Acute & Emergency Support Worker
Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells NHS Trust
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Job summary
An exciting full time opportunity for 37.5 hours per week has become available to join the team on the Acute Assessment Unit at Maidstone Hospital for a Acute & Emergency Support Worker. We welcome applicants that are motivated and dedicated to providing high standards of patient care.
Main duties of the job
The Acute Assessment Unit is a 22 bedded AAU admitting patients referred by their GP's and the Emergency Department. Here patients are assessed with rapid access to the diagnostic services and plans of care quickly developed. Patients remain within the unit for a maximum of 48 hours and are admitted into specialty wards or discharged home. We maintain very close working relationships with all members of the multi-disciplinary team. The unit also has a functioning Ambulatory Emergency Care area that is constantly changing and developing
About us
Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells NHS Trust is a large acute hospital Trust in the county of Kent.
The Trust provides a full range of general hospital services and some areas of specialist complex care to around 500,000 people living in the south part of West Kent and the north part of East Sussex.
The Trust's core catchment areas are Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells and their surrounding boroughs. We work from two main clinical sites: Maidstone Hospital and Tunbridge Wells Hospital at Pembury. Tunbridge Wells Hospital opened in 2011 and provides single rooms with en-suites for all in-patients - the first of its kind in the country.
We employ over 6,500 full and part-time staff in a huge range of clinical and non-clinical roles across both of our hospital sites.
Date posted
15 May 2023
Pay scheme
Agenda for change
Band
Band 3
Salary
£22,816 to £24,336 a year pa pro rata
Contract
Permanent
Working pattern
Full-time
Reference number
359-EMS12720
Job locations
Maidstone Hospital
Hermitage Lane
Maidstone
ME16 9QQ
Employer details
Employer name
Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells NHS Trust
Address
Maidstone Hospital
Hermitage Lane
Maidstone
ME16 9QQ
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