Healthcare Assistant Nottingham, England
Job description
Band 2
- Full time
- Part time
Job overview
Ward E15 are looking for Healthcare assistants to join our team, and work alongside the MDT team to make sure that patient experience is as comfortable and stress-free as possible.
No prior experience is care is necessary as we support you through a healthcare assistant induction and support you to complete the national Care Certificate.
We are looking for enthusiastic and motivated individuals who has a passion for care and who will want to develop further skills in their role.
Main duties of the job
We are looking for an enthusiastic, dynamic, forward thinking, caring individuals who are committed to providing a high standard of safe quality patient care.
As you will be delivering hands on patient care within our adult in-patient clinical areas, we are looking for excellent communication skills and confidence in dealing with members of the public and the hospital multidisciplinary team.
No prior experience is care is necessary as we support you through a healthcare assistant induction and support you to complete the national Care Certificate.
You will need to:
Hold the right to work in the UK (certificate of sponsorship is not available for this role)
Be prepared to undertake pre-employment checks, which can last a number of weeks and includes a medical and criminal record check
Working for our organisation
This is an exciting opportunity to work at the a busy and thriving HPB within in the surgical division.
Nottingham University Hospitals is looking to employ healthcare assistants to work at both Queens Medical
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 assistant at NUH, there are many opportunities for further progression and enhancing your clinical skills.
What to expect after applying:
Once the application deadline has closed, all applications will be reviewed by a shortlisting panel.
If you are successfully shortlisted, you will be invited to a face to face interview. The interview will include a welcome session where you can find out more about us and vice versa. This is then followed by a numeracy and literacy test before your interview.
Please also note that due to high volume of applications, feedback, if unsuccessful, will unfortunately not be given.
In addition to the brief list above you must familiarise yourself with the full job description and person specification attached to this advert prior to applying.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Provide basic hygiene needs to patients, demonstrating respect for privacy and dignity and patient choice.
Provide assistance to patients requiring toilet facilities, demonstrating respect for privacy and dignity.
Assist patients to mobilise to their optimum ability within Trust policies and under the guidance of the nursing staff.
Demonstrate understanding of patients’ nutritional needs, provide drinks and meals to patients as appropriate, offer support and assistance to patients requiring feeding and/or feeding implements/tools. Be involved in the identification of patients’ nutritional risk assessments and care planning.
Monitor and record vital signs (temperature, pulse, respirations, oxygen saturation level and blood glucose level) of patients demonstrate an understanding of the normal range and report any abnormal recordings to nursing staff. Record early warning score and report any abnormal reading to nursing staff.
Person specification
Experience
Essential criteria
- Please provide some examples of your experience in dealing with customers, patients or clients in a work environment
Communication and relationship skills
Essential criteria
- Please provide some examples of how you have demonstrated clear and effective written and verbal communication skills.
Analytical and Judgement skills
Essential criteria
- Please demonstrate and provide examples of understanding the importance of instructions and written procedures
Planning and organisation skills
Essential criteria
- Please demonstrate and provide examples of how you use effective time management skills
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Come and join our wonderful team at NUH. We are big believers in diversity and welcome new ideas to help develop our team in order to deliver world class healthcare to the vast patient populations we serve. With endless personal development opportunities available, at the NUH we will endeavour to turn your job into a career!
We particularly welcome applications from people who identify as Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic, or Disabled, as we are striving to be better represented at NUH.
Closing Dates: Please submit your application form as soon as possible to avoid disappointment; we reserve the right to close vacancies prior to the published closing date if we receive a sufficient number of completed application forms.
Communication: All communication related to your application will be via the email address you have provided. Please ensure you check your email account including your junk email regularly.
Easy read application: if you have a disability and find it difficult to complete our online application form, you can apply via our easy read application which you can find on the intranet https://www.nuh.nhs.uk/easy-read-job-application
NUH are now able to offer application completion support and interview preparation support. Please follow the link to book onto our sessions: Support for NUH Job Applications
Salary: The quoted salary will be on a pro rata basis for part time workers.
Disability Confidence: All applicants who have declared a disability and who meet the essential criteria for the post will be shortlisted.
At Risk of redundancy: NHS employees within the East Midlands who are ‘at risk’ of redundancy will be given a preferential interview where they meet the essential criteria of the person specification.
International Recruitment: If you are applying for a role with us from outside of the UK then please read the guidance on applying for a health or social care job in the UK from abroad.
ID and Right to work checks: NUH authenticate ID and right to work documentation including passports and driving licenses through a system called Trust ID. NUH will scan your ID and right to work documentation in to the Trust ID system at your face to face ID appointment. The system will run a check against the key security features within your documentation. The system will provide us with an outcome of your check which will be stored securely on your personal file along with all other pre-employment check documentation.
Consent:
- Transfer of information: If I have previous NHS service - I consent to the transfer of my Electronic Staff Record (ESR) data between this and other NHS Trusts. I also consent to the Occupational Health Department confidentially accessing my occupational health records from my current or previous employer in order to check the status of my vaccinations, immunisations s and screening tests as relevant to the post. I understand this is an automated process and the information will only be used for these purposes prior to me taking up the position at NUH.
- Disclosure and Barring Service: Your post maybe subject to a DBS check which incur a cost dependent on the level of check required (£41.90 for enhanced and £21.90 for standard). I agree to reimburse Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust the cost of a Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check if it is required (by deduction from first month’s pay). Should I decide to withdraw from my job offer, I agree to reimburse Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust the cost of the DBS check undertaken by cheque or other agreed method.
