Health Care Support Worker - Discharge Lounge

Job summary

Do you want to be part of an exciting team ? become an integral part of improving the flow of the hospital and maintaining it, make a real difference to the current situation.

This is permanent unit and we are here to stay come and be part of the team.

This is Job is being advertised as band 2 but has the option to progress to a band 3 or will consider taking on a current band 3 for the right person

Main duties of the job

An exciting opportunity has arisen to join the Discharge Lounge Team based in the Musgrove Park Hospital, as a Health Care Assistant The team supports patients while they await transport once they have been discharged or being transferred to a Community Hospital, you would be responsible for delivering fundamentals of care and maintaining patient safety. You will also be responsible for transferring patients from the ward to the Discharge Lounge, ensuring that all their belongings, medication and relevant documentation is transferred with them.

Ensuring patients have a positive experience while they are awaiting transport is vital, as this will be the last impression they receive of their patient journey

About us

Working for our organisation

Musgrove Park Hospital in Taunton, part of Somerset NHS Foundation Trust, is a successful, progressive and ambitious District General Hospital, the largest in Somerset, providing acute and community services to over 600,000 people living in Somerset.

As an organisation, the NHS offers a wide range of benefits including flexible working, pension contributions, market leading annual leave allowance, career progression and regular conversations, not to mention our Blue Light Card and NHS exclusive discounts.

The benefits of working in Somerset include the idyllic countryside, with our areas of outstanding beauty and stunning coastlines. You will get to enjoy these perks whilst still only being a stone's throw away from bustling city centres like Bristol, Bath and Exeter and only two hours away from London.

There are excellent educational facilities in the area and, when compared to other regions, house prices are reasonable. You will experience the best of both in Somerset, the countryside and the cosmopolitan - there is truly something for everyone!