Healthcare Assistant - MSK Shopland Ward United Kingdom
Job description
Fantastic opportunities have arisen in Southend Hospital to join an organisation with a reputation for excellence in the way it cares for the people it serves. We are looking for enthusiastic and motivated Healthcare Assistants to join our team in Musculoskeletal services!
This is an exciting opportunity to join the Musculoskeletal Wards within the Trust. The Wards within the Musculoskeletal Unit are Orthopaedic, Elective Surgery and Orthopaedic Trauma; including Orthogeriatric Care.
The roles could be based on Castle point Ward, the Trauma/ Orthogeriatric Ward, Shopland Ward or elective Orthopaedic Surgery.
The successful candidates will be a motivated, team orientated professionals with a passion for delivering good care in an ever changing environment. The successful candidates must possess excellent communication skills, a high sense of professionalism and a strong belief in the value of teamwork.
Southend-on-Sea is an exciting place to live, work and enjoy life. Just under an hour from London and Europe (either by rail or air), Southend and the surrounding area is vibrant and cosmopolitan. Local schools have an excellent reputation and the nearby seaside provides a pleasant backdrop as well as opportunities for fun or relaxation. The attractive nearby town of popular Leigh-On-Sea provides an alternative location for many professionals to settle and wind down after work.
Your role will involve basic patient care - this could include feeding, washing, dressing, personal hygiene., following and implementing care plans under the direction of a qualified nurse., ensuring patient privacy, dignity and confidentiality and taking accurate messages and answer the telephone in a courteous manner.
You will ensure orientation of new patients to the ward environment, obtaining, testing and recording specimens from the patient., responding appropriately to emergency situations, undertaking and accurately record clinical observations and use the correct procedures for barrier nursing.
You should have an understanding the differences between people and have multi-cultural awareness. be able to undertake the care of patients who are dying. and patient moving and handling using a safe and correct procedure.
Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust is now one of the largest in the country, with a workforce of approximately 15,000 who serve a population of 1.2 million people.
We work together, and in conjunction with MSE Health and Care Partnership, to deliver excellent local and specialist services, to improve the health and wellbeing of our patients in a compassionate way, and provide a respectful, but vibrant place for staff to develop, innovate and build careers.
From facilities through to consultant specialists we want to be the best, to achieve this we need to recruit not just those who are the finest in their field but also those who have the potential to be. Yes, experience is important but so is outlook – if you are dynamic, forward-thinking and enthusiastic we want you to join us.
We not only offer you a good working environment with flexible working opportunities, but also the opportunity to develop your career with access to appropriate training for your job and the support to succeed and progress.
***This vacancy may close early if sufficient applications are received***
Full list of duties of this exciting role can be found in the attached Job Description.
