Ward trackerinStockportinStockportPUBLISHED FRI 13 DEC 2024
Stockport NHS Foundation TrustrEuvsziL
Impactful Role, The position plays a crucial part in ensuring timely and safe discharge of patients, directly contributing to their recovery and well-being.
Collaborative Environment, The job involves working closely with various teams, including the Hospital Discharge Team and registered nursing staff, fostering a strong sense of teamwork.
Variety of Tasks, The role includes diverse responsibilities such as attending ward rounds, managing discharge plans, and assisting with patient transfers, making each day unique.
Professional Development, Exposure to complex patient care scenarios encourages skill enhancement and knowledge growth in discharge planning and patient management.
Use of Technology, The role involves utilizing IT systems to manage data, providing valuable experience in contemporary healthcare technology.
Supportive Work Culture, The Trust emphasizes safeguarding and promoting welfare, ensuring a focus on patient care and staff collaboration.
Job Stability, Working within the NHS often provides a stable employment environment with opportunities for advancement and professional growth.
The Ward Tracker role at Stockport NHS Foundation Trust focuses on facilitating timely discharges for patients who no longer require acute care. The post holder will work closely with the Hospital Discharge Team and the Discharge to Assess Hub, ensuring effective communication between these teams and the wards. Key responsibilities include attending ward rounds to manage discharge plans, maintaining accurate discharge checklists, and transferring patients to the discharge lounge as needed.
Additionally, the role involves updating ward information systems and ensuring patients and their carers are informed about discharge requirements. The successful applicant must share the Trust’s commitment to safeguarding and will need a Standard DBS check, with costs deducted from the first salary.
Additionally, the role involves updating ward information systems and ensuring patients and their carers are informed about discharge requirements. The successful applicant must share the Trust’s commitment to safeguarding and will need a Standard DBS check, with costs deducted from the first salary.
Impactful Role, The position plays a crucial part in ensuring timely and safe discharge of patients, directly contributing to their recovery and well-being.
Collaborative Environment, The job involves working closely with various teams, including the Hospital Discharge Team and registered nursing staff, fostering a strong sense of teamwork.
Variety of Tasks, The role includes diverse responsibilities such as attending ward rounds, managing discharge plans, and assisting with patient transfers, making each day unique.
Professional Development, Exposure to complex patient care scenarios encourages skill enhancement and knowledge growth in discharge planning and patient management.
Use of Technology, The role involves utilizing IT systems to manage data, providing valuable experience in contemporary healthcare technology.
Supportive Work Culture, The Trust emphasizes safeguarding and promoting welfare, ensuring a focus on patient care and staff collaboration.
Job Stability, Working within the NHS often provides a stable employment environment with opportunities for advancement and professional growth.
The post holder will provide a comprehensive service to the Trust with a focus to facilitate effective and timely discharge of patients no longer requiring acute care.
The role requires clear communication between the Hospital Discharge Team, the Discharge to Assess Hub and the wards to ensure safe timely discharge of all patients .
Main Duties and Responsibilities
- To support the Discharge Team in facilitating timely discharges for complex patients
- Attend Whiteboard rounds and ward rounds, identify actions required and actively manage agreed discharge plans for patients
- Assist in the completion of discharge check lists to ensure accurate discharge planning is evident, under the direction and supervision of the registered nursing staff
- Transfer patients to the discharge lounge if required
About us
Main Duties and Responsibilities
- To support the Discharge Team in facilitating timely discharges for complex patients
- Support the maintenance of Advantis ward to ensure it reflects the current discharge plans .
- Attend Whiteboard rounds and ward rounds, identify actions required and actively manage agreed discharge plans for patients with predicted discharge dates within the next 3 days
- Maintain whiteboards/Advantis ward information to ensure it is up to date
- Assist in the completion of discharge check lists to ensure accurate discharge planning is evident, under the direction and supervision of the registered nursing staff
- Transfer patients to the discharge lounge if required
- Liaise with the Registered Nurse in charge / shift coordinator and resolve issues preventing prompt patient transfer
- Under the direction of the Registered Nurse only, ensure plans are agreed with patient and carers for discharge and ensure they are fully aware of any requirements to assist discharge
- Utilise IT systems to secure and record timely and accurate data relevant to the role and function
The Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment and promote safeguarding by implementing the Trusts policies and procedures, acting promptly on concerns, communicating effectively and sharing information appropriately.
If successful this vacancy will require a Standard DBS check at a cost of £26.50. This cost will be deducted from your first Trust salary
In addition to this it will be a condition of your employment that you will join the DBS update service and pay the annual subscription fee of £13.
More information related to this job opportunity, from jobsincare:
Possible interview questions for this job
Click to
viewStart practice interview
NEW!
Please wait...this will take a moment...
Please wait...this will take a moment...
More about the NHS
The National Health Service (NHS) is a cornerstone of healthcare in the United Kingdom, established in 1948 with the simple yet profound principle of providing healthcare to all citizens, free at the point of use. This revolutionary system aimed to ensure that access to medical services would not depend on an individual’s financial situation, a concept that has since become fundamental to British societal values.Learn more...
More from Stockport NHS Foundation Trust
inStockport
What might it look like to work here?
Stand by, we'll show you...
Stand by, we'll show you...
This image is not representative.
Learn more