Job summary
- Main area
- Discharge Lounge
- Grade
- Band 4
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Part time - 27.5 hours per week
- Job ref
- 156-6376725
- Employer
- Royal Cornwall Hospitals NHS Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Royal Cornwall Hospitals NHS Trust
- Town
- Truro
- Salary
- £25,147 - £27,596 pa pro rata
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 14/07/2024 23:59
Employer heading
Assistant Practitioner / Nursing Associate
Band 4
Job overview
There is the opportunity to recruit an Assistant Practitioners or Nursing Associates to work with the Nursing and Healthcare team on the Discharge Lounge.
The Discharge areas comprise of a busy, proactive 9 bedded unit , and a 10 chaired Ambulatory discharge lounge that cares for patients that are going if in the Ambulatory Discharge Lounge. We work closely will all other wards to ensure that we create flow through the Hospital.
We are looking for a pro-active and willing Band 4 AP/NA to support the delivery of care and safe discharges to our patients.
As a Band 4 on the area you will be supported to nurse a cohort of patients and be responsible for their care, leading on their care and joining ward rounds to ensure that there is a clear plan of discharging patients safely.
Part time - 27.5 hours per week available.
Main duties of the job
Assist with and undertake patient assessment (under supervision and
after appropriate delegation from the registered practitioner).
Ensure that patient care have been met
Maintain patients’ personal and oral hygiene, e.g., help with
dressing/ undressing, giving bed baths, mouth, and skin care,
assisting with pressure area care, maintaining privacy and dignity.
Assist in providing conditions to meet the patient’s need for rest and
sleep.
Provide and promote health education; support and encourage the
patient to meet their own health and wellbeing needs.
Maintain and improve the patient’s mobility using appropriate
equipment and handling techniques.
Assist the patient to be as comfortable as possible, i.e., help with
moving and positioning the patient using appropriate equipment.
Assist with checking pain levels and requesting pain relieving
medication on patient’s behalf.
Ensure that safe discharge happens for patients.
Working for our organisation
Royal Cornwall Hospitals NHS Trust is the biggest provider of healthcare services in Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly. Our three main sites are Royal Cornwall Hospital Truro, St Michael’s Hospital Hayle and West Cornwall Hospital Penzance, our staff and services are available across the region.
The Trust employs 5,000+ staff, has a budget of £380 million and 750 beds. We work with health and social care organisations -including NHS Kernow and NHS England- to ensure local healthcare needs are met. We provide acute medical, surgical and specialist services to around 500,000- which can increase significantly during busy holiday periods.
The Trust has teaching hospitals status as part of the University of Exeter Medical School. Keeping at the forefront of medical advances, we continually develop clinical services and are committed to maximising the range of specialist care offered locally.
We can offer you a rewarding career in a supportive working environment. We have extensive educational links to help you realise your full potential and develop skills to provide outstanding healthcare to the local community.
Enjoy an outstanding quality of life in a place that offers surfing beaches and fishing harbours to beautiful countryside and historic towns. With clean air, plenty of opportunities for outdoor activities and excellent schools, colleges and universities (including adult education) it is the ideal place for families and for you to develop your own career.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
PLEASE NOTE: To view the full Job Description and Person Specification, please click the supporting document on the right-hand side.
To be an employee of the NHS you need to successfully complete the following:
- Identity Checks
- Professional registration and qualification checks
- Employment history and reference checks
- Work health assessments
- Criminal record check standards
- Right to work checks
For further information please visit:
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Many of our staff work flexibly in many different ways. Please talk to us at interview about any flexible working arrangements you would prefer or require. While we may not be able to fully accommodate all requests, such requests will not be referenced during the interview scoring process, and we will fully consider and try to accommodate them for successful applicants.
We reserve the right to close this advert early, or when the allocated number of applications has been reached. Please submit your application at the earliest opportunity.
Person specification
Qualifcations
Essential criteria
- Clinical Assistant Practitioner Foundation Degree / Higher. Apprenticeship in Healthcare Practice.
Skills
Essential criteria
- Able to support and reassure patients/carers in distress
- Promotes importance of maintaining confidentiality
- Excellent IT skills
Experience
Essential criteria
- Demonstrable experience as an HCA involved in direct patient care
- Working in a multidisciplinary team
- Good standard of written and spoken English
Desirable criteria
- Relevant experience in post being applied for
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Rebecca Nicholls
- Job title
- Ward Sister
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 01872 253866
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