Medway NHS Foundation Trust – Gillingham, Kent
We are recruiting for a Staff Nurse - Discharge Lounge who shares our ambition and vision to deliver the Best of Care by the Best People and has the drive to take us forward, ensuring that the Trust continues to be the first choice for patients and our staff.
Do you have the ambition and vision to deliver our mission of the Best of Care by the Best of People providing excellent care, every time?
Here at Medway, we pride ourselves on working together as one to ensure that our shared vision is achieved for our patients.
As a key partner in the healthcare of our local population, we are keen to deliver this as an outcome of our Trust-wide strategy – Patient First. We are looking for creative, skilled people to join our Transformation Team and further support us on this journey.
Our culture and values define us here at Medway NHS Foundation Trust and are the heartbeat of who we are as an organisation.
Our BEST values underpin Patient First and are at the core of the care we give to our patients, the support we offer to our staff and our overall leadership approach:
1. B – Bold
2. E – Every person counts
3. S – Sharing and open
4. T - Together
Our Trust is a great choice for people who want to develop their career in an ambitious and dynamic environment; our employees are able to choose the coverage and supplemental benefits that best fit their needs and those of their families, including the promotion of flexible working opportunities across the Trust.
Would you like to work flexibly? As a flexible working friendly organisation, we want to be sure that you can work in a way that is best for us, for our patients and for you. Speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement.
All of our substantive & fixed term employees can enjoy a range of staff benefits, including a gym, an active health and wellbeing programme, an on-site nursery and a cycle to work scheme.
We are taking positive action to ensure that we can attract, recruit and retain the best talent and would welcome more applicants from under-represented groups to support the Trust's commitment to a diverse and inclusive workforce.
All staff at Medway comply with the Trust’s and the Kent and Medway Safeguarding Board’s policies on safeguarding children, young people and vulnerable adults.
The Discharge Lounge is a dynamic inpatient area which accepts patients ready to leave hospital, waiting for medications and/or transport home. As a Registered Nurse working in the Lounge, you will be expected to:
* Take initiative to proactively seek patients suitable to come to the lounge using the TeleTracking system
* Contact wards to obtain handovers
* Communicate effectively and professionally with other colleagues and services
* Organize patient transfers to the Lounge
* Challenge any gaps in the plans for discharge
* Complete medication rounds for the patients in the Lounge when they are due
* Keep patients informed on the progress of their discharge
* Liaise with the pharmacy department and teams to follow up on the progress and dispensing of patients' medications
* Check patients' TTOs and assure they are complete
* Liaise with the hospital Social Services/Discharge team, care homes and other hospitals to assure that the patients are discharged to the right places and by the right time
* Communicate with NOKs to assure they are kept up to date with the discharge plans and time of patients leaving hospital
* Document the care provided for patients and complete Discharge Checklist for every patient leaving the hospital
* Assure patients receive good care and experience whilst in the Lounge and complete Friends and Family surveys with patients
* Promote teamwork and maintain good relationships with colleagues
* Use the transport booking electronic system to book and track patients' transport
* Recognize signs of deterioration in patients, complete their observations and escalate appropriately
* Liaise closely with Site practitioners to escalate any issues surrounding patients' discharge and maintain safe and effective hospital flow
The Discharge Lounge will provide you with the opportunity to expand your knowledge and skills in the discharge process and practices which can be very complex at times.
Please note, if you are considering applying for a role within our organisation, we recommend that staff are fully vaccinated against Covid-19, although this is no longer a mandatory requirement.
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