Job summary
Employer heading
Healthcare Assistant
Band 3
Newcastle Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is one of the busiest, largest and most successful teaching NHS foundation trusts in the country, with around 16,000 staff and an annual income of £1 billion.
We have a long history of providing high quality care, clinical excellence, and innovation in medical research regionally, nationally and internationally.
We’re also proud to be the second largest provider of specialised services in the country. This means we support people with a range of rare and complex medical, surgical and neurological conditions, cancers and genetic orders.
Our staff oversee around 1.84 million patients ‘contacts’ each year, delivering high standards of healthcare.
We are committed to promoting equality and diversity and recognise the benefit in providing an inclusive environment. We value and respect the diversity of our employees and aim to recruit a workforce which reflects the communities we serve, and is equipped to deliver the best service to our patients. We welcome all applications irrespective of people’s race, disability, gender, sexual orientation, religion or belief, age, gender identity, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity and in particular those from under- represented groups.
Newcastle Hospitals are proud to be one of the exemplar organisations across the NHS on sustainability, with a long history of delivering Sustainable Healthcare in Newcastle (Shine) and the first healthcare organisation in the world to declare a climate emergency. Our strategy includes commitments to being Net Zero by 2030, for our direct carbon footprint, and Net Zero by 2040 for our footprint plus. Delivering these ambitions will not be possible without the help, support and action of every single member of our team.
Job overview
We are thrilled to be able to offer an exciting opportunity for an experienced enthusiastic Health Care Support Worker to come and join
our friendly team.
This role will be provide excellent care to our children and young people who come into Clinic E, Cardiothoracic Outpatients, where a number of consultant and nurse led clinics and procedures are undertaken, within the Children's Heart Unit.
- Interview Date: 19th August 2024
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29 hours 30 minutes/week (Variable to the needs of the service - between 8am and 5pm Monday to Friday)
- You will be redirected to Trac to apply for the vacancy. Please expand the job details section and read all of the information before applying for the vacancy.
Main duties of the job
The main aspects of the role will be to provide -
· A warm and friendly welcome to children, young people and their families into the department.
· Be an effective communicator for all our service users.
· Undertake heights, weights and observations of patients - training and support will be provided.
· Support departmental cleaning.
Working for our organisation
Newcastle Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is one of the busiest, largest and most successful teaching NHS foundation trusts in the country, with around 16,000 staff and an annual income of £1 billion.
We have a long history of providing high quality care, clinical excellence, and innovation in medical research regionally, nationally and internationally.
We’re also proud to be the second largest provider of specialised services in the country. This means we support people with a range of rare and complex medical, surgical and neurological conditions, cancers and genetic orders.
Our staff oversee around 2 million patients ‘contacts’ each year, delivering high standards of healthcare.
Please see attached information on what Staff Benefits we have to offer at our Trust.
We are committed to promoting equality and diversity and recognise the benefit in providing an inclusive environment. We value and respect the diversity of our employees and aim to recruit a workforce which reflects the communities we serve, and is equipped to deliver the best service to our patients. We welcome all applications irrespective of people’s race, disability, gender, sexual orientation, religion or belief, age, gender identity, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity and in particular those from under- represented groups.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
· Venepuncture - training and support will be provided.
· Fitting of cardiac monitors – training and support will be provided.
· Stocking of equipment and supplies.
· Coordination of patient care, supported by qualified nursing staff.
· Assisting other staff in the department during procedures and investigations.
Job Purpose
- To abide by Trust policies and procedures
- To assist the registered nurses (or other healthcare practitioners) in providing high quality patient care
- To undertake a range of delegated clinical duties
- Maintain patients’ privacy and dignity at all times and provide care in a compassionate and sensitive manner.
- Be an effective part of the multi-disciplinary team contributing to the departmental objectives.
- Continue to develop and maintain competencies to maintain high quality safe care.
- Post holder will be expected to contribute to housekeeping and other ward / department duties as required, e.g. general tidiness, re-determined stock levels are met and clinical equipment is clean, working and stored correctly
- Assist with admin & clerical duties as required.
Please note it is a requirement of The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust that all successful candidates who require a DBS for the post they have been offered pay for their DBS certificate. The method of payment is a salary deduction from your first month’s pay.
As a flexible working friendly organisation, we want to be sure that you can work in a way that is best for us and for our patients, and for you. Speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement. If it works for the service, we will do our best to make it work for you.
Person specification
KNOWLEDGE
Essential criteria
- Ability to maintain and improve knowledge, skills and competence to ensure high standards of patient care.
- Ability to carry out routine elements of assessment to enhance the patient / client journey, following an initial assessment by a registered practitioner.
- Ability to meet basic care needs of patients, washing dressing, assistance with feeding etc
- Understanding of confidentiality
Desirable criteria
- Understanding of basic food hygiene concepts
- Understanding of basic safeguarding
- An understanding of working in the NHS
An understanding of working in the NHS
Essential criteria
- Basic IT skills
- Ability to be responsible for own development, identifying training needs, set personal objectives and attend appropriate training as agreed by line manager.
- Ability to initiate emergency action when required e.g. Cardiac arrest, Fire
Desirable criteria
- Venepuncture skills
EXPERIENCE
Essential criteria
- Ability to plan, prioritise own and delegated work tasks and activities
Desirable criteria
- Experience of caring in a health care setting
- Previous work in a health care setting
- Previous NHS experience
QUALIFICATIONS
Essential criteria
- Level 3 qualification in Health and Social Care or equivalent level qualification and / or equivalent relevant experience
- GCSEs in English and Maths at Grades 3-1 (or D-E or Level 1 Functional/Key Skills)
Desirable criteria
- GCSEs in English and Maths at Grades 9-4 (or A*-C or Level 2 Functional/Key Skills)
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
- David Derry
- Job title
- Charge Nurse
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 0191 2139640
- Additional information
David Derry - Charge Nurse - 0191 2137527
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