Job overview
Do you want to be a Healthcare Assistant and join one of the best Stroke Units in the UK? Our Stroke Unit has maintained the ‘A grade’ in the latest Royal College of Physicians’ Sentinel Stroke National Audit Programme (SSNAP) audit.
Our stroke service is the designated 24 hour thrombolysis centre for Buckinghamshire and East Berkshire with 15 hyper- acute beds and 27 acute rehabilitation beds.
Main duties of the job
Working as a Healthcare Assistant, you will be part of a busy multi-disciplinary team who are dedicated in providing individualised, evidence based stroke care management.
With the support of a stroke practice development sister, stroke specialist nurses and the Trust’s education department, we are able to offer a range of education and development opportunities, including in-house training and external courses.
Working across hyper-acute, acute and step down areas, you will have the opportunity to continue to progress your professional development, gain specialist knowledge in the care of acute stroke and skills in caring for rehabilitation patients.
Please note you if you are shortlisted for interview, you will be required to sit a competency based assessment
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Person specification
Education, Qualifications & Training
Essential criteria
1. Level 2 or Level 3 (NVQ) in health and Social Care or equivalent relevant experience
2. Willing to work towards Level 2 functional skills (Math & English)
3. Care Certificate/working towards
Experience
Essential criteria
4. Experience of working with people, ideally in a front-line customer service role
5. Experience of providing person centred care
Knowledge, Skills & Competence
Essential criteria
6. An understanding of the importance of patient confidentially and privacy
7. Demonstrates a caring, compassionate and empathetic approach to patient’s and colleagues, whilst having a professional approach
8. Recognises how patients and colleagues need to be treated with dignity and respect and can demonstrate these behaviours in their daily work
9. Good verbal and written English communication skills
10. The ability to respond with kindness and humanity to patients
11. A flexible and adaptable approach with the aptitude to work in a busy hospital healthcare setting
12. Willingness to undertake the mentorship of new Nursing Assistants after 12 months in post
13. Basic knowledge of health and safety with an awareness of the importance of following Trust policies and procedures
14. An appreciation of equality, diversity and inclusion and how this influences how care is provided to patients
15. A willingness to provide the highest standards of patient care including personal care
16. Ability to work as part of a team
17. Good understanding of care needs relevant to patient’s in a hospital setting to include: Eating and drinking Dignity and respect
18. Good understanding of care needs relevant to patient’s in a hospital setting to include: Eating and drinking Dignity and respect Communication/conflict resolution Handwashing and infection control Hygiene needs Safeguarding Understands the limit and scope of their job role and the need to only do tasks they are trained to do. Knows when to escalate to a registered nurse when the situation is beyond their scope of practice.
Behaviours & Values
Essential criteria
19. Flexibility in shift/working patterns to meet the needs of the service.
20. Works effectively as a team
21. Is of good health and good character
22. Willing to accept additional responsibilities as delegated by senior staff
23. Always acts with honesty and integrity
24. Professional approach
25. Displays BHT Values
PPE requirements: Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust requires all colleagues to wear appropriate personal protective equipment (PPE) in accordance with our infection prevention and control procedures.
COVID-19 and Flu vaccinations remain the best way to protect yourself, your family, your colleagues and of course our patients from the viruses when working in our healthcare settings. We encourage our staff to be vaccinated when recommended.
Application deadline: This post will close on the closing date stated at midnight, however if we receive a large number of applications or there is a change in circumstance, we may be required to close a job before the advertised date.
Application information: If you are offered a job, information will be transferred into the national NHS Electronic Staff Records (ESR) system.
Shortlisting: The monitoring and safeguarding sections are not made visible to the shortlisting panel. The safeguarding section may be made visible to the interview panel, dependent on the role being recruited into.
Travel expenses: It is Trust policy that travel expenses for interviews will not be reimbursed.
Smoking: All Trust sites are NO SMOKING. Smoking in all areas of the buildings and premises is prohibited.
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