NHS Health Care Assistant Job Summary
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a band 3 Health Care Assistant to work within the Vale Minor injury and illness ( MIIU ) team.
The successful applicant will support the Emergency Practitioners, Staff Nurses and Paramedics to give the highest standard of care to all patients who present to Vale MIIU.
The MIIU is open 8am – 8pm 7 days a week and offers either appointments or a walk in service to any patient with a minor injury or illness
The MIIU is one of 6 community MIIUs across Gloucestershire.
The successful candidate will be passionate about ensuring any patient in need of our service is offered the highest standard of evidenced based care with respect and compassion.
While training can be offered in specific skills, the successful applicant will need recent experience of patient care in an acute urgent care setting, will need to be keen to work as part of a team but able to carry out delegated tasks autonomously.
NHS Health Care Assistant Main Duties
- Responsible for working with colleagues and managers to provide a safe and welcoming environment for staff , patients and visitors
- Entering patient details onto clinical systems such as SystemOne
- Ordering of sterile supplies.
- Answering telephone calls and assisting with patient and professional enquiries.
- Maintaining cleaning schedules and controls stock, equipment and materials.
- Contributes to promoting health and safety, minimising risk in the workplace
- Maintains allocated link roles such as Moving and handling trainer & fire warden
- Booking patients into MIIU.
- Performing Clinical Observations, Visual Survey, NEWS scores, Plastering, wound care, ECG’s.
About us
We have in excess of 5000 staff working over 50 sites, providing a diverse range of services. We strive to support an organisational culture that is welcoming, builds and celebrates inclusivity and diversity and provides a sense of belonging and trust.The annual NHS Staff Survey gives our people the opportunity to tell us about their experience working at the Trust. For the 2023 survey just over 2800 colleagues gave us their views (58.5%). It was great to see from the results that colleagues are saying that:o 89.7% believe they are making a positive difference to patients/service users;o 73.3% would recommend the organisation as a place to work;o 82.4% agree that care of patients and service users is the organisations priority;o 76.7% would be happy with the standard of care for a friend or relative Our results put us as 5th nationally as a Community, Mental Health and Learning Disabilities NHS Employer of Choice and 1st equal amongst all NHS Provider Trusts in the South West. However, we know we have more to do and will continue to drive forward our commitment to making GHC a Great Place to Work.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Gloucestershire Health and Care is committed to embedding and providing personalised care through all of its services as part of our high-quality care strategy. The purpose of personalised care is to empower people to lead the lives they want to live. Personalised care starts with a conversation with people about what matters to them. It builds on what people can do, as well as addressing their health needs. Including new ways of working and delivering care, emphasising that we need to make effective use of the full range of our peoples skills and experience to deliver the best possible patient care. So we want to know What Matters to You and that you will share our values and join us on this very important journey.
The qualification, training & experience requirements for the role are underlined in the Job Description/Person Specification.
As a Health Care Assistant/ Support Worker you will be responsible for participating and assisting in the delivery of care / services to patients and service users as part of a Mental Health and Social Care Health Service. Health Care Assistant, Social Care Workers and other Healthcare Support Workers employed by the Trust are required to follow the guidance set out in Code of Conduct for Health Care Assistants/ Health Care Support Workers to provide safe and compassionate care of a high standard, and to challenge others who are not.
This role requires staff to work a variety of hours over a 7 day week.
Person Specification
IT Skills
Essential
- Knowledge & Experience using IT systems
Qualifications
Desirable
- NVQ Health Care Level 3 or willing to progress to level 3 within 1 year
- Care certificate
Experience
Essential
- Significant and recent experience within a health care setting
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
Employer details
Employer name
Gloucestershire Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust
Address
The Vale Community Hospital
Lister Road
Dursley
GL11 4BA
