Job Description

To join the Discharge Lounge Team and work as a competent practitioner. To facilitate a high standard, efficient and friendly service for patients whilst waiting in the department.



To meet service objectives and work within the operational policy. To maintain a safe working environment.



To participate in the supervision and teaching of staff and students.



To ensure that all duties required to assist in the smooth running of the department are completed in a timely manner to ensure the best patients experience possible. To be mindful at all times of the impact on patients of own actions.



This is an exciting opportunity to join the team. The successful candidate will ensure that patients are discharged in a safe and timely manner working closely with all health care professionals including the site team and Discharge Flow Co-ordinator to facilitate this enabling the staff in Discharge Lounge to pull patients from the wards/departments to have a positive impact on flow from ED to the wards.



In the Discharge Lounge we accept patients from all departments /wards in the hospital whilst they are awaiting their medications or transport.



To participate in and ensure that staff within the clinical area deliver evidence based nursing care in line with Trust policies, procedures and guidelines.



To take charge of the team in the absence of senior nurses and ensure the smooth running of the department.



To be an effective team member, participating in the process of positively encouraging and supporting colleagues to maintain and improve standards of quality practice.



Participates in teaching in the clinical areas as required.



To promote collaborative working partnership and effective communication between all members of the multi-disciplinary team.



Act on any concerns to the raised, relating to standards of cleanliness, hazards and patient safety within the clinical area. To ensure the equipment is clean and in good working order and that damaged or faulty equipment is reported correctly. that the team To ensure the environment is clean and tidy. To demonstrate effective communication, both orally and in writing, to ensure dissemination of information. To maintain confidentiality at all times. To promote awareness of adult protection issues referring to the Herefordshire Multi-Agency Policy and Procedures for The Protection of Vulnerable Adults from Abuse. Attend adult protection training sessions in accordance with the policies and procedures.

Wye Valley NHS Trust is a member of an NHS Foundation Group with South Warwickshire NHS FT , the George Eliot Hospital NHS Trust and Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust.



Located on the border with Wales in the shadow of the Black Mountains, we provide acute and community services across Herefordshire and into parts of Powys and run Hereford County Hospital and the community hospitals in Bromyard, Leominster and Ross-on-Wye.



We are a progressive and forward looking trust with ambitious plans to improve quality and integrate patient pathways through close collaborative working with our partners to deliver the quality of care we'd want for our family and friends.



More than 3,500 people work for the Trust - they tell us it's a great place to work, blending the busyness of a DGH with the benefits of working in a beautiful rural and unspoilt county like Herefordshire.



We can offer a great work-life balance and have a fine tradition of working with staff to help them achieve their full potential.

Russell Hardy, Trust Chairman:

"The strength of the Trust is its amazing staff; a great place to work, a great place to develop your career and a great place to reach your potential."



Our values - Care, Accountability, Respect and Excellence - are at the heart of all we do. We believe in providing the right care in the right place at the right time...all the time.



To view role requirements and role responsibilities in full, please view 'supporting documents' linked to this vacancy.