medical assistant Oldham, England
Job description
Job overview
Are YOU looking for a fulfilling and rewarding career in healthcare?
We are looking for enthusiastic Healthcare Support Workers who are willing to get stuck in and hit the ground running to join our well-established team.
You’ll be someone who works well under pressure, is a great team player as well as being self-motivated and able to work independently when needed. You’ll be someone who truly understands the need for care, consideration and respect for our patients but also applies these qualities to your team members.
A ‘can do’ attitude and determination to be flexible and embrace change to deliver the best patient care is essential as well as a desire to grow and improve our ever-growing service.
Your communication skills will be second to none, working collaboratively with patients, relatives/carers, and colleagues.
We are also excited to be looking forward to being in the Phase 4a new build in 2023. Part of the ICU will be moving into a purpose-built new build, where state of the art equipment and facilities will be available for our patient.
This really is a unique opportunity for Healthcare Assistant who is looking to pursue a career in a hospital setting. We’d love to show you around so you can see for yourself.
Main duties of the job
Our commitment to you.
- Support from an experienced and knowledgeable team of multi-skilled professionals
- A dedicated, supportive team who are keen to ensure you grow in your career
- Support in your development, we regularly have training available and are keen to support your growth as best as possible.
- Flexibility and willingness to work with you to provide a full filling and rewarding career with us.
The post holder will be supporting in the delivery of patient care needs. As a clinical support worker, you will support the nursing team to provide daily clinical delivery of evidence-based practice care to the patients.
Working for our organisation
Oldham Care Organisation is part of the Northern care Alliance, one of the largest NHS Organisations in the country. Oldham is responsible for delivering a range of acute and community health services across the local area and at The Royal Oldham Hospital. As a designated major trauma site for Greater Manchester and one of only three vascular centres in Greater Manchester, Oldham is a specialist hospital for acute surgery and provides state of the art onsite pathology services to the Northwest
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
To read more information about the advertised role, and the main job duties/responsibilities please open the Job Description and Person Specification located under the supporting documents heading. You can also read more information about working at the Northern Care Alliance within the attached Candidate Information Pack or by visiting our careers website: www.careers.northerncarealliance.nhs.uk
In line with the Trust’s Single Equality Scheme we welcome applications from everyone irrespective of ethnic origin, disability, age, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, disability, nationality, religion, marital status, social back ground or trade union membership. However, as members of ethnicity minority groups and individuals with disabilities are currently under-represented at this level of post, we would encourage applications from members of these groups. Appointment will be based on merit alone.
Person specification
Essential Qualification
Essential criteria
- Good standard of general education
- Achievement of National Care Certificate
- NVQ Level 2 health related
- Able to converse at ease with members of the public and provide advice in accurate spoken English.
Knowledge, Skills, Training and Experience
Essential criteria
- Experience in using customer care skills
- Communicates succinctly, clearly, and accurately both verbally and in writing
- Experience of promoting care formally/informally
- Be an effective team member who can relate to colleagues at all levels with tact and diplomacy
- IT skills
- Previous healthcare experience
- Must be able to prioritise and organise own work
- Able to work flexibly to meet the needs of the service
- Reliable and punctual
- Excellent personal appearance and adherence to trust work wear policy
- Experience of working in a team
Desirable criteria
- Recent experience in an acute healthcare setting
We reserve the right to close the online vacancy when we are in receipt of sufficient applications. Should you wish to apply for this post you are advised to complete and return your application form as soon as possible.
The Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust is committed to diversity and inclusion and welcomes applications from everyone. We value the contribution of individual talent, skills, knowledge, and experience and aim for a workforce demography representative of our local community. If you are disabled and require reasonable adjustments to the application process, please contact the Recruitment Team to discuss.
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