Job Summary
We are looking for an enthusiastic Band 3 Health Care Support Worker (HCSW) to join our Outpatient Nursing Team at Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Stadium Road.
The job is full-time (37.5 hours per week), Mondays to Fridays, with no weekends or bank holidays.
The HCSW will work within the outpatient clinics to deliver care to patients coming from home or nursing care homes. The successful candidate will work as part of a multi-disciplinary team supporting a wide range of specialities: endocrine, urology, dermatology, neurology, dietician, ENT, and plastic teams to name a few.
The HCSW will assist patients with moving and handling, transferring to other departments and documenting observations on patients' records.
All applicants must have a care certificate from an NHS Trust.
Previous applicants need not apply.
Main Duties of the Job
1. Experience with minor operating procedures - dermatology.
2. Urology - flow rate, bladder scanning, urinalysis.
3. Moving and handling - transferring patients on wheelchair to x-ray, scans, transport, giving care to patients on trolley waiting to see doctors in OPD.
4. Phlebotomy - venepuncture.
5. Experience working in Ears, Nose and Throat OPD.
6. Chaperoning doctors.
7. Work in the minor operation room - dermatology.
8. General cleaning of equipment, work area, order resources, stocking and replenishing, transferring patients to transport lounge, managing notes and maintaining patients' confidential information, safeguarding our patients and escalating concerns.
Person Specification
Previous NHS Experience
* Essential: Previous experience in a healthcare setting.
* Desirable: Experience working in NHS.
Nursing
* Essential: Care Certificate, Phlebotomy certificate.
* Desirable: English, Maths, or functional Maths and English.
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 Details
Employer Name: Lewisham and Greenwich NHS Trust
Address: Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Stadium Road, London, SE18 4QH
Employer's Website: https://www.lewishamandgreenwich.nhs.uk/
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