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Healthcare Support Worker - Band 2/3 Link Grade
Main area: Blenheim Head and Neck Outpatients
Grade: Band 2/3 link grade
Contract: Permanent
Hours: 37.5 hours per week (Full time - 37.5 hours per week)
Job ref: 321-NOTSS-6796786-B2
Site: Blenheim Head and Neck Outpatients Department
Town: Oxford
Salary: £23,615 - £25,674 Per Annum / Pro Rata
Salary period: Yearly
Closing: 06/01/2025 23:59
Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is one of the largest NHS teaching trusts in the country. It provides a wide range of general and specialist clinical services and is a base for medical education, training and research.
The Trust comprises of four hospitals - the John Radcliffe Hospital, Churchill Hospital, Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre in Headington and the Horton General Hospital in Banbury.
Our values, standards and behaviours define the quality of clinical care we offer and the professional relationships we make with our patients, colleagues and the wider community. We call this Delivering Compassionate Excellence and its focus is on our values of compassion, respect, learning, delivery, improvement and excellence. These values put patients at the heart of what we do and underpin the quality healthcare we would like for ourselves or a member of our family.
Job Overview
A rewarding job and NO UNSOCIAL HOURS as a Nursing Assistant in Blenheim Head and Neck Outpatients Department. Our department provides care and treatment to patients with Ear, Nose and Throat, Plastics Surgery and Maxillofacial conditions making it a very interesting, diverse and rewarding area to work in.
As a nursing assistant in the Blenheim Head and Neck Outpatient Department, you will have a great opportunity to develop your knowledge and skills. We are a dynamic team, and you will have the opportunity to develop in your role to assist the Doctors and Nurses running clinics from Monday to Friday.
Main Duties of the Job
1. Ensure patients are supported compassionately during their time in the outpatient department and the wider hospital environment.
2. Assist registered nurses in effective running of outpatient clinics, including managing patient flow through the clinics.
3. Assist wider multi-disciplinary team in supporting patients, including speech and language therapists and dietitians.
4. Assist in clinics by chaperoning or supporting medical staff undertaking minor procedures.
5. Once trained, complete patient observations including Temperature, Pulse, Respiration Rate, Blood Pressure, Weight.
6. Undertake additional training to be able to undertake phlebotomy and ECG procedures.
7. Support the running of the pre-operative assessment clinics.
8. Support patient dignity and comfort, e.g., by escorting them to the toilet or by meeting their nutritional needs.
9. Take an active role in ordering stock items for the department.
10. Ensure Infection Prevention Control methods are adhered to.
Person Specification
* Good command of the English language and numerate.
* NVQ – any level Previous experience in Health care.
* Experience of working with the general public.
* Good interpersonal skills.
* Able to communicate effectively at all levels.
* Team player.
* Effective organisational and time management skills.
* Able to motivate oneself and others.
* Ability to act on own initiative when required.
* An ability to cope effectively under pressure and manage complex and challenging situations.
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