It has been 3 years since I transitioned from the ward to working with Hospital at Home. I spent 9 years working on the same ward. I enjoyed my job and I liked my team, but I started to feel stuck, and I was becoming unmotivated. As a result, I began looking at different roles in nursing and when an internal position became available within the HAHT, I applied and was successful in my application... 

My background in dietetics has been heavily community-based in recent years, and I was familiar with the Hospital at Home (H@H) team but more so that it was a service our trust provided, and we have a small team of dietitians that work within this team...  

Hospital @Home sits at a unique junction of care — delivering acute, hospital-level treatment within a patient’s own home. It’s an exciting but complex setting, particularly when it comes to medicines management. I’m part of a small but dedicated pharmacy team within our @Home service, working with the wider multidisciplinary team to ensure medicines are managed safely and effectively throughout each patient's journey...  

I completed acute care at home rotation over two months in early 2025. I was both excited and a bit apprehensive about it. I was looking forward to not only sometime away from the sterile hospital environment (both in terms of the location and emotion), but as I have a curious nature, I was interested in observing what the patient’s lives were like at home. Little did I know how much it would impact my career going forward... 

My medical school education and experience of working in secondary care were based around acute care delivered within the hospital, with rapid access to investigations and specialist input. Through my geriatric training and experience working with the Southern Trust’s Acute Care at Home (ACAH) service, I have come to realise the possibility and considerable value of delivering acute care in the community...