We're looking for individuals with or without health and care experience join our Royal Surrey family in a fast paced, multidisciplinary hospital environment, with opportunities in:
o Aging and Healtho Stroke Serviceso Accident and Emergencyo Same Day Emergency Careo Cardiologyo Gastroenterologyo Respiratory Services
No experience? To us, it's more important that you're a caring and kind person with a genuine desire to help and support patients and their families. If this sounds like you, then you already have the attributes that make a great healthcare support worker.
Right from the time you join us, you'll have access to learning, development and training opportunities. As you progress in your NHS career you'll acquire the knowledge, skills and confidence you need to provide safe and compassionate patient care.
Here at the Royal Surrey NHS Foundation Trust, we take pride in being a leading provider of NHS services in Surrey, committed to delivering high-quality patient care and supporting our staff to fulfil their true potential and ensuring patients receive expert, responsive care across a broad range of specialist services.
Shift patterns include long days and night shifts on a 24/7, 365-day basis, including bank holidays and weekends.
As a Healthcare Assistant/Healthcare Support Worker, your day-to-day responsibilities will include:
Supporting patients across specialist areas, including Cardiology, Gastroenterology, Respiratory, Stroke, Emergency, and Same Day Care services.
Assisting with daily activities, including personal hygiene, mobility, and nutritional support.
Supporting clinical teams by collecting samples, conducting swabs, and monitoring fluid intake/output.
Helping patients undergoing cardiac monitoring, respiratory therapy, and gastrointestinal treatments.
Using appropriate equipment to safely assist patient movement and care delivery.
Responding swiftly to patient needs in acute and emergency care settings.
Royal Surrey is a compassionate and collaborative acute and community Trust. Recognising that our 5000 colleagues are our greatest strength, we offer a comprehensive health and wellbeing program along with a commitment to developing and advancing your career. We are clinically led and provide joined up care by bridging the gap between hospital and community services alongside regional specialist cancer care. Our main acute hospital site is in Guildford with community hospital sites at Milford, Haslemere and Cranleigh. We provide adult community health services in homes across Guildford and Waverley.
The Care Quality Commission (CQC) have given us an overall rating of Outstanding.
We are proud of our achievements and we are investing in our colleagues through our commitment to supporting professional development as well as investing more than £45 million in our physical environment and new equipment in the next few years. Although it isn't the Trusts normal practice, adverts may close early, so you are encouraged to submit an application as soon as possible.
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At Royal Surrey, we value and invest in our Healthcare Assistants by providing:
A comprehensive induction programme mapped to the Care Certificate Framework.
Structured support to complete the National Care Certificate within 3 months, celebrated in a recognition ceremony.
A shortened induction programme for candidates who already hold a Care Certificate and have acute NHS experience.
Shift patterns include long days and night shifts on a 24/7, 365-day basis, including bank holidays and weekends.
Please note at this time, we are not recruiting for Bank Healthcare Assistants.
At Royal Surrey, we value and invest in our Healthcare Assistants by providing:
A comprehensive induction programme mapped to the Care Certificate Framework.
Structured support to complete the National Care Certificate within 3 months, celebrated in a recognition ceremony.
A shortened induction programme for candidates who already hold a Care Certificate and have acute NHS experience.
Shift patterns include long days and night shifts on a 24/7, 365-day basis, including bank holidays and weekends.
Please note at this time, we are not recruiting for Bank Healthcare Assistants.
Educated to GCSE level or equivalent work experience
Care Certificate
Knowledge of acute hospital setting
Educated to GCSE level or equivalent work experience
Care Certificate
Knowledge of acute hospital setting
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.
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