Healthcare Assistant - Discharge Lounge
| Posting date: | 16 April 2024 |
|---|---|
| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | £22,383 per annum pro rata |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 16 May 2024 |
| Location: | King's Lynn, PE30 4ET |
| Company: | Queen Elizabeth Hospital King's Lynn |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 6215842/426-115-24CC |
Summary
A Vacancy at The Queen Elizabeth Hospital King's Lynn NHS Foundation Trust.
The Discharge Lounge are currently recruiting for a full-time Healthcare Assistant to join our established team.
As part of your role, you will be required to work under direction and supervision of the registered nurse. You will support and assist the delivery of high quality, safe, dignified, and compassionate healthcare, to all patients.
The Discharge Lounge team work closely with the Trust's bed management team to provide safe timely transfers of patients to our unit.
If you think you have the relevant skills to join our happy, forward-thinking team, then please get in touch.
• To assist ward staff in preparing their patients for transfer to the Discharge Lounge.
• You must ensure that the patient has all their personal belongings including any equipment plus their TT0's and Discharge Summary if these are already available on the ward.
• You will assist in patient care and other related duties under the supervision of a Registered nurse for those patients waiting in the Discharge Lounge.
• To carry out routine duties, including activities in which the post holder has been assessed as competent by a Registered Nurse.
• To contribute to a team approach to patient care in conjunction with nursing colleagues and all members of the multi-disciplinary team, and work in accordance with the hospital policies always.
There’s never been a more exciting time to join TeamQEH. We’re working on a once in a generation opportunity to build a new state-of-the-art hospital to open in 2030 and we are also carrying out on one of the biggest pieces of digital transformation work we’ve ever undertaken.
Our new electronic patient record (EPR) will replace paper-based patient records from 2026 and will lead to better, safer, joined-up care at The Queen Elizabeth Hospital and beyond.
At The QEH we provide a comprehensive range of specialist, acute, obstetrics and community-based services to around 331,000 people across west and north Norfolk, North Cambs and South Lincs.
We are an ambitious organisation that upholds our values of kindness, wellness and fairness. We strive for continuous quality improvement, recently demonstrated in our 2024 CQC maternity inspection rating our services as ‘Good’, and we are proud to be a place to learn and grow through recognised learning and apprenticeships.
We recognise and reward our 4,000 staff and volunteers, priding ourselves on a community atmosphere and positive team spirit. We have approx. 530 beds across 33 wards and have newly built education and training facilities, a range of modern award-winning centres alongside a talented team of people ready to give you a warm welcome. We love working here and think you will too.
For further details about this vacancy, please see the attached job description and person specification.
This advert closes on Tuesday 30 Apr 2024
The Discharge Lounge are currently recruiting for a full-time Healthcare Assistant to join our established team.
As part of your role, you will be required to work under direction and supervision of the registered nurse. You will support and assist the delivery of high quality, safe, dignified, and compassionate healthcare, to all patients.
The Discharge Lounge team work closely with the Trust's bed management team to provide safe timely transfers of patients to our unit.
If you think you have the relevant skills to join our happy, forward-thinking team, then please get in touch.
• To assist ward staff in preparing their patients for transfer to the Discharge Lounge.
• You must ensure that the patient has all their personal belongings including any equipment plus their TT0's and Discharge Summary if these are already available on the ward.
• You will assist in patient care and other related duties under the supervision of a Registered nurse for those patients waiting in the Discharge Lounge.
• To carry out routine duties, including activities in which the post holder has been assessed as competent by a Registered Nurse.
• To contribute to a team approach to patient care in conjunction with nursing colleagues and all members of the multi-disciplinary team, and work in accordance with the hospital policies always.
There’s never been a more exciting time to join TeamQEH. We’re working on a once in a generation opportunity to build a new state-of-the-art hospital to open in 2030 and we are also carrying out on one of the biggest pieces of digital transformation work we’ve ever undertaken.
Our new electronic patient record (EPR) will replace paper-based patient records from 2026 and will lead to better, safer, joined-up care at The Queen Elizabeth Hospital and beyond.
At The QEH we provide a comprehensive range of specialist, acute, obstetrics and community-based services to around 331,000 people across west and north Norfolk, North Cambs and South Lincs.
We are an ambitious organisation that upholds our values of kindness, wellness and fairness. We strive for continuous quality improvement, recently demonstrated in our 2024 CQC maternity inspection rating our services as ‘Good’, and we are proud to be a place to learn and grow through recognised learning and apprenticeships.
We recognise and reward our 4,000 staff and volunteers, priding ourselves on a community atmosphere and positive team spirit. We have approx. 530 beds across 33 wards and have newly built education and training facilities, a range of modern award-winning centres alongside a talented team of people ready to give you a warm welcome. We love working here and think you will too.
For further details about this vacancy, please see the attached job description and person specification.
This advert closes on Tuesday 30 Apr 2024