Job Summary
We are looking for a highly motivated individual to join our team on the Discharge Lounge at Huddersfield Royal Infirmary.
The successful candidate will need to be adaptable, use their own initiative and work well within a team.
You must be computer literate and have excellent communication skills and customer service.
The discharge lounge is a fast-paced, ever-changing environment with a diverse clientele on a day-to-day basis.
Main duties of the job:
1. Collecting patients from a variety of departments on the day of discharge.
2. Meeting the hygiene needs of patients.
3. Supporting with nutrition and hydration.
4. Assisting with mobility.
5. Booking transport and liaising with relatives.
There is a variety of IT and computer work involved within the role, for example, patient documentation, online booking of transport, information gathering from online patient records.
Other main duties include communication with families, care homes, and community teams both verbally and electronically.
About Us
We employ more than 6,500 staff who deliver compassionate care from our two main hospitals, Calderdale Royal Hospital and Huddersfield Royal Infirmary, as well as in community sites, health centres, and in patients' homes. We also are incredibly proud to have almost 150 volunteers here at CHFT.
We provide a range of services including urgent and emergency care; medical; surgical; maternity; gynaecology; critical care; children's and young people's services; end of life care and outpatient and diagnostic imaging services.
We continue to modernise and invest in our health services to build on our strong reputation. Foundation trusts are public leaders in improving quality in health services. They are part of the NHS - yet decisions about what they do and how they do it are driven by independent boards.
Date posted: 10 April 2025
Pay scheme: Agenda for change
Band: Band 2
Salary: £23,615 a year per annum, pro rata
Contract: Permanent
Working pattern: Full-time, Flexible working
Reference number: 372-CORP1931
Job locations: HRI, Acre Street, Huddersfield, HD33EA
Person Specification
Essential Qualifications / Training:
* English and Math GCSE grade 9-2 (A*-E) or equivalent or high level of literacy and numeracy skills demonstrated within application.
* Competence based level 2 Qualification e.g. NVQ or Diploma in Care or The Care Certificate issued by an employer.
* Willingness to undertake any training or development relevant to the role.
Desirable Qualifications / Training:
* Moving and Handling.
* Customer Care.
* Competent / able to evidence the completion of Health Care Assistant core competencies.
* Competence based level 3 Qualification e.g. NVQ or Diploma in Healthcare Support.
Essential Knowledge, Experience & Expertise:
* Previous employment with a healthcare setting (18 months).
* Insight into the roles of responsibilities of the post.
* Demonstrate a commitment to a caring profession.
* Understand the importance of record keeping.
* Literacy Skills.
* IT skills.
Desirable Knowledge, Experience & Expertise:
* Experience of record keeping.
Essential Communication and Relationships:
* Ability to work as a team member.
* Ability to work in a busy environment.
* Able to use own initiative.
* Aware of own limitations/level of competence.
* Good communication Skills.
Desirable Communication and Relationships:
* Plan delegated workload.
Disclosure and Barring Service Check:
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Employer details:
Employer name: Calderdale and Huddersfield NHS Foundation Trust
Address: HRI, Acre Street, Huddersfield, HD33EA
Employer's website: https://www.cht.nhs.uk #J-18808-Ljbffr