Employer Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Employer type NHS Site Royal Preston Hospital Town Fulwood. Preston Salary £22,816 - £24,336 per annum, pro rata Salary period Yearly Closing 06/05/2024 23:59 Interview date 17/05/2024
Senior Healthcare Assistant - Outpatients
Band 3
Job overview
Do you have that Star quality to really make a difference to our patients journey? If so this is the role for you!
Attending a hospital appointment can be a daunting experience for patients but you can make all the difference to that.
Outpatients is looking for someone who is caring and compassionate, dedicated and motivated and who enjoys new challenges everyday. You will develop a plethora of skills and knowledge, you will be the type of person who has a keen eye for detail.
This fantastic opportunity to join our teams as a Senior Health Care Assistant doesn't come around often, so get you application in now! You will be given full training and support, an induction to enable you to to integrated with the team and continue your development for your future career.
Main duties of the job
You will be part of a fantastic, well-led team who care for patients during their outpatients experience to ensure a high standard of care is received.
As a Senior Health Care Assistant you will support the qualified nursing staff to provide high standards of care to our patients. You will be a valued member of the multi-disciplinary team and support the team with care, assessment and treatment of patients.
Quality of care is of the highest agenda for our department and thus concentrated efforts are ongoing to ensure a positive patient experience The team are committed to teaching and supporting staff and are looking for these qualities in new team members.
You will work across all the Outpatients areas Main Outpatients, Chest Clinic, Brock Assessment unit and the new Mellor Suite. (You may also need to Cross Site cover to Chorley Outpatients Department, should staffing levels demand. )
Working for our organisation
We have 10,000 fantastic people working hard to deliver quality services to our patients. Whatever your role, you help look after 370,000 people in our local area & give specialist care to 1.5 million people across Lancashire & Cumbria.
Working with us gives you the knowledge and sense of pride that every activity you do genuinely does make a difference to support our patients & staff, ensuring we keep thriving & delivering outstanding healthcare right across our local towns.
You’ll have access to varied development opportunities, learn new skills, meet fab people & do things you’d never have done. You’ll learn about working in a hospital, interacting with people from all different roles to build skills & enhance your career path.
You’ll make an impact, be challenged to think differently, be bold & help innovate to keep improving things. Everything we do centres around patient care which means your role is pivotal and something really to be proud of.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Duties to include, but not to be limited to-
1. Provide good quality personalised care in accordance with agreed local and national standards
2. Take samples from patients for testing or dispatching eg: Urine, sputum, faeces, MRSA swabs, blood sugars
3. Assist patients to meet nutritional needs in line with their individual care plan.
4. Become competent in taking ECGs, Bloods and any tasks deemed relevant to role and responsibilities
5. Undertake clinical duties relevant to clinical area as deemed necessary, this may evolve and change following achievement of competencies.
6. Assist to maintain patient safety, conforming to health, safety and security legislation, policies, procedures and guidelines.
7. Assist in maintaining standards of care to improve the patient experience and outcome of care.
8. Promote equality in care and practice by recognising, respecting and meeting the needs and choices of individuals
The post holder may occasionally be required to work across both sites at Preston / Chorley
Please see the attached job description for more information
Person specification
Knowledge and Experience
* Previous experience of working in an acute health care or related setting
* Understanding of health and safety issues within healthcare
* Understanding of concept and application of confidentiality
* Understanding of the role of a band 3 senior HCA
* Previous hospital experience
Qualifications & Education
* GCSE Maths & English grade C or above OR level 2 numeracy skills and level 2 literacy skills
* BNCS or NVQ in Health Level 2
* Must be willing to undertake Trust internal INCS course
* Level 3 QCF diploma (Qualification Credit Framework) in healthcare / NVQ level 3
Thanks for taking the time to view this advert; we’re looking forward to receiving your application. You should be aware that the vacancy may close earlier than the published date if sufficient applications are received so it would be best to apply as soon as you can. We’ll contact you by e-mail to update you on the progress of your application so please check the e-mail account that you applied from (including spam/junk) regularly.
We are committed to promoting equality of opportunity, celebrating and valuing diversity and eliminating any form of unlawful discrimination across our workforce, ensuring our people are truly representative of the communities we serve. All individuals regardless of race, age, disability, ethnicity, nationality, gender, gender reassignment, sexual orientation, religion or belief, marriage and civil partnership, neurodiversity or veteran status are encouraged to apply for this post. Our Statement on the Recruitment of Ex-Offenders is available Here
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