Sarah is a Team Leader at Hilton Nursing Partners, within the West Kent radius, where she has 17 Personal Nursing Assistants (PNAs) and Assessors within her team. She became Team Leader after developing internally from the role of a Hospital Assessor at both Maidstone and Tonbridge hospitals for Hilton Nursing Partners. Sarah is an integral … Read more
I received a referral from Hilton Nursing Partners’ staff raising concerns regarding a patient’s ability to transfer and mobilise. When I arrived, I completed my brief assessment including the lady’s ability to mobilise and complete transfer. With every assessment, including this one, I always find it paramount and invaluable to hold the conversation surrounding an … Read more
I visited a gentleman who was worried as he was unable to top up his card for electricity and gas which he had always been able to do himself prior to his hospital admission. I went out with Assessor Jo to assess his mobility because he had 2 steps from his flat to reach his … Read more
As a Hospital Discharge Co-ordinator at Hilton Nursing Partners, the role is to ensure that all our personal nursing assistants (PNAs) are co-ordinated to provide person-centred care for their patients. It is also to assure that all our communication is integrated – any healthcare delivered after Hilton Nursing Partners’ service is best informed by our … Read more
As a clinical team leader the purpose of my role is to clinically lead and support a team of personal nursing assistants to ensure a high standard of safe and effective care is being delivered to all patients in their own homes. The role involves ensuring that assessments and support plans are completed and provide … Read more
The day begins by compiling a case load formulated by a mixture of sources – handover from previous on-duty Occupational Therapist (OT), ‘triaging’ from yesterday’s hospital discharges, email based referrals from fellow HNP staff or acute hospital therapy colleagues and attending the daily morning meeting with office based co-ordinators. Unlike any other community based Occupational … Read more
Preparing for the days ahead The evening before the start of our four-day working stretch, we receive a handover from the current team who are on shift, with a full breakdown of each patient & their needs and requirements for the next day. This is very important to ensure that all patients receive continuity of … Read more
Morning in Hospital By 8:30am, I have checked in with all our community staff, read the previous day’s reports, desperately tracked down a parking space in the sprawling hospital car parks, collected my tablet and work phones, and I’m ready to go. I make my way inside, walking alongside doctors, surgeons, nurses and visitors, past … Read more
