Healthcare Assistant - Stanway Ward Colchester, England
Job description
Are you a committed, enthusiastic and highly motivated healthcare assistant? If so, we want have an excellent opportunity for you to join our team within Stanway Ward at Colchester Hospital.
Healthcare assistants are a key part of our team and support the Registered Nurses in providing high quality care to our patients.
Do you want to be part of a team with an excellent reputation for delivering a high standard of care, ensuring we keep our patients safe and that they have a positive experience under our care.
If you like a challenge, are able to work at a very fast pace, enjoy working within a team and can give our patients the dignified care they deserve then this could be the job for you.
Experience in the health care setting would be preferable, however all candidates will be considered. Training and support will be offered to all candidates including support to complete the mandatory Care Certificate over the first 12 weeks.
Our Healthcare Assistant's work a rota pattern, so you MUST be able to work a variety of shifts, including days, nights and weekends including Bank Holidays for example Christmas Day. We are unable to offer set shifts patterns.
Please note you may be required to undertake a Numeracy & Literacy test as part of the pre-employment checks.
Please see our leaflet about a A day in the life of an Inpatient HCA - 1 (pagetiger.com) https://view.pagetiger.com/dvtipti/1
To meet the direct and indirect care needs of patients under the delegation and supervision of a Registered Nurse.
To provide personal care to patients including bathing, toileting and feeding.
In this role, you will work as a member of the ward team, establishing effective communication across the multi-disciplinary team to ensure high quality care for our patients, families and carers. You will also report to the senior nurse on duty in a timely manner, information relating to all work activity, e.g. identifying significant changes in relation to direct patient care/treatment plans.
One of the largest Trust’s in East Anglia, East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust (ESNEFT) provide hospital and community health services to people living across a wide geographical area. We deliver care from two main hospitals in Colchester and Ipswich, six community hospitals and in patients’ own homes. You will be joining a team of almost 12,000 amazing colleagues providing care to approximately a million people.
Along with supporting you to achieve your career goals we offer a generous pension scheme, unsocial hours payments (if applicable), 27 days annual leave on commencement (pro rata) and access to a range of NHS discounts. Our Staff Health and Wellbeing programme offer a range of services including mental health support. We offer a range of flexible working opportunities.
Our philosophy is thatTime Mattersto everyone. Across the Trust, we concentrate on improving the things we do and removing those which do not work or cause time delays for our staff and patients.
If you are passionate about patient care and want to develop your skills and knowledge then we are keen to hear from you.
Find out about living and working with us -https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GkPu7HphU8A
For full details of the responsibilities and duties of this role please see the attached job description.
