This post is central to delivering effective patient care at Hampshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. The post will be primarily based in Basingstoke but you may be asked to attend other sites as required. The post will be involved in all aspects of diagnosis and treatment of patients.
Acute Assessment area (AAU)
The Acute assessment unit has 30 assessment areas (trollies/beds) where patients through the acute take are assessed and managed. You will also have the opportunity to assess these patients in resuscitation areas and provide continuation of care to specialty medicine and critical care teams. You will develop skills and confidence in the ongoing management of acute medical patients through consultant led ward rounds, formulating skills in preparation for future independent practice.
Key Responsibilities:
* Patient assessment
* Clerk and post take administration; writing in patients notes
* Undertake patient reviews
* Promptly update patient systems
* Attend clinics (Acute Medicine)
* Attend Multi-Disciplinary Team (MDT) meetings
* Facilitate daily board round with MDT
* Triage to medical teams/acute physicians as appropriate
* Troubleshoot patients on the ward
* Participate in ward rounds
* Take part in the medical on-call shift system
Our vision is to provide outstanding care for every patient. Patient care is at the heart of what we do at our three sites: Basingstoke and North Hampshire Hospital, Royal Hampshire County Hospital in Winchester and Andover War Memorial Hospital. Hampshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust provides medical and surgical services to a population of approximately 600,000 people across Hampshire and parts of West Berkshire.
For further information about this role please see the Job Description document attached. If you have any further queries, please do not hesitate to contact us.
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