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Opportunity to work in a world-leading cardiac centre with highly specialized cardiothoracic surgery cases.
Autonomy in the role, allowing for innovative ideas and active involvement in improving patient flow and discharge processes.
Strong support system from experienced staff including Junior Sisters, Charge Nurse, and Advanced Clinical Practitioners to foster professional development.
Access to extensive education resources and leadership programs, promoting continuous personal and professional growth.
Invaluable experience gained through patient care and interactions, paving the way for advancement into senior roles within the organization.
Direct impact on patient experience by facilitating timely and safe discharges, improving overall patient satisfaction.
Barts Health NHS Trust is seeking a Discharge Lounge Nurse for their Cardiothoracic surgical wards in London. The successful candidate will provide care to patients who are medically fit for discharge following cardiac and thoracic procedures, ensuring a positive experience during their transition out of the hospital. This role involves facilitating timely discharges, preparing necessary documentation, offering guidance for ongoing recovery, and conducting follow-up welfare checks a few days post-discharge. Candidates will work autonomously and collaboratively within a dedicated team, with support available for professional development and educational opportunities.
The position emphasises improving patient flow and bed capacity utilisation by promoting early discharges, which contributes to efficiency in the care process. Barts Health, a prestigious NHS trust, values excellence in patient care and employee inclusion, aspiring to create a high-performing environment where staff can thrive. Nurses in this role will gain valuable experience to advance their careers within the organisation.
The position emphasises improving patient flow and bed capacity utilisation by promoting early discharges, which contributes to efficiency in the care process. Barts Health, a prestigious NHS trust, values excellence in patient care and employee inclusion, aspiring to create a high-performing environment where staff can thrive. Nurses in this role will gain valuable experience to advance their careers within the organisation.
We are excited to be recruiting a nurse to work in the Discharge Lounge for our Cardiothoracic surgical wards in a world-leading cardiac centre in the heart of the City of London, who will be working alongside our team of dedicated staff, caring for patients pre and post cardiothoracic surgery. The patients being discharged via the Discharge Lounge will be those who have undergone both Cardiac and Thoracic procedures.
Are you an enthusiastic and motivated registered nurse? This role has an element of autonomy so allows for forward thinking and where the successful candidate will be encouraged to develop on ideas that will benefit patient flow for all the cardiothoracic surgical wards. But allow for the Discharge Lounge to work to continue develop and grow.
As a teaching hospital, personal development is highly valued and we will work with you to ensure you have access to all of the Trust’s education resources including our education programmes and leadership opportunities. We will actively encourage your career and professional development by supporting courses that are relevant to your clinical speciality. Successful candidates will be supported by Junior Sisters/Charge Nurse, the Ward Manager, Practice Development Nurse and Advanced Clinical Practitioners.
We are proud of the fact that our nurses gain invaluable experience here at St Bartholomew’s Hospital, through which they are ideally placed to move into more senior roles, or acquire new skills.
The purpose of the role is to provide a positive patient experience at the time the patient is identified as being medically fit for discharge. The post holder will work as part of a team to provide a safe, effective and efficient care environment for patients and their carers with a specific focus on safe and timely discharge from hospital. They will also be a point of contact for patients following discharge.
The post holder will be responsible for facilitating the prompt discharge of 4th cardiothoracic surgical patients from the floor, through early identification of the patient being deemed medically fit for discharge and having all their discharge documentation and medications prepared in a timely manner.
The post holder will provide the necessary advice and guidance to patients in relation to their safe discharge and on-going recovery. The post holder will also be responsible for contacting patients two – three days post discharge for a welfare check.
The post holder will be integral to developing this role to ensure continuity and high standards of care ensuring patients are prepared pre-discharge as per the integrated care pathway and discharge care bundle.
A secondary outcome of this role will be improved utilisation of bed capacity. Early discharges from the ward will enable a more efficient flow of patients from the intensive care and high dependency areas.
Barts Health is one of the largest NHS trusts in the country, and one of Britain’s leading healthcare providers.
The Barts Health group of NHS hospitals is entering an exciting new era on our improvement journey to becoming an outstanding organisation with a world-class clinical reputation. Having lifted ourselves out of special measures, we now have the impetus and breathing space to chart a fresh course in which we are continually striving to improve all our services for patients.
Our vision is to be a high-performing group of NHS hospitals, renowned for excellence and innovation, and providing safe and compassionate care to our patients in east London and beyond. That means being a provider of excellent patient safety, known for delivering consistently high standards of harm-free care and always caring for patients in the right place at the right time. It also means being an outstanding place to work, in which our WeCare values and behaviours are visible to all and guide us in how we work together.
We strive to live by our WeCare values and are committed to promoting inclusion, where every staff member has a sense of belonging. We value our differences and fully advocate, cultivate and support an inclusive working environment.
For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Genesther Charles Job title: Ward Manager Email address:
Are you an enthusiastic and motivated registered nurse? This role has an element of autonomy so allows for forward thinking and where the successful candidate will be encouraged to develop on ideas that will benefit patient flow for all the cardiothoracic surgical wards. But allow for the Discharge Lounge to work to continue develop and grow.
As a teaching hospital, personal development is highly valued and we will work with you to ensure you have access to all of the Trust’s education resources including our education programmes and leadership opportunities. We will actively encourage your career and professional development by supporting courses that are relevant to your clinical speciality. Successful candidates will be supported by Junior Sisters/Charge Nurse, the Ward Manager, Practice Development Nurse and Advanced Clinical Practitioners.
We are proud of the fact that our nurses gain invaluable experience here at St Bartholomew’s Hospital, through which they are ideally placed to move into more senior roles, or acquire new skills.
The purpose of the role is to provide a positive patient experience at the time the patient is identified as being medically fit for discharge. The post holder will work as part of a team to provide a safe, effective and efficient care environment for patients and their carers with a specific focus on safe and timely discharge from hospital. They will also be a point of contact for patients following discharge.
The post holder will be responsible for facilitating the prompt discharge of 4th cardiothoracic surgical patients from the floor, through early identification of the patient being deemed medically fit for discharge and having all their discharge documentation and medications prepared in a timely manner.
The post holder will provide the necessary advice and guidance to patients in relation to their safe discharge and on-going recovery. The post holder will also be responsible for contacting patients two – three days post discharge for a welfare check.
The post holder will be integral to developing this role to ensure continuity and high standards of care ensuring patients are prepared pre-discharge as per the integrated care pathway and discharge care bundle.
A secondary outcome of this role will be improved utilisation of bed capacity. Early discharges from the ward will enable a more efficient flow of patients from the intensive care and high dependency areas.
Barts Health is one of the largest NHS trusts in the country, and one of Britain’s leading healthcare providers.
The Barts Health group of NHS hospitals is entering an exciting new era on our improvement journey to becoming an outstanding organisation with a world-class clinical reputation. Having lifted ourselves out of special measures, we now have the impetus and breathing space to chart a fresh course in which we are continually striving to improve all our services for patients.
Our vision is to be a high-performing group of NHS hospitals, renowned for excellence and innovation, and providing safe and compassionate care to our patients in east London and beyond. That means being a provider of excellent patient safety, known for delivering consistently high standards of harm-free care and always caring for patients in the right place at the right time. It also means being an outstanding place to work, in which our WeCare values and behaviours are visible to all and guide us in how we work together.
We strive to live by our WeCare values and are committed to promoting inclusion, where every staff member has a sense of belonging. We value our differences and fully advocate, cultivate and support an inclusive working environment.
For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Genesther Charles Job title: Ward Manager Email address:
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