Discharge Lounge Health Care Assistant

Somerset NHS Foundation Trust; Yeovil; On-site; GBP 20,000 - 25,000; Full time

Job summary

A regional healthcare provider in Yeovil is looking for a motivated healthcare assistant to join their discharge lounge team. The ideal candidate will have experience in hospital care, supporting patient discharge processes. Responsibilities include assisting nursing staff, delivering patient care, and helping patients with daily activities. Flexible working options and career development opportunities are provided.

Benefits

Flexible working options

NHS pension scheme

Generous annual leave allowance

Career development focus

Access to Blue Light Card discounts

Qualifications

• Experience in a healthcare environment.
• Ability to work in a busy environment and adapt flexibly.
• Basic computer and keyboard skills.

Responsibilities

• Provide effective clinical support to nursing staff.
• Deliver patient care and health promotion to adults.
• Assist patients with daily living activities.

Skills

Cannulation

Phlebotomy

ECG recording

Blood glucose monitoring

Time management

Team collaboration

Education

QCF Level 3 in healthcare

Job description

An exciting opportunity has arisen to join the highly motivated discharge lounge team in a health care assistant position.

The Discharge Lounge supports all areas within the Trust with an emphasis on maintaining timely and safe patient flow out of the Hospital.

The successful candidate will have experience of hospital care and a knowledge of patient discharge processes.

The role requires the individual to have enthusiasm and a passion to drive the service forward and meet service demands. They should have effective communication skills and an ability to support all the staff within the team to deliver high quality safe patient care.

Working Pattern: 37.5 hours per week during the hours of 07.30 - 20.00 Monday to Friday and 09.00 - 17.00 rotational weekends fairly shared between the team.

For more information on the Job Description and Responsibilities please find attached.

Main duties of the job

To provide effective and clinical support to Registered Nursing Staff within the Medical Services Group during the shift around a 24 hour period

Support the systems for a multi-disciplinary approach to patient-centred care delivery, which builds on the philosophy of greater involvement of patients and their relatives/carers by using the Trusts patient and public involvement strategy

Delivers patient care including health promotion daily to patients who present with undifferentiated conditions including life-threatening emergencies to adults and will present unscheduled and unannounced at any time throughout the 24-hour period

Please be advised - this vacancy may close early if we reach a sufficient amount of applications.

About us

At Somerset NHS Foundation Trust, we're committed to supporting our employees with a range of benefits designed to enhance your professional and personal life. We offer:

• Flexible working options to help you balance work and life
• NHS pension scheme for long-term financial security
• Generous annual leave allowance to recharge and relax
• A strong focus on career development to help you grow and achieve your potential

Additionally, you'll gain access to our Blue Light Card, unlocking exclusive discounts on shopping, dining, and leisure activities, as well as NHS-specific perks to support you both inside and outside of work.

We are proud to foster a diverse, skilled, and inclusive workforce, and we encourage applications from all backgrounds.

Why Somerset? Somerset offers the perfect blend of idyllic countryside, outstanding areas of natural beauty, and breathtaking coastlines, with vibrant cities like Bristol, Bath, and Exeter just a short drive away - and only two hours to London.

The region is home to excellent educational facilities, and with affordable housing compared to other parts of the country, it's a great place to build both your career and your future.

Somerset truly has it all - the peaceful countryside and cosmopolitan city life, with something for everyone to enjoy.

Job responsibilities

For more details and further information about the role, please see the attached job description and person specification.

Person Specification

Qualifications

• A Qualifications and Credit Framework (QCF) Level 3. This could be a Vocational NVQ, BTEC or equivalent international qualification in healthcare or able to demonstrate the equivalent level of experience

Experience

• Previous experience in a healthcare environmentCannulation and phlebotomyExperience of recording ECGsExperience of taking and monitoring blood glucose levelsWorks well in a busy environmentAdaptable/ flexibleGood time keepingWillingness to use technology to improve standards of care and support to our patientsFlexible approach to workDemonstrate respect for confidentiality at all timesProven experience of successfully working in a team environment
• Basic computer/keyboard skillsUnderstands limitations of the role and need to refer to others

Additional Criteria

• Able to demonstrate an ability to develop rapport and show empathy and sensitivityAble to build good working relationships with colleaguesAble to demonstrate they can adapt communication style to circumstancesAble to prioritise and organise work and support junior staffAble to work under instruction and under own initiative within the boundaries of the role and as part of a teamAbility to undertake manual handling training to assist the movement and handling of patients adhering to manual handling guidelinesAssist and enable patients with all activities of daily living - maintaining personal hygiene, dressing and appearanceAssist patients to eat and drinkAssist and enable patients to use toilet facilities

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.