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Job summary

Main area
Medicine
Grade
Band 5
Contract
Permanent
Hours
Part time - 31.5 hours per week (Some hours may need to be worked on Freshfield ward.)
Job ref
251-MED1044DISL
Employer
Hampshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type
NHS
Site
RHCH
Town
Winchester
Salary
£31,049 - £37,796 Yearly
Salary period
Yearly
Closing
04/11/2025 23:59

Employer heading

Hampshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust logo

Registered Nurse

Band 5

Our cultural ambition is to have a culture that places people at the heart of all we do, where we all belong, and where learning, improvement and excellence thrive.

 

Job overview

The Discharge Lounge is looking for a registered nurse to join our small but friendly team on the Winchester site.  Your role will be to support patients at the end of their hospital journey. 

The Discharge lounge cares for up to 6 patients at any one time. 

 

Main duties of the job

  • Collect patients from the area they are being discharged. This may include supporting the ward with washing the patients, dressing, gathering belongings and transferring to the discharge lounge. 
  • Managing the discharge processes, booking transport, liaising with pharmacy regarding TTO's etc. 
  • Assisting patients with toileting when needed. 
  • Undertake observations as needed and escalate if required. 
  • Coordinate patients that could come to the Discharge Lounge and ensure they are moved there in a timely manner to create patient flow. 

Working for our organisation

Our vision is to provide outstanding care for every patient. Patient care is at the heart of what we do at our three sites: Basingstoke and North Hampshire Hospital, Royal Hampshire County Hospital in Winchester and Andover War Memorial Hospital. Hampshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust provides medical and surgical services to a population of approximately 600,000 people across Hampshire and parts of West Berkshire.

Our cultural ambition is to have a culture that places people at the heart of all we do, where we all belong, and where learning, improvement and excellence thrive.

We provide specialist services to people across the UK and internationally. We are one of only two centres in the UK treating pseudomyxoma peritonei (a rare form of abdominal cancer) and we are leaders in the field of tertiary liver cancer and colorectal cancer.

The trust employs more than 9,000 staff and has a turnover of over £500 million a year. As a Foundation Trust, we are directly accountable to our members through the governors. The Council of Governors represent the interests of their constituencies and influence the future plans of the Foundation Trust.

Tackling Climate Change: Hampshire Hospitals aims to embed sustainability and net zero carbon principles into the delivery of care across all its services. To find out more, search HHFT Climate Action or [email protected].

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Happy to Talk Flexible Working - all requests for flexible and part time working will be considered.

 

Further information about the Trust and this role can be found on the Job Description and Person Specification document attached.

Person specification

Training and Qualification

Essential criteria
  • Current NMC registration

Skills and Abilitu

Essential criteria
  • • Understanding of Clinical Governance and the implications for clinical services including experience of quality issues and audit.

Other

Essential criteria
  • • Able to respond quickly and remain calm in highly pressurised environments delegating?

Employer certification / accreditation badges

NHS Pastoral Care Quality AwardVeteran AwareApprenticeships logoNo smoking policyPositive about disabled peopleAge positiveWe offer Wagestream - A financial wellbeing benefit which lets you access your pay as you earn it.Disability confident employerDefence Employer Recognition Scheme (ERS) - GoldArmed Forces Covenant

Applicant requirements

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.

Documents to download

Apply online now

Further details / informal visits contact

Name
Mark Badham
Job title
Clinical Matron
Email address
[email protected]
Telephone number
01256 49888
Additional information

Hannah Sillence

[email protected] 

If you have problems applying, contact

Address
Medicine Division