Job summary
- Main area
- Acute Medicine
- Grade
- NHS AfC: Band 3
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time
- Part time
- Flexible working
- Job ref
- 361-6350778
- Employer
- East and North Hertfordshire NHS Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Lister Hospital
- Town
- Stevenage
- Salary
- £22,816 - £24,336 per annum, pro rata
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 15/07/2024 23:59
- Interview date
- 26/07/2024
Employer heading
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Emergency Medical Technician-Acute Medical Services
NHS AfC: Band 3
Here at East and North Hertfordshire NHS Trust,
Our mission is:
Providing high-quality, compassionate care for our communities
Our vision to 2030 is:
To be trusted to provide consistently outstanding care and exemplary service
Job overview
We are recruiting for an Emergency Medical Technician who shares our vision to be trusted to provide consistently outstanding care and exemplary service to our patients.
This role is for the whole Acute Medical Services which encompasses both the Acute Medical Unit (AMU) and Same Day Emergency Care (SDEC).
This is an exciting opportunity to assist the nursing staff in maintaining a safe environment and deliver a high standard of patient care. You would be providing direct patient care. This role will provide you with plenty of opportunity to gain specific skills. This is a chance to work with a very established and experienced team with a wealth of knowledge to share with the right candidate!
Our Values are Include, Respect and Improve. It is important that you understand and refer to our values during your recruitment process and beyond!
Main duties of the job
In this role, you will be expected to accurately record pulse, blood pressure and temperature recordings and undertake routine dipstick testing of urine, BM as necessary and pregnancy tests.
It is important that you have a basic understanding of the ECG machine and monitors, and the procedure for attaching electrodes and the continuous cardiac monitoring of patients. You are expected to be aware of the correct position of all 12 leads and to be able to record a full diagnostic ECG.
The successful candidate will be skilled in carrying out Blood Glucose monitoring, venepuncture and taking of blood samples on emergency patients attending AMU. You are also required to process blood samples, and report to Biomedical Scientists when and if equipment is not functioning correctly.
In addition to having basic knowledge on the cannulation process, you should also be able to demonstrate effective basic life support skills around infant and adult resuscitation.
Working for our organisation
At East and North Hertfordshire NHS Trust, we are proud of the range of general & specialist services we provide & our 6,000 or so dedicated staff ensure our patients get the best care. Our ability to be flexible & innovative in the way in which we work and deliver our services to our catchment has never been more important than it is now.
We run the following hospitals:
- The Lister Hospital, Stevenage
- New Queen Elizabeth II (New QEII), Welwyn Garden City
- Hertford County, Hertford
- Mount Vernon Cancer Centre (MVCC), Northwood
We have ambitious plans to become an outstanding, patient-led Trust where dedicated staff provide high-quality, compassionate care to our patients. We continue to undergo significant transformation; our staff & patients are at the heart of delivering this ambitious agenda.
We understand that finding and starting a new job is an important life decision. If you need reasonable adjustments for a disability, or a life event, such as menopause - so that we can consider your application fairly & to get the best out of you during the selection process, please let us know.
We are committed to a positive work life balance for our employees. Employees are entitled to seek to work flexible working patterns & we are committed to listen and consider all requests. Such requests, of course, have to be made & considered formally, & will need to be balanced against service needs, but our starting point will always be to find ways to support making them happen.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification applicant pack for further detailed information regarding this role.
Person specification
Qualifications/Training
Essential criteria
- Basic general education – Maths & English
Desirable criteria
- NVQ level 2/3 or willingness to complete apprenticeship programme
Previous Experience
Essential criteria
- Good verbal and written communications
- Ability to work closely with all grades of staff
- Adaptability, ability to prioritise work, especially under pressure
- Operation of equipment
Desirable criteria
- Previous employment within a healthcare setting
- Previous experience in dealing with patients
Skills
Essential criteria
- Initiative to work alone, and within a team
- Approachable with all patients, staff and visitors
- Confidentiality
- Flexible/adaptable
Desirable criteria
- Keyboard skills /IT skills
Knowledge
Desirable criteria
- Understanding of quality and change in the clinical setting
- Knowledge of patient care
Other Requirements
Essential criteria
- Understanding of, and commitment to, equality, diversity and inclusion
- Role model our Trust values every day
Applicant requirements
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Ricah Castillo
- Job title
- Nurse Team Manager
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 0143828 285750
- Additional information
Please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification applicant pack for further detailed information regarding this role.
Please contact me for any other information. If you wish to come in to see the ward or alternatively just to pop in to discuss the job role we are more than happy to accommodate you.
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