to use resources efficiently and effectively

Desirable

Established organisational and leadership skillsTeaching skills

Additional Criteria

Essential

Typing skills - to use computerised systems for accessing data, interpretation of data, patient information, developing a data base of staff training records and typing of correspondence and meeting minutesAble to demonstrate a good standard of English to communicate verbally and electronically to a high effective communication skills - able to communicate verbally and written to staff, patients and relatives including in situations of conflict & distress, ensuring that communication is tailored to the person being to document observations, results, decisions, and actions etc. effectively in patient records and communicate these effectively to appropriate members of the multidisciplinary organisational skillsAble to work under instruction and under own initiative within the boundaries of the role and as part of a team

Desirable

Ability to deal with conflict in the ward team, with service users and involving patients with mental health problems.Compassionate with an intuitive, kind and caring natureOpen minded, treats colleagues, patients, carers and relatives with dignity and respectExceptional interpersonal skillsListens to others views, respecting and valuing individual patient needsProfessional and patient focussed approach acting as a role model to colleaguesAbility to recognise and manage challenging situations in a calm and professional mannerAble to take instruction and direction and work effectively as part of a teamAbility to record and retrieve information on charts/paper and electronic patient recordsTo be able to demonstrate an awareness and responsibility whilst recognising the impact frequent exposure to distressing circumstances has on care and compassionFlexible and adaptable to meet the needs of the patientsSympathetic and considerate towards patients, carers and relativesAbility to inspire hope, support recovery and make a differenceAct in a ways that support equality and diversity.

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