Health Care Assistant Nottingham, England
Job description
Ward B47 is looking for dynamic healthcare assistants to join our team.
B47 is a Health Care of the Older Person Ward.
Although past experience in Health Care is beneficial prior experience in care is not necessary as we support you through a healthcare assistant induction and to complete the National Care Certificate. HCOP have a dedicated Clinical Trainer to support you through the training.
We are looking forward to meeting candidates with high levels of care and compassion and who demonstrate the values of team NUH.
If successful at shortlisting, you will be invited to a face to face interview where you will be asked to complete a numeracy and literacy test prior to interview.
In addition to the below summary you need to familiarise yourself with full job description and person specification documents attached to the advert.
We are looking for an enthusiastic, dynamic and committed Healthcare Assistants and will welcome any forward thinking, caring individual who is committed to providing a high standard of safe quality patient care.
You must display excellent communication skills and be confident to deal with members of the public and the hospital multidisciplinary team.
You will be delivering hands on patient care within unit and provide care in conjunction with the registered nurse.
The role is to cover 24 hours/7 days a week/12 hour shifts day and night .
At NUH we take great pride in having in place a team of highly trained Healthcare Assistants to provide quality and compassionate patient care. These roles are essential to the experience of our patients and their relatives and carers and they complement the clinical care provided by our doctors, nurses, midwives and therapists.
As a healthcare assistants at NUH, there are many opportunities for further progression and enhancing you clinical skills.
If successful at the shortlisting stage, you will be invited to a face to face interview where you will be asked to sit the numeracy and literacy test prior to your interview.
On Ward B47 we take pride in the excellent care that we provide to our patients and families. Therefore we want to hear from candidates with a special talent for caring. Who would go the extra mile to help our patients feel valued and cared for at all times treating them with compassion, dignity and respect.
You will work alongside the nurses, assisting in admitting our patients, caring for our confused and acutely ill patients and assisting with activities of daily living and providing support to patients and relatives. You will also be expected to assist transferring patients on chairs/trolleys to our step down wards. Cleaning, tidying and stocking up also is a daily task.
