Health Care Assistant Stockport, England
Job description
An exciting opportunity has arisen within the Stockport NHS Foundation Trust for dynamic Health Care Assistants to join our newly established team of highly motivated and committed nursing staff within our Critical Care Unit
The unit 1s a 13 bedded ICU/HDU looking after level 2 & 3 patients
The unit offers a supportive working environment alongside opportunities to develop individual clinical competence.
It is an excellent unit to start your career in healthcare or to gain more experience.
The postholder will be required to undertake training to enable them to carry out a wide range of tasks to support of clinical professionals, including activities directly related to patient care.
If you value team working, passionate about what you do and have the desire to ensure patients receive the right care, at the right time we’d love to hear from you! In return, we can offer the right development and support by the multi-disciplinary team, clinical practice educators and future job prospects at the end of your contract.
The post holder is required to carry out a wide range of tasks in support of clinical professionals, including activities directly related to the provision of safe patient care.
We hold a unique position in the Stockport community as the provider of healthcare and we are one of its largest employers.
Our mission is to make a difference every day. Our values are that we care, we respect, and we listen
We believe that the best organisations are those that reflect the communities they serve. We are therefore seeking to improve the diversity of our workforce to make it truly representative of our local population.
We actively encourage applications irrespective of race, age, disability, sex, gender reassignment, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, religion or belief, marriage & civil partnership, or pregnancy or maternity. Recognising those communities that are underrepresented within our workforce, we would particularly welcome applications from you.
We recognise that flexible working is important. We take requests for flexible working seriously, consider any request we receive and try to work with you, so we can explore if your request may fit with the needs of the service.
The salary for the role is only one part of the excellent package of benefits we offer to you:
- Between 27-33 days of annual leave plus bank holidays
- NHS pension scheme membership
- Salary sacrifice schemes for lease cars, home electronics and more, to make your salary go further
- NHS Staff discounts
- Cycle to work scheme
- Salary finance – for loans, savings, budget planning and tips on managing debt
- Stockport Credit Union– for local financial advice
To carry out ward clerical and IT tasks, as required.
To carry out routine administrative/telephone related tasks.
To communicate effectively when giving/receiving verbal and written information.
Under the supervision of a registered nurse to assist with patient care activities.
To maintain confidentiality of patient information.
To carry out any tasks required to maintain the safety, cleanliness and tidiness of the ward area.
To carry out duties as required, meeting all aspects of ward catering.
To carry out routine household management/maintenance activities.
To maintain patient dignity.
Work closely with other healthcare professionals in order to provide patient’s with exceptional care.
To organise and plan own day to day workload or activities in order to meet the demands of the job role.
To actively contribute to the efficient management of ward resources, including ordering/monitoring of ward supplies.
To support new or less experienced work colleagues to adapt to the workplace.
To participate in training and development activities that are relevant to the job role.
Use of physical effort to carry out the demands of the job role (e.g. pushing and pulling trolleys/ support to manoeuvre patients).
The Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment and promote safeguarding by implementing the Trust’s policies and procedures, acting promptly on concerns, communicating effectively and sharing information appropriately.
If successful this vacancy will require an enhanced DBS check at a cost of £41.90. This cost will be deducted from your first Trust salary.
In addition to this it will be a condition of your employment that you will join the DBS update service and pay the annual subscription fee of £13
