Red-bag/care-home Pathway Co-ordinator - Sutton, United Kingdom - Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals NHS Trust

Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals NHS Trust
Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals NHS Trust
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Sutton, United Kingdom

3 weeks ago

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Description

NHS AfC:

Band 4:

Main area
- admin
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Grade

  • NHS AfC: Band 4
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Contract

  • Permanent
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Hours

  • Full time hours per week
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Job ref

  • 343

Site

  • At Home Team-SHC, 5th Floor, Ferguson House, St Helier Hospital
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Town

  • Sutton
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Closing

  • 22/02/2024 23:59 As an NHS Trust we strongly encourage and support vaccination uptake as this remains the best line of defence against COVID19._
At Epsom and St Helier Hospitals, above all we value respect.

We put respect at the heart of all we do, by living up to our shared behaviours of kindness, professionalism, positivity and teamwork.

This enables us to provide great patient care and make ESTH a great place to work. When you sign up to work with us, you sign up to this and we welcome applicants who share our values


Job overview:

Red Bag Initiative


The red bag initiative has been developed in partnership with Sutton Clinical Commissioning Group, Sutton and Merton Community Services, London Ambulance Service and representatives of the care homes.


The initiative helps to provide a prompt, safe and efficient transfer of clinical care when a resident moves between a care home and other clinical settings, such as; hospitals or 'step up' and 'step down' beds.


When a resident becomes unwell and is assessed as needing hospital care, care home staff pack a dedicated Red Bag that contains standardised information about the resident's general health, any existing medical conditions they have, medication they are taking, as well as highlighting the current health concern.

This means that ambulance and hospital staff can determine the treatment a resident needs more effectively.

We are looking for an enthusiastic individual to take up the role as the Red Bag Coordinator.

The post holder will be based in St Helier hospital and will coordinate the red bags for patients coming in to hospital from care homes.

The coordinator will work closely with the acute hospital, Home First+ and Care Home Support team to enable the successful delivery of this pathway.


Main duties of the job:


  • Coordinate the timely flow of the red bag through the patient's journey from admission to discharge working within agreed procedures and protocols.
  • Provide business support, administrative leadership and general office management to deliver a high quality, comprehensive co-ordination service.
  • To b the identified point of contact for issues relating to the red bag pathway and patient journey.
  • Work collaboratively with the multi-disciplinary teams in the proactive management of the red bag pathway from admission to discharge, ensuring the entire pathway is managed smoothly.

Working for our organisation:

Welcome to the Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals NHS Trust.

We offer an extensive range of services, including cancer, pathology, surgery, and gynaecology to over 490,000 people in south west London and north east Surrey.

We operate two busy general hospitals, Epsom Hospital and St Helier Hospital, and run services from other locations, including Sutton Hospital.

We are also part of two innovative intergrated care partnerships
  • Sutton
Health and Care and Surrey Downs Health and Care.


St Helier Hospital is home to the South West Thames Renal and Transplantation Unit and Queen Mary's Hospital for Children, while Epsom Hospital is home to the South West London Elective Orthopaedic Centre (SWLEOC).

Both Epsom and St Helier hospitals have Accident and Emergency departments (A&E) and Maternity services (Obstetrics).


Detailed job description and main responsibilities:
Principal Duties


  • Coordinate the movement and transfer of the red bag daily, across the hospital ensuring the high quality management and safe delivery of the red bag at each touch point of the journey
  • Work collaboratively with the multi -professional teams to ensure that roles and responsibilities in relation to the safe management of the red bag are implemented effectively.
  • Work collaboratively with the care home teams to ensure roles and responsibilities in relation to the safe management of the red bag are coordinated effectively.
  • Promote the awareness of the red bag initiative across the hospital multi-disciplinary team using various communication tools and mediums.
Develop systems and process in the pathway that ensures the following:


Person specification:


Experience:


Essential criteria:

- minimum 6 months experience
- similar /co-ordination role


Desirable criteria:


  • Evidence of current CPD including evidence of recent study at least to NVQ Level 2

Values and Behaviours:


Essential criteria:


  • Put the patient first by being happy, helpful, caring, respectful and patient Always taking opportunities to improve, encouraging excellence

Desirable criteria:


  • Work as one team communicate, collaborate and share Respect each other by being polite, pleasant and listening

communication:

**Essential cri
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