Health Care Assistant East Kilbride, Scotland
Job description
NHS Lanarkshire are looking for a Healthcare Support Worker to join the team in our busy Emergency Department at University Hospital Wishaw
Please note this is a part time post and the salary for this position will be pro-rata.
The post holder will assist the registered nurse and members of the MDT in the delivery of a range of patient care and participate in the main procedures and to provide basic nursing care to the patient.
The successful candidate will be working alongside our nursing team providing essential care to our patients with orthopaedic patients in one of our 24 bedded wards. The post holder will also participate in the maintenance of Health & Safety for the Ward / Department.
The post holder will provide care and meet the needs of a wide variety of patients within your remit. This may include complex care needs including pre and post-operative care and early rehabilitation to meat goals in enhanced recovery.
A fundamental part of the role is to communicate with the Multidisciplinary team in enhancing the patient journey.
The successful candidate will be responsible to the Senior Charge Nurse and the registered nurses but should be able to work on their own merit supervised by the wider nursing team.
A qualification in Health and Social Care is preferred but not essential. Experience in health or social care would be beneficial.
The post holder be working a fully rotational shift pattern of 12 hour days and nights.
Informal enquiries regarding the post will be welcomed by Rachel Lees, Senior Charge Nurse, at [email protected]
For queries regarding the application form or recruitment process only , please contact allison.mir@lanarkshire.scot.nhs.uk stating the job title and reference number in the subject. Please note: all job related queries must be directed to the informal contact noted above.
Please note: we anticipate a high level of interest in this position and may close the advert once sufficient applications are received. Please complete and submit your application early.
‘In NHS Lanarkshire we are committed to recruiting a workforce that fully reflects the diverse make-up of our society. A place where every individual can thrive, develop and succeed based on skill, knowledge and talent, regardless of race, disability, gender, sexual orientation, care experienced* or any other dimension that can be used to differentiate people from one another.
- Care experienced applicants are people who live/have lived with foster parents/kinship carers or who live/have lived in a residential children’s setting/secure unit.’
Whilst this advertisement may be for a specific post(s) in a particular location, applicants who are shortlisted for interview may be considered for similar vacancies in alternative locations.
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