Discharge Lounge Health Care Support Worker

at  The Princess Alexandra Hospital NHS Trust

The Health Care support worker role will function as part of the team within the Discharge lounge to provide a seamless service & high quality care to patients under the direct supervision of a Registered Nurse. The HCSW is expected to undertake care to meet the needs of the patients and relatives under the supervision of a qualified nurse, working within the Trust’s policies and procedures and the philosophy of the discharge lounge. Working collaboratively with wards, and ED, in the care of patients being discharged from the hospital, and providing a safe and comfortable environment before discharge. It is expected that the Health Care support worker will continue to develop their own capabilities and knowledge of nursing tasks in line with the Trust’s career pathway.
Collecting patients from wards who have been identified ready for discharge lounge, ensuring all patient property, medications and discharge documentation are with the patient, if available
Our Organisation
The Princess Alexandra Hospital NHS Trust (PAHT) provides a full range of general acute, outpatient and diagnostic services at The Princess Alexandra Hospital in Harlow, the Herts and Essex Hospital in Bishop’s Stortford, and St Margaret’s Hospital in Epping.
We employ 3,500 staff and serve a local population of around 350,000 people living in west Essex and east Hertfordshire, centred on the M11 corridor and the towns of Harlow, Bishop’s Stortford and Epping. Our extended catchment area incorporates a population of up to 500,000 and includes the areas of Hoddesdon, Cheshunt and Broxbourne in Hertfordshire.
Our Values
The Princess Alexandra Promise to our patients as identified by our 3 values which will contribute to improving our patient experiences:
Patient at heart – Always holding the patient and their wellbeing at the centre of our thoughts and efforts
Everyday excellence – Sharing and celebrating our successes, being honest when we get it wrong, giving us the ability to learn from both
Creative collaboration – Knowing strength comes from diversity, we combine our experiences, skills and talents, working together to find new and better ways to care
The Trust believes in investing in all our staff and rewarding high standards of care whilst building for excellence and in return we expect our staff to uphold the Trust values to the highest level.
Please see the attached job description and person specification, available to download at any time

Please refer the Job description for details