Support Worker Stanmore, England
Job description
We are looking for a Band 2 caring support worker to support our established nursing team on the Alan Bray Unit, Intensive care and high dependency unit. Our patient population require high levels of monitoring and ventilation. This is a unit that cares for patients undergoing surgery for complex joint reconstruction, spinal correction, and bone tumour surgery alongside our paediatric unit which caters for paediatric undergoing complex scoliosis surgery. The successfully candidate will be required to work across the two units.
You will assist in the provision of care to patients, supporting and being supervised by a registered nurse, assisting with hygiene needs of patients and turning patients. Additional duties include topping up supplies/ stores, filing notes, and keeping the areas clean and tidy. You must be a caring professional who can demonstrate kindness and compassion whilst delivering excellent care in this busy environment.
You must be flexible, be a natural team player, have sound communication skills and be able to establish good working relationships with members of the multi-disciplinary team. Enthusiasm and flexibility are essential.
- Rated Good by the CQC
- Two sites, one in central London and one in Stanmore - which has recently opened The Stanmore Building, a new, state-of-the-art inpatient facility
- Our Research and Innovation Centre works closely with our main academic partner, University College London
- Recognised as a centre of excellence, leading on national initiatives, such as the Getting It Right First Time (GIRFT) Programme
- Further major redevelopment underway across the Stanmore site – improving and modernising our facilities to maintain our position as the UK’s leading centre for orthopaedic medicine
- In the NHS staff survey, over 90% of our staff were satisfied with the quality of care they are able to give to patients - the best result of any NHS Trust in the country
- Our staff also indicated that they had the best experience of appraisals as compared to all other NHS Trusts.
Previous NHS experience is desirable for this role, either as a care assistant/support worker along with education to GCSE level. Disclosure and barring service checks are essential.
Staff are actively encourage in their personal development, and offered training as required.
We encourage informal visits, or enquiries, to arrange please contact the clinical nurse manager on 0208 909 5454.
