Progress Chaser | Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust
| Posting date: | 08 July 2025 |
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| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | £24,625 - £25,674 pro rota |
| Hours: | Part time |
| Closing date: | 07 August 2025 |
| Location: | Hull, HU3 2JZ |
| Company: | Hull and East Yorkshire Hospitals NHS Trust |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 7293380/356-25-7293380 |
Summary
Progress Chaser to ensure patients experience a safe discharge from hospital.
To communication with patients, relatives and relevant professionals. To liaise with Co-ordinator and ensure patients prescriptions are ready for discharge.
The Progress Chaser will facilitate the discharge of patients from the ward area in line with the Trust standards and policies.
The post holder will liaise and communicate effectively with relatives, community colleagues, other allied health professionals and medical/nursing staff.
Ensure that suitable patients are transferred to the discharge lounge as soon as possible.
Ensure that from admission they will collect collateral histories from family members. To ascertain whether patients are receiving the correct support and care in the home/community.
The post holder will be expected to maintain confidentiality and adopt a positive attitude towards staff, patients and relatives at all times
The Humber Health Partnership is one of the largest acute and community Partnership arrangements in the NHS, seeing well over one million patients every year and managing a budget of over £1.3 billion.
Made up of two Trusts - Northern Lincolnshire and Goole NHS Foundation Trust (NLAG) and Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust (HUTH) - our Partnership has significant ambitions and is committed to delivering world-class hospital and community services for the 1.65 million people we serve.
Together we employ nearly 20,000 staff. Our five main hospital sites are Diana, Princess of Wales Hospital, Scunthorpe General Hospital and Goole and District Hospital, for NLAG and Hull Royal Infirmary and Castle Hill Hospital for HUTH.
As Teaching Hospitals working with the Hull York Medical School, we both lead and contribute to research in many areas - biomedical research, primary care, palliative medicine, cardiovascular and respiratory medicine, vascular surgery, cancer surgery and oncology.
We believe that by developing a diverse, inclusive, innovative, skilled and caring workforce, we can deliver excellent care to our patients and a great future for our employees, our Partnership and our community.
For further details with regard to this vacancy opportunity, please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification.
This advert closes on Tuesday 22 Jul 2025