The Queen Elizabeth Hospital King's Lynn NHSFT
An excellent opportunity has arisen for Healthcare Assistants to join Oxborough ward at The Queen Elizabeth Hospital King's Lynn. As a Healthcare Assistant, you will be a valued member of our team. Your focus will be on keeping patients at the centre of all we do, providing high quality care.
We are looking for individuals who uphold our trust values to contribute to making our patients feel comfortable and well cared for during their stay. You are required to be flexible and adaptable to meet the ever changing needs of the unit environment. Our aim is to provide our patients with the highest quality of personal care and support while they are in hospital.
As a Healthcare Assistant, you will be responsible for working under delegation and supervision of a Registered Nurse.
Successful candidates will attend the GROW Programme this is the QEHKL enhanced induction programme. This includes mandatory training (the training that all clinical staff at the hospital complete), you will be taught the fundamental skills you need to perform your role and attend the Caring with Kindness programme (essential learning from patient experience). The course is very practical - you will have plenty of time to practice new skills before you start your new role.
Main duties of the job
We are currently looking for enthusiastic and motivated Health Care Support Workers to join our teams and support them in providing effective care in a safe and therapeutic environment. We have vacancies across the Trust and are offering positions for all those areas.
The successful applicants must have:
* Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
* Demonstrate flexibility
* Be able to work as part of a team as well as make decisions autonomously
* Be willing to undertake further training and Mandatory updates as deemed necessary
Previous experience of working within a care environment or the NHS is desirable but not essential as you will be supported whilst learning the role.
You will attend a comprehensive induction programme and will be supported to complete the care certificate.
Job responsibilities
Please see attached Job Description and Person Specification for further information about this role.
You will be required to work as part of 7 day rota with day and night shifts.
Please note due to high volume of applications for some posts, this post may close before the displayed closing date. We recommend that you apply for this role as soon as possible.
Person Specification
Qualifications/training and professional development
* Care Certificate
* General Education to GCSE level in Maths and English A-D (or equivalent)
Experience
* Experience of working with people/team
* Previous health/social care support worker experience
Skills, abilities, and knowledge
* Ability to verbally communicate clearly and effectively in the English language
* Understanding of confidentiality
* Understanding of the Healthcare assistant role
* Clear and effective reading and writing in the English language
* Can follow instructions and learn procedures
* Basic computer/IT skills
* First Aid training
* Information governance training
* Caring and compassionate with excellent interpersonal and communication skills
* Able to prioritise own workload and manage time effectively
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.
Employer name
The Queen Elizabeth Hospital King's Lynn NHSFT
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