Great Western Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Senior Healthcare Support Worker
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Job Summary
H C A [Happy Caring Amazing]
Are you a happy, caring and amazing healthcare assistant?
Would you like to join our amazing team?
If yes, then this role is for you!
- Learn new skills and develop within a vibrant and dynamic department
- Work autonomously with the support and guidance of a superb team of Nurses
- Be proactive to the day's workload and reactive when that workload increases
You need to:
- be calm and also able to work under pressure.
- Work within a supportive team, yet work independently.
- Ideally have had health care experience which will enable you to support the patients that you assess.
We will provide training in the following areas if you are not competent in them:
- Taking Blood Samples
- MRSA Screening
- ECG's and vital observations
Main duties of the job
We want you to join our team and if you are the successful candidate you will be involved in enhancing the patient's pathway from referral to surgery, on to Pre-operative Assessment and then their surgical procedure.
The Pre-operative Assessment Unit assesses both In-Patients and Day Surgery Patients. You will use your assessment skills and clinical competencies daily and develop many new ones too!
We are looking to cover 5 days per week. Shift hours vary daily and the Unit is operational between 08.00 and 19:30 Monday - Friday.
For further information please contact Nikola Robinson (Senior Sister) or Nadine Cooper on 01793 646014 or 607167
We encourage you to arrange a visit to see for yourself what it is we do.
About Us
We are proud to be part of BSW Hospitals Group - a formal partnership between Great Western Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust and Salisbury NHS Foundation Trust. With a combined workforce of over 17, 600 colleagues, and budget of 1.6 billion the Group is united by a common purpose to deliver the best possible care to over 1 million people.
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We are creating a health and care system that works with the people we care for, reducing the differences people currently face in access, experience and outcomes, improving the experience of our colleagues and tackling shared challenges like sustainability and finances. Every improvement we make across our Group will be guided by what creates the greatest benefit for our colleagues, our patients, our communities and our partners.
Job Description
Job responsibilities
To undertake investigations and provide patient information to elective surgical patients, in support of and supervised by registered Nurses. This includes Inpatient and Day Surgery pre assessment.
Please See The Attached Job Description For Full Information
Person Specification
Qualifications
Qualifications Essential
- Care certificate (with evidence of completion)
- QCF or NVQ Level 2 in a health-related subject
Desirable
- Studying towards QCF or NVQ Level 3 in a health-related subject
Experience Essential
- Significant experience in healthcare including outpatient departments
Desirable
- Experience of acting as a mentor to new HCAs undertaking the Care Certificate
Knowledge Essential
- Organisational skills
- Able to plan and prioritise workload under direction
- Time management skills
- IT skills
- Provides care on a consistent basis, first time, every time in the right setting and the right way
- Can develop relationships based on empathy, respect and dignity
- Can understand a patient's health and social needs whilst having the expertise, clinical and technical knowledge to deliver effective care and treatments based on research and evidence.
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Desirable
- Venepuncture competency
- ECG recording competency
- Vital observations competency
Additional information
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.
Certificate of Sponsorship
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab) .
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