Hospital Care Navigator - St Mary’s Hospital
Job Posted: 26 April 2024
- Contract Term: Permanent
- Location: Newport, Isle of Wight
- Contract Type: Full time
- Salary: Based on an hourly rate of £13.47, plus an extra £1 p/hr on weekends
- Industries: Charity / Voluntary General Office Health & Social Care
Hospital Care Navigator, Ref: HCN77
Hours: 35 per week (full time) to include 1 in 4 weekends on a rota
Salary: Based on an hourly rate of £13.47, plus an extra £1 p/hr on weekends
Contract: Permanent
Location: Integrated Hub, St Mary’s Hospital, Newport IW PO30 5TG
Age UK Isle of Wight is a local, independent charity working to help local, older people to improve their quality of life. We offer our employees a generous holiday entitlement, shop and gym membership discounts and (post-qualifying period) healthcare benefits.
About the Role:
Are you caring, compassionate and innovative and looking to make a difference to people’s lives? Join our Age UK Isle of Wight Community Services department working with the Integrated Discharge Team (IDT) based in St Mary’s Hospital, in a role that will help minimise delayed discharge from the hospital, focusing on how we can support patients to stay well, remain independent and be at home safely. The hours will be split between hospital and community working. In the hospital, you will speak to patients on the ward, to establish if any support may be needed when they go home. Following discharge from the hospital you will continue to support the patient, this could be with welfare visits, shopping and light domestic chores, prescription collections or transportation of patients’ belongings between their home/care home. This role includes weekend work on a rota basis.
About You:
Our patients are valued, and they all have a story to tell. You will have a genuine interest in and experience of helping older people using a person-centred approach, be able to work on your own initiative, with good organisational skills and to work both as part of a team and on your own. Collaboration with other organisations is essential to ensure each patient’s needs are met, so you will need to be able to engage with a diverse range of people. To deliver the community-based element, your own transport is essential and must be available every working day. Mileage will be paid for community visits. Due to the requirement for updating CRM systems, you will need to be secure in your IT skills. If you feel you meet these criteria, we want to hear from you.
How to apply:
Please visit our website: https://www.ageuk.org.uk/isleofwight/about-us/work-for-us/ to view the full job description and upload your CV. If you have any questions about how to apply, please email [email protected]
This role involves regulated activity with adults and is subject to an enhanced plus barring DBS check. Anyone on the Adults’ Barred List is legally barred from the role. The successful candidate will undertake a DBS check and any offer of employment made is conditional subject to the assessment of their criminal record (and other pre-employment checks).
Age UK Isle of Wight is an equal opportunities employer. We pay the Real Living Wage
Closing date: 06 May 2024
Registered Charity No: 1118711
Age UK - Isle of Wight
Founded in 1973, Age UK Isle of Wight is a local, independent registered charity working across all our communities to provide services to Islanders aged 50+, their carers and families. The Charity provides information, advice, and practical support to promote wellbeing, resilience and independence so that people can live in the Island’s community free from poverty, isolation and neglect. Age UK IW ensures that the Isle of Wight’s older residents are recognised, highlighted, celebrated and supported either through direct service provision or by working in partnership with others. The Charity’s vision is of an Island community where older people are respected, valued, included and able to live the life they choose.
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