Health Care Assistants - Surgery, Critical & Emergency Care Norwich, England
Job description
Join #TeamNNUH and our amazing Surgery, Critical & Emergency Care Division as we recruit for Healthcare Assistants!
The SCEC Division is the largest division at the Norfolk & Norwich University Hospital and covers everything from Surgical Wards and Outpatients, the Theatres Complex, Critical Care and the Emergency Department. We are looking for Health Care Assistants to join our busy hospital, across the Surgical Wards, primarily in Trauma & Orthopaedic, and General Surgery, as well as Outpatients teams and Critical Care.
You don't need any healthcare experience to join us as a Healthcare Assistant, and this role is the perfect entry point into the NHS.
As a Healthcare Assistant, you can expect no two days to be the same. You will support patients through their treatment, sharing their experiences and making a real difference in their journey back to health as part of a tight-knit team of healthcare professionals.
With the ongoing support of your team, and our outstanding training and development, you'll be able to take your career anywhere you want – whether that's having more responsibility or even becoming a team leader or registered health professional.
Hear from our Health Care Assistants talking about their role, and what being a Health Care Assistant means to them: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O6W-HYJwC04
Supporting You
As a Health Care Assistant, you will be supported through your Care Certificate Programme, requiring completion of set modules, with help from our dedicated Clinical Educator and Practice Development teams. Upon completion of the certificate, you will also have the opportunity to pick up additional bank shifts.
We are passionate about staff development and will support you in your career as a Health Care Assistant and beyond. Opportunities arise for you to progress to a Senior Health Care Assistant (working towards NVQ Level 3), and our HCAs have also gone on to become Assistant Practitioners.
Our Health Care Assistants have the exciting opportunity to apply to join the Trainee Nursing Associate (TNA) programme, a two-year course, resulting in Nursing Associate registration and making you eligible to train as a Registered Nurse via a shortened nursing degree or Registered Nurse degree apprenticeship (RNDA). The TNA course acts as a stepping stone to becoming a Nurse, and we are proud to offer this opportunity to our Health Care Assistants.
We are looking for Healthcare Assistants across the division but as particular areas of focus we are looking for HCAs to join us on Gateley and Intwood Wards which specialise in Trauma & Orthopaedics, although there may be some opportunities on other Surgical Wards and Outpatients teams in General Surgical Outpatients.
It is an exciting time to join trauma & ortho as our teams grow in preparation of the opening of the new, purpose built, Norfolk & Norwich Orthopaedic Centre
We operate 8 surgical ward areas covering a wide range of specialisms including Head & Neck and Plastics, Spinal & Trauma care, Vascular & Thoracic to Emergency Assessment. With a diverse range of services offered our surgical teams are well supported by educators, including specific HCA education support. With new developments and plans in the works it is an exciting time around the surgical wards at NNUH!
All our Surgical Division HCAs benefit from a dedicated support structure set up to aid in your growth, development and training as a HCA.
The role of the Health Care Assistant will include...
Healthcare Assistants carry out many care duties directly with patients, relatives, and carers. You will be working in a hands-on, fast-paced environment where communication is vital – nowhere else will a compassionate nature have such an impact. What matters most in this role is that you have a passion for helping others and enjoy working as part of a dedicated and passionate team.
The kind of duties you can expect to be involved in after training (which we will provide) under the direction of a qualified professional practitioner can include the following:
- measuring and recording clinical observations
- helping patients to wash and dress
- if required assisting patients to eat and drink
- making and changing beds
When applying for this position please use your supporting statement to confirm the area of the Surgical, Critical & Emergency Care Division you’d like to work in and why. Please also use this section to explain why you are interested in a role at NNUH and how your experience is relevant or transferable to the position and why you wish to pursue a career as a Health Care Assistant.
We have permanent roles available with full and part-time hours. You do not need experience, but you must have the qualities and skills suited to caring for acutely unwell people in a rewarding but sometimes challenging clinical setting. You must be able to work some weekends, nights and public holidays.
We are not able to offer contracts for nights only or weekends only however we can offer a degree of flexibility. Rotas cover a full 24 hours, 7 days a week and involve a mixture of working long days and night shifts. Day shifts start at 07:00 and finish at 19:30. Night shifts start at 19:00 and finish at 07:30.
Working night and weekend shifts attracts unsocial hours payments. For information on pay enhancements for unsocial hours please visit this linkhttps://www.nhsemployers.org/articles/unsocial-hours-payments
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