Job description

Band 2 Bank Healthcare Assistant - General acute

West Berkshire Community Hospital, Rehabilitation Inpatient Unit, Thatcham, RG18 3AS

Berkshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust

Do you want to earn extra money with the flexibility to work around your lifestyle? We are looking for experienced Support Workers to play a vital role in developing and maintaining a good working relationship with patients through regular contact and supporting their safety and well-being.

We have shifts available in rehabilitation wards where care is provided to adults requiring a short term, intensive period of care. Patients are assessed by relevant professionals from the Multi-Disciplinary Team (MDT), e.g., consultants, doctors, advanced nurse practitioners, physiotherapists, occupational therapists, and nurses. You will be involved in care of a range of patients with different needs providing support through their discharge planning when they no longer need acute hospital care.

Berkshire Healthcare has a record of achievement and success that places them as one of the best performing Trusts in the country. They aspire to be an outstanding organisation for everyone: their people, their patients, their families, and their carers.

Band 2 Pay Rates

Day Rate - £10.19 per hour

Night/Sat Rate - £15.37 per hour

Sun/Bank Holiday Rate - £19.95 per hour

What you’ll be responsible for –

• Ensuring that the patient is the prime focus when making decisions about their care and wellbeing
• Assisting patients with compassion when undertaking normal activities of daily living whilst ensuring that privacy, dignity, and human rights are respected
• Implementing holistic, culturally sensitive, respectful, non-judgmental care from a pre-determined care plan for patients with a wide range of care needs
• Carrying out assigned tasks under the direction of a qualified nurse or the supervision of a more senior grade nursing assistant. This includes assisting the patients in all aspects of personal care and life skills
• Always ensuring the confidentially of patients and clinical documents

· Involvement in discussion on the development of patient centred programmes

You’ll have the following qualification/experience:

· A minimum of 6 months experience in a similar role within the last 2 years

· Good communicationskills and demonstrative evidence of team working

· Ability to take direction and instruction and be honest and trustworthy

· Good oral and written communication

We are all NHS Professionals... could you be?

We are NHS Professionals (NHSP), working together to care for patients in the NHS. Providing you with the power to decide when, how, and where you want to work. Supporting your lifestyle and making you feel part of the team and community.

As a member, you’ll have fantastic benefits:

· Competitive pay rates – work this week, get paid next week

· Manage your shifts and timesheets on the go – access your “My Bank” shift portal anywhere, anytime online or through your smartphone

· Essential support when you need it – 24/7 365 days – Call us anytime

· Multi-locational - work across neighbouring Trusts

· First choice of shifts or placements at your Trust – access before they are made available to agency

· Varied working options to suit your lifestyle – access to the Bank gives you options of ad hoc shifts or fixed term placements

· Training and development opportunities

· Build holiday allowance for every shift you work

· Stakeholder pension scheme available

Who are NHS Professionals?

We specialise in putting people in places to care. Every year we help thousands of dedicated candidates and highly skilled NHS workers enjoy better career opportunities, access to more shifts and a healthier work-life balance, giving more choice and control to our members.

As an equal opportunities' organisation, NHSP is committed to the equal treatment of all current and prospective Bank members and does not condone discrimination on the basis of age, disability, sex, sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity, race or ethnicity, religion or belief, gender reassignment, or marriage and civil partnership. We believe there is a strong case for the Equality, Diversity and Inclusion agenda and we strongly encourage suitably qualified applicants from a range of backgrounds to apply.

Apply Today

By joining us you can look forward to a choice of flexible Bank shifts across any of our client Trusts in England, as well as the ability to develop professionally and gain experience in several wards or areas.

Disclaimer Please note, you will be contacted by email throughout the recruitment process, so please check your emails, including your junk/spam regularly. We regret we cannot contact everyone who is not selected for an interview, therefore if you do not hear from us within 21 days after submitting your application, please assume you have not been successful on this occasion.

Job Types: Full-time, Part-time

Salary: £10.19-£19.95 per hour

Benefits:

• Employee discount

Day range:

• Every weekend
• Monday to Friday
• No weekends
• Weekends only

Shift:

• 10 hour shift
• 12 hour shift
• 8 hour shift
• Day shift
• Night shift

Experience:

• Healthcare: 1 year (preferred)

Work Location: In person

Reference ID: CSW00BHFTRG18