Main area Health Care Support Worker Grade NHS AfC: Band 2 Contract Permanent Hours
* Part time
* Flexible working
15 hours per week (Over 7 days to cover weekends and nights) Job ref 302-25-6853871S
Employer Wrightington, Wigan and Leigh Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Employer type NHS Site Leigh Infirmary Town Leigh Salary £23,615 per annum, pro rata Salary period Yearly Closing 11/02/2025 23:59
Health Care Support Worker
NHS AfC: Band 2
Job overview
We're looking for compassionate and caring Nursing Assistant with a passion to be a key part of the patient care journey here at Leigh Infirmary within the early pregnancy unit. Our staff take great pride in the essential work we do in supporting our patients and their families are committed to delivering consistent, high quality, patient focused care.
Main duties of the job
Your role will be to support registered nurses in order for the patient's needs to be holistically met. You will support the Clinicians, nurses and nurse Specialist in early pregnancy, menopause and recurrent miscarriage clinics, working flexible over 7 days a week. You will be required to have a keen interest in women's health.
All work undertaken by the post holder will be under direct supervision of the Registered Nurse.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
* Working within the multidisciplinary team supporting the delivery of assessed and evaluated programmes of care.
* To adhere to all Trust policies and procedures.
* To communicate effectively. On occasions, the job holder may be exposed to distressing or emotional circumstances.
* Maintain discretion and understanding of confidentiality and data protection.
* Perform and record clinical observations with competency including blood pressure, temperature, respiration's and pulse.
* Ensure the privacy, dignity and safety of individuals is maintained at all times.
* Recognise issues relating to safeguarding vulnerable children and adults and report any problems or raise concerns to the appropriate Registered Care professionals.
* Demonstrate the ability to recognise changing priorities, seeking advice and guidance from the Registered Nurse or other registered care professionals as appropriate.
Person specification
Qualifications
* NVQ Level 2 in Health and Social Care qualification
* Interest in women's health/early pregnancy
Skills
* Effective level of numeracy and literacy skills
* Effective communication skills – written and verbal
* Effective understanding of confidentiality
* Demonstrable ability to follow instructions
Experience
* Proven ability to demonstrate compassion/empathy/help others
* Proven ability to remain calm under pressure
* Effective team player
Additional
* Proven ability to be flexible in your approach
* Ability to deal with people from all backgrounds
Our Trust prefers candidates to submit applications online. Please contact the Recruitment Team on 01942 244000 if you have difficulty applying online.
The Trust reserves the right to close adverts earlier than the stated closing date if there is a high volume of applications.
We endeavour to inform all applicants of the outcome of their application by email or SMS text message.
Guidance on Completing Your Application
Applications are scored against the person specification, therefore we recommend that you use the supporting information section of your application form to demonstrate how you meet the essential and desirable criteria for the role, providing illustrative examples where possible.
On-Call
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This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
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