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Job Title-Healthcare Support Worker- Childrens Assessment Unit & Outpatients

Hours per week-37.50

Perm/Fixed Term-Permanent

Salary-£22,383 per annum pro rata

Closing Date: 30th August 2023

Interview Date: TBC

Full & Part time hours available

Are you an experience Healthcare Assistant committed to providing excellent patient care?

Do you want a new challenge, and have the passion to make a difference?

This post may close early due to high numbers of applications so you are advised to apply promptly.

All correspondence for this vacancy will be sent by email; please check your account regularly including your Junk and SPAM areas.

A great and friendly place to work, so bring your passion, commitment and expertise and enjoy the opportunities to make a difference every day.

#JoinTeamEliot

• Perform patient care maintaining the safety of the patient, under the supervision of a registered practitioner.
• Anticipate the needs of the patient to ensure comfort, safety and dignity at all times.
• Assist patients in preparation for and whilst undergoing routine and specialised procedures and examinations, attending to the patient’s welfare at all times..
• Establish and maintain a good communication channel to support patient confidence.
• Demonstrate respect, courtesy and diplomacy in dealing with professional colleagues and members of the public. Adopting a friendly and helpful approach towards staff, patients, their relatives and friends in all clinical areas and on the telephone.
• Receive patients, relatives and colleagues into the department and direct to the appropriate area and ensure that they have been informed of waiting times.
• Management of patient information to ensure compliance with information governance.
• Ensuring patient’s data is effectively inputted on to the computer system.
• Apply infection prevention and control guidance/ policy within the unit.
• To record, document and report patient observations such as blood pressure, oxygen saturations as appropriate informing nurse specialist of any concerns regarding the patient’s condition.
• To complete patient documentation as delegated.
• Escort patients to other departments as a companion where appropriate.
• Attend appropriate training relevant to role.

Here at George Eliot our vision to ‘excel at patient care’ takes centre stage. An ever evolving clinically-led acute service provider we are on a journey to continually provide high quality, safe and responsive services delivered by inspiring, friendly and compassionate staff who share our corporate values which underpin everything we do. Our values are not just words on a piece of paper, they bond us together, reflect our ambition and shape who we are:

Effective Open Communication

excellence and safety in everything we do

Challenge but support

Expect respect and dignity

Local health that inspires confidence

Benefits: Our benefits include but are not limited to: On-site nursery, 27 days minimum annual leave plus bank holidays, cycle to work scheme, flexible working, on-site discounted gym, extensive in-house course learning directory, buying and selling of annual leave, subsidised restaurant, tranquillity garden, generous and subsidised on-site parking.

Health Care Support Worker will be directly responsible for the safe completion of delegated duties and assisted patient care. Undertaking a compassionate and caring role to meet the respective needs of patients, relatives and team members. He/she must never undertake duties for which he/she is neither qualified nor trained to perform. The ability to maintain a calm, positive and adaptable approach to your work is essential along with a sound understating of patient confidentiality.