Job summary
- Main area
- Discharge Lounge
- Grade
- NHS AfC: Band 7
- Contract
- Secondment: 3 months
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week
- Job ref
- 423-6828819
- Employer
- Airedale NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Airedale General Hospital
- Town
- Steeton
- Salary
- £46,148 - £52,809 per annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 01/01/2025 23:59
Employer heading
Senior Sister - Discharge Lounge (Band 7)
NHS AfC: Band 7
Be part of our future landscape
At Airedale, we are committed to promoting equality, diversity and inclusion. We actively encourage applications irrespective of people’s age, lived experience of living with a disability or long-term conditions, gender, race or ethnicity, religion or belief, sexual orientation, or other personal circumstances.
Increasing our diversity and supporting our organisation to be more inclusive is a key priority here at Airedale and our teams are at the centre of how we work towards this.
We appreciate all people may have diverse and individual needs and we pride ourselves on supporting all people to thrive and flourish at work. We have frameworks in place that support reasonable adjustments and flexible working for colleagues throughout their working lives which starts at recruitment.
These are exciting times for Airedale. We have the once-in-a-career opportunity to be involved in the planning and building of a completely new hospital here on our Steeton site by 2030. By joining us now you’ll be a key part of our journey over the next few years, with the chance to input into a state-of-the-art, modern healthcare facility that will deliver care to our communities for decades to come. We are also on the journey to a new electronic patient record, part of our wider ambition for our digital future – a future that builds on our significant telemedicine and digital care success. Ultimately, what makes Airedale special is our people. Not just our staff, but our volunteers, patients, visitors, and wider population who make up the Airedale family. This is a Trust that sits at the heart of our community, and our communities are very proud of their Trust.
Job overview
We are looking for a band 7 senior sister to join the discharge lounge on a 3 month fixed term/secondment.
The post holder carries continuing responsibility for the delivery of care needs and for the management of the Discharge Lounge.
Main duties of the job
1. Proactively co-ordinate discharges within the discharge lounge.
2. Ensure the Discharge Lounge is utilised on a daily basis to create flow, reporting to Matron and Bed management where failure occurs.
3. Maintain custody of controlled drugs, checking and maintaining ward stock of drugs in accordance with local policy and legislation.
4. Monitor effective nursing documentation which is kept on all nursing activities.
5. Ensure safe custody of medical/nursing records and reports.
6. Ensure effective communication channels are maintained with multi-disciplinary teams.
7. Provide support, education and knowledge on all aspects of discharge planning to the staff within the Discharge lounge.
8. Ensure an effective learning environment is established and maintained for all trainee staff on the ward.
9. Develop, maintain, and participate in programmes for Preceptorship and Clinical Supervision.
10. Participate in the setting and monitoring of standards in relation to patient care, ensuring qualitative and quantitative aspects of care are evaluated and addressing any non-compliance to standards.
11. Be instrumental to develop practice in the light of research.
Working for our organisation
We are delighted to offer a wide range of benefits to employees including:
- Cycle to Work
- Travel Scheme
- Childcare Vouchers with Salary Sacrifice
- Onsite Nursery
- Buying and Selling Annual Leave
- Car Leasing
- Employee Assistance Programme
- Employee Health and Wellbeing
- Extensive Reward Scheme
- Counselling Service
- Financial packages including Vivup and Wagestream
- Staff Networks, Enable, Rainbow, Gender, Race Equality Ecoaware & Admin Network.
Our values:
We understand that it’s down to the hard work, effort and dedication of our staff that makes a difference for our patients. Our people really do make our Airedale experience – we take pride in fostering a friendly, effective and caring work environment. Our values are part of our DNA, which are:
- Committed to Quality of Care
- Compassion
- Working together for patients
- Improving Lives
- Everyone Counts
- Respect and Dignity
Got questions before you apply, please contact the recruiting manager to find out more.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
For full details of this job vacancy, please see attached full job description and person specification.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Experience at Band 6 (or equivalent)
- Current NMC registration
- Diploma in Nursing/working towards degree
- Has studied at diploma level
- Teaching & assessing ENB 998 (or equiv)
- Relevant post basic courses
Desirable criteria
- Has studied at degree level
- IV drug administration/venepuncture
- BLS/ACLS
- ALERT
Experience
Essential criteria
- Excellent teaching & coaching skills
- Experience in managing resources
Desirable criteria
- Has worked in different care specialities
- Recent experience of working within an acute care setting
Employer certification / accreditation badges
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
- Angela McGarry
- Job title
- Matron for Discharge Lounge
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 01535292153
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