Full Time
Slough
Posted 1 month ago

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Job role: Health Care Assistant

Company name: NHS Jobs

Salary: £24,873.00 per year

Job Reference: C9151-24-1477

About the Job:

We are seeking an enthusiastic and caring individual, with or without experience, who would enjoy the challenge of working as a Healthcare Assistant in a Critical Care environment.

This role provides a special opportunity to be part of a tight-knit team of healthcare professionals and have the privilege of sharing unique life experiences every day.

Successful applicants will have a range of training and developmental opportunities which will be available in-house.

This vacancy is linked to a Level 2 Apprenticeship. This will support you to gain relevant knowledge, skills and experience that will help you achieve your potential in this role. Working alongside the Trust’s experienced staff you will be supported to gain the apprenticeship qualification and functional skills in maths and English if required. This is a great opportunity to gain a national recognised qualification while you are working and earning, which will support you in both this role and in your future career at Frimley Health.

You will not be required to undertake an apprenticeship if you have previously completed a relevant apprenticeship, NVQ or similar qualification.

Main duties of the job

The role is to provide support to the trained nurses in caring for their patients. A large part of the role involves maintaining high standards of cleanliness to ensure infection control standards are met.

With the ongoing support of your team it will be an excellent opportunity for individuals wishing to develop their interpersonal, communication and caring skills.

Please see the attached Job Description for details of the main duties.

About us

Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust provides NHS hospital servicesforaround 900,000 people across Berkshire, Hampshire, Surrey and south Buckinghamshire.

As well as delivering excellent general hospital services to local people, we provide specialist heart attack, vascular, stroke, spinal, cystic fibrosis and plastic surgery services across a much wider area.

We have three main hospitals – Frimley Park in Frimley near Camberley, Heatherwood in Ascot and Wexham Park near Slough.

Our threecore values, and the behaviours that support them, guide everything we do and set out what we expect of our staff in the way they treat patients, visitors, service users and each other,Committed to Excellence,WorkingTogether and Facing the Future.

We are also proud to host the Defence Medical Group South East at Frimley Park with military surgical, medical and nursing personnel working alongside the hospital’s NHS staff providing care to patients in all specialties.

Job description

Job responsibilities

This post is designed to provide support to the trained nurse in the delivery of patient careand in the effective and efficient preparation of bed areas and equipment.

The job does involve a shift work pattern which includes nights and weekends.

For full details please refer to the attached Job Description but some main duties of this job are:

To help in the delivery of basic patient care under direct supervision of a trained nurse.
To develop specific skills as requested by your Team Leader and carry them out as per agreed Trust policies and standards.
To strip, clean and make up beds as per Unit policy after discharge of a patient.
To re-stock equipment, disposables/consumables in preparation ofadmission in bed areas.
To be aware of Lifting and Handling procedures.
To report all accidents and untoward incidents to the Nurse in charge.
To respect and maintain the rights, dignity and confidentiality of patients.
To take reasonable steps to ensure the safekeeping of patients property inaccordance with Hospital policy.
To develop effective channels of communication with all disciplines, patients andrelatives.
To provide support torelatives and family of a patient with empathy during their distressing time.
To undertake other duties as directed by the trained nurse, such as the delivery and collecting of items from stores or pharmacy.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

Basic level of Education
Numeracy and Literacy skills

Experience

Essential

Experience in a public facing role
Caring experience

Desirable

Hospital experience

Skills

Essential

Clear written communication skills

Desirable

Describes teamworking abilities

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Employer details

Employer name

Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Wexham Park Hospital

Slough

SL2 4HL

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