Job summary
- Main area
- Paediatrics
- Grade
- NHS AfC: Band 2
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time
- Flexible working
- Job ref
- 234-24-HCA-S0879
- Employer
- Norfolk and Norwich University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital
- Town
- Norwich
- Salary
- £22,383 per annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 28/07/2024 23:59
- Interview date
- 09/08/2024
Employer heading
Healthcare Assistant - Paediatric Theatres
NHS AfC: Band 2
At NNUH it is our privilege to provide healthcare to over one million people across Norfolk and surrounding areas. Our vision is to ‘provide the best care for every patient’, and if this inspires you and you share our values, we really want you to join our team.
NNUH is currently the busiest Trauma Unit in the East of England caring for almost 850 trauma patients annually many with complex care needs. We are enhancing our urgent and emergency care specialist services for patients with significant injuries as a result of trauma and have an ambition to become a Major Trauma Centre.
Our values support our vision and guide the behaviour of everything we do, these are:
People-focused
We look after the needs of our patients, carers and colleagues, to provide a safe and caring experience for all.
Respect
We act with care, compassion and kindness and value others’ diverse needs.
Integrity
We take an honest, open and ethical approach to everything we do.
Dedication
We work as one team and support each other to maintain the highest professional standards.
Excellence
We continuously learn and improve to achieve the best outcomes for our patients and our hospital.
Wish you were here? So do we.
We want all our staff to achieve a balance between work and personal life and understand how important flexible working can be. We welcome applications on a full or part time basis, various shift patterns and hybrid working, where roles allow.
At the Norfolk and Norwich University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (NNUH), we know the benefits diversity can bring to our organisation such as creativity, innovation and compassion. All of which have a direct impact towards our staff and patient experience. We are committed to being a Hospital for All – being equitable and inclusive, and a place where all feel a sense of belonging. We therefore particularly encourage and welcome applications from candidates who are underrepresented in NNUH’s workforce. These include people from Black, Asian, and Minority Ethnic backgrounds, people with diverse abilities and people within the LGBT+ community.
Job overview
The Jenny Lind Children’s Hospital at the Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust is nestled on the outskirts of the vibrant city of Norwich. A city brimming with art and culture, restaurants, nightlife and boosts a top UK university.
We are a brand new stand alone Paediatric Theatre Complex, comprising of 2 elective theatres and a 6 bay PACU (Post anaesthetic care unit) area.
The Divisions of Surgery and Women and Children will be integrated. Developing a service, workforce and strategy that supports and embeds the Trust’s Children’s Strategy
Modernising our workforce, we will provide CPD packages for all staff with clear progression pathways. The Trust supports a paediatric competency package, providing knowledge and skills training and evidence of all staff’s competencies within the speciality of paediatrics, ensuring Trust’s standards are upheld throughout all departments. The NNUH enjoys strong links with the UEA and within paediatrics it helps create the JLTC Society
We have a long history, dating back to 1854 when the Jenny Lind Children’s Hospital was opened, only the second Children’s Hospital in the UK. Come and join us as a leading provider of paediatric care in the UK. Expanding and strengthening our services, workforce, and research opportunities
Our Vision “Putting the Child and Young Person at the heart of all we do.”
Main duties of the job
Moving patients between wards, Theatres and Recovery departments
Assisting in the care of the surgical patient during the peri-operative period by supporting the multidisciplinary team.
- Supporting the Theatre personnel in providing a safe, high quality environment for the carrying out of surgical procedures by:
- Assisting The Clinical Practitioners with procedures
- Providing basic patient care.
- Providing a safe environment ensuring the highest quality of patient care is provided
- Prepare and set up theatre prior to theatre list.
- General circulating duties as instructed/requested from qualified members of theatre team.
- Assist the safe transit of the patient to and from the ward and between areas within day theatres, before and after surgery, and to ensure safety of any equipment that is attached to the patient.
- Provide a knowledgeable and safe assistance with the transfer of the anaesthetised patient from the patient’s trolley to the operating table using the hospital policy for manual handling of patients.
- Assist with the positioning of the patient for a surgical procedure.
- Undertake pressure area care using pressure relieving practices and devices as advised by registered staff.
Ensure all documentation is recorded accurately, legibly signed and dated in accordance with Trust policies and procedures and countersigned by registered staff as appropriate.
Working for our organisation
Join us at the Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital and be part of a workforce of over 10,000 staff!
The NNUH is one of the largest NHS trusts in the UK, providing first-class acute care for around one million people, living in Norfolk and surrounding areas. We are a teaching and research hospital, at the forefront of innovation, home to state-of-the-art facilities, such as the Quadram Institute. We are pleased to work closely with the University of East Anglia, providing teaching opportunities for our staff and placement opportunities for their students. We attract some of the best and leading professionals from across the country and are proud that our workforce represents 94 countries from across the world.
We are a friendly, collaborative hospital, working with local services and home to N&N Hospitals Charity
We can offer you the full range of NHS benefits/discounts and in addition:
- Flexible working hours
- Fast Track Staff Physiotherapy Service
- Multi Faith prayer room
- Discounted gym memberships
- Excellent pension scheme and annual leave entitlement
- Wagestream - access up to 40% of your pay as you earn it
- Free Park & Ride service direct to NNUH site
- Free 24-hours confidential counselling support
- On-site Nursery
- On-site cafes offering staff discounts
- Support in career development
- Flexible staff bank
- Salary Sacrifice schemes including lease cars, Cycle to Work scheme and home electronics
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please view the attached job description for full details of the role and use your supporting statement to confirm how you meet the essential and desirable criteria on the job specification.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- General education to GCSE Maths and English Grade A-D (or equivalent)
Experience
Essential criteria
- Experience in similar role / health care setting
Skills
Essential criteria
- Ability to verbally communicate clearly and effectively in the English Language
- Clear and effective reading and writing in the English Language
Attitude, aptitude
Essential criteria
- Effective role model, demonstrating NNUH’s PRIDE values of People focussed, Respect, Integrity, Dedication and Excellence
- Demonstrates understanding and commitment to Equality, Diversity and Inclusion
- Flexible, adaptable and responsive to change
- Able to work well in a team
Employer certification / accreditation badges
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
- Karen Basham
- Job title
- Deputy Team Leader
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 01603 286286
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