Health Care Assistant (Adult) - Gastroenterology Norwich, England
Job description
If you have a passion in customer service or care-giving or are looking for a new challenge - then we would love to hear from you
For an insight into the role, watch below!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O6W-HYJwC04&t=1s
We are looking for enthusiastic and motivated individuals who wish to develop their clinical skills and progress their healthcare career to join our team.
The job entails care of patients undergoing endoscopic procedures and also care of the specialised endoscopic equipment
The role covers working across 2 sites- the Quadram Institute and at NNUH . We perform endoscopic procedures on outpatients from across the region and inpatients who can be acutely unwell
If you have the skills and experience we are looking for we would love to hear from you!
Hours of work : Monday - Friday 8am to 6.30pm (10 hour shifts worked as 8am – 6pm or 8.30am – 6.30pm, no unsociable hours, bank holidays or weekends)
NHS AfC Band 2: £18,870 - £19,918. For information on pay enhancements for unsocial hours please visit this link https://www.nhsemployers.org/articles/unsocial-hours-payments
- To accurately and promptly carry out the instructions of the Registered Nurse who is professionally accountable for the delivery of care.
- To deliver care and carry out duties as specified within the Trusts Approved core task list for Healthcare assistants.
- To report to Registered Nurse any patient who gives cause for concern or any observed changes in the patient’s condition.
- To respond appropriately to clinical emergencies to ensure the patient receives appropriate care.
The NNUH is one of the largest NHS trusts in the UK, providing first-class acute care for around one million people, living in Norfolk and surrounding areas. We are a teaching and research hospital, at the forefront of innovation, home to state-of-the-art facilities, such as the Quadram Institute. We are pleased to work closely with the University of East Anglia, providing teaching opportunities for our staff and placement opportunities for their students. We attract some of the best and leading professionals from across the country and are proud that our workforce represents 94 countries from across the world.
We are a friendly, collaborative hospital, working with local services and home to N&N Hospitals Charity
We can offer you the full range of NHS benefits/discounts and in addition:
- Flexible working hours
- Fast Track Staff Physiotherapy Service
- Multi Faith prayer room
- Discounted gym memberships
- Excellent pension scheme and annual leave entitlement
- Wagestream - access up to 40% of your pay as you earn it
- Free Park & Ride service direct to NNUH site
- Free 24-hours confidential counselling support
- On-site Nursery
- On-site cafes offering staff discounts
- Support in career development
- Flexible staff bank
- Salary Sacrifice schemes including lease cars, Cycle to Work scheme and home electronics
- To accurately and promptly carry out the instructions of the Registered Nurse who is professionally accountable for the delivery of care.
- To deliver care and carry out duties as specified within the Trusts Approved core task list for Healthcare assistants.
- To report to Registered Nurse any patient who gives cause for concern or any observed changes in the patient’s condition.
- To respond appropriately to clinical emergencies to ensure the patient receives appropriate care.
- To participate in the admission process under the supervision of the Registered Nurse
- Provide and deliver a high standard of individualised personal nursing care.
- To report all care that has been given to patients within the team to a Registered Nurse.
- To accurately document all care delivered to patients, countersigned by a Registered Nurse maintaining confidentiality at all times.
- To assist in the preparation of patients and equipment for treatment, investigations or procedures as directed by the Registered Nurse.
- To keep the clinical area clean and tidy maintaining a safe environment.
