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

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?
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
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Mark Badham
- Job title
- Clinical Matron
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 01256 49888
- Additional information
Hannah Sillence
If you have problems applying, contact
- Address
-
Medicine Division
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