Main area Health Care Assistant Grade NHS AfC: Band 5 Contract Permanent: 0.6 WTE Hours Part time - 22.5 hours per week (3 x 7.5 days per week) Job ref 220-WHT-3141
Employer Whittington Health NHS Trust Employer type NHS Site Whittington Hospital Town London Salary £35,964 - £43,780 pro-rata Per annum inclusive of HCAs Salary period Yearly Closing 26/06/2025 23:59
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Job overview
The outpatients department is looking to recruit a nurse to work in the outpatients clinic.
The successful applicant will be responsible for the day to day nursing support of the clinic, assist in procedures and provide support and reassurance to patients attending the clinic. The successful applicant will be encouraged to further knowledge and skills in the area of outpatient nursing.
For informal visits/ enquiries please contact Eugenie Masasa / Yvonne Parkes, Outpatient Sisters on 0207 288 5480
Main duties of the job
The post holder will work according to the NMC Code of Professional Conduct and relevant professional guidelines and take responsibility for:
* Protecting and supporting the health of individual patients and clients
* Assessment of care and health education needs
* Development, implementation, and evaluation of programmes of care including referring patient to community services when necessary.
* Under supervision, to gain experience and skills in Clinical Practice, facilitation and teaching and management as appropriate.
* To work in accordance with Whittington Health Nursing and Midwifery Strategy and contribute towards achieving the Trust objectives.
* To take charge of the department in the absence of senior nursing staff following performance appraisal review.
* Provide support to the clinical nurse specialists in the various outpatient clinics.
* Assist in carrying out Health & Safety, Fire and hand Hygiene audits as required.
* Support the Health Care Assistants and assess their competence where necessary.
Working for our organisation
Whittington Health serves a richly diverse population and works hard to ensure that all our services are fair and equally accessible to everyone. Nowhere is this more obvious than in the way we look after our staff. We aim to employ a workforce which is as representative as possible of this population, so we are open to the value of differences in age, disability, gender, marital status, pregnancy and maternity, race, sexual orientation, and religion or belief. The Trust believes that as a public sector organisation we have an obligation to have recruitment, training, promotion and other formal employment policies and procedures that are sensitive to these differences. We think that by doing so, we are better able to treat our patients as well as being a better place to work.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
The post holder is expected to have a flexible “can do” approach in ensuring the work of the department is carried out to the required high standards. The post holder will contribute to the continuous evaluation of systems to improve the service and meet targets.
Communication
* Assist patients to gain access to health and social care, information and support relevant to their needs.
* Participate in the promotion and maintenance of effective communication with the patient and their carer(s)
* Provide information which enables patients to make choices about adopting a healthier lifestyle.
* Complete patient documentation correctly, appropriately and in a timely manner ensuring this is filed properly in the patients’ medical notes.
* Develop communication skills to convey complex and sensitive information effectively to patients, carer(s) and other staff, overcoming barriers to understanding and providing support during distressing or emotional events. This includes expanded role responsibilities, following appropriate training.
* Maintain professional boundaries and working relationships with patients and colleagues.
Personal and People Development
* Educate patients and their carers as required where a need has been identified.
* Participate in annual staff appraisal, staff development and in-service training activities in line with the Knowledge and Skills Framework
* Attend Trust/local orientation programmes, mandatory training sessions and annual updates.
* Be responsible for developing and sustaining own knowledge, clinical skills, and professional awareness in accordance with CPD requirements and maintain a professional profile.
* Help maintain a suitable learning environment for staff and act as a mentor in the supervision and teaching of nursing students/ health care assistants and others to develop their competence.
* Develop own teaching skills and participate in staff/student education programmes that develop competence and performance.
* Assist in the training and developments of Health Care Assistants
* Act as a preceptor/mentor for junior staff nurses
* Take part in reflection and appropriate learning from practice, in order to maintain and develop competence and performance.
Person specification
Qualification and experience
* Registered Nurse Part 1, 2 or relevant section of the register
* Working in a team
* Work in a Health Care or related setting Good standard of written and spoken English
* Relevant Mentorship/Teaching Course
Communication
* Demonstrates awareness of the importance of working as part of the multidisciplinary team
* Communicates effectively verbally, in writing and in electronic formats
* Communicates with patients and carers in an empathetic manner
* Demonstrates understanding of good practice in Customer Care
Personal and people Development
* Demonstrates understanding of own role within the team
* Willing to produce a personal development plan with Manager
* Willing to develop self & undertake in-house study
Health,Safety and Security
* Promotes, monitors and maintains best practice in health, safety and security
* Understands importance of decontaminating equipment following use
* Understands principles of Infection Control
SAFEGUARDING CHILDREN AND ADULTS
To comply with the Trust’s Safeguarding Children and Adults policies, procedures and protocols. All individual members of staff (paid or unpaid) have a duty to safeguard and promote the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults This will require you to:
* Ensure you are familiar with and comply with the London Child Protection Procedures and protocols for promoting and safeguarding the welfare of children and young people.
* Ensure you are familiar and comply with theLondon Multi Agency Safeguarding Vulnerable Adults Pan London Procedures.
* Ensure you are familiar and comply with local protocols and systems for information sharing.
* Know the appropriate contact numbers and required reporting lines.
* Participate in required training and supervision.
* Comply with required professional boundaries and codes of conduct
Whittington Health is committed to safeguarding all children and vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.
Your application form –
* Provide only business email address for your referees – we are unable to request references from yahoo, Hotmail, Gmail accounts.
* Make sure you to include all evidence of where you meet the essential requirement on the jobs description as this forms the base of our shortlisting criteria.
Our processes –
* Closing dates are given as a guide; we are within our right to close adverts early so please ensure you submit your application as soon as possible to avoid delay.
* If you do not hear from us up to 3 weeks after the closing date of the job unfortunatelythis means you have not been successfullyshortlisted for interview. If your require feedback on your application please contact the appointing manager detailed in the body of the advert.
* Please check your emails regularly as all correspondence from us will be via trac.systems – occasionally these emails will go into your Junk folder.
* Employment at Whittington Health is offered subject to successful completion of a 6 month probationary period for all staff with the exception of GMC Registered Doctors.
Other important information –
* Applications from job seekers who require sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. Before submitting your application and to avoid disappointment please check that you areeligible under theUKVI points based system .
* Applications are welcome from people wishing to job share or work flexible patterns. We are committed to equal opportunities.
* In submitting an application form, you authorise WhittingtonHealth NHS Trust to confirm any previous NHS service details via the Inter Authority Transfer (IAT) process should you be appointed to the post.
If you are offered a role with one of the NLPSS partner trusts, as part of pre-employment checks youridentity and right to work documentation will be verifiedremotely (in most circumstances), using a certified identity verification service provider TrustID. You will be asked to capture an image of the relevant documents as well as a “selfie” using your smartphone/tablet (if available) for facial matching. TrustID will also perform a digital address check using Trunarrative and Equifax, which is a soft check and does not leave a footprint on your credit rating. For more information, visit www.trustid.co.uk
Please note that during the recruitment process your Identity Documentation (i.e. passport, driving licence, visa, etc.) will be scanned using a device which recognises UV, Infrared and Machine Readable Zone security features of the documents provided
The Trust uses electronic new starter forms on Trac to collect personal details. Information collected is securely stored and used to set up the employee record on the ESR HR system.
We would welcome applications from individuals who are from underrepresented groups in the organisation
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You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
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.
Application numbers
This vacancy may close early if it receives a high number of applications. Please complete and submit your application in good time to avoid disappointment.
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