Main area: Acute Medicine
Grade: NHS AfC: Band 3
Contract: Secondment: 12 months
Hours: Full time - 37.5 hours per week (This is mainly unsocial hours)
Job ref: 241-177AA-25
Employer: Bolton NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type: NHS
Site: Bolton NHS Foundation Trust
Town: Bolton
Salary: £24,071 - £25,674 pa
Salary period: Yearly
Closing: 02/04/2025 23:59
NHS AfC: Band 3
Job overview
The purpose of the Health Care Assistant (Band 3) is to assist in the delivery of care within an agreed level of autonomy, following a programme of development through required competencies. Band 3 Health Care Assistants will be required to assist in an enhanced role to include initial patient assessment and providing basic clinical advice under the supervision of Hospital at Night Practitioners/Medical team.
Main duties of the job
1. To undertake relevant training in order to independently provide specialist treatment to patients including physiological observations.
2. To update clinical documentation and electronic patient information including incident reporting in line with data protection standards.
3. To communicate patient condition to registered nurse.
4. To communicate learning from link roles to entire nursing/medical team.
5. To complete mandatory/essential training as needed.
Working for our organisation
Hospital at Night is one of the many ways the NHS is working to provide the right care in the right place at the right time for patients. Working within the Hospital at Night team will give you an opportunity to be involved in leading and taking part in the running of an out of hours service.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
1. To undertake relevant training in order to independently provide specialist treatment to patients including physiological observations.
2. To communicate plans to patients and relatives about their care in oral, written or electronic forms.
3. To update clinical documentation and electronic patient information including incident reporting in line with data protection standards.
4. To communicate patient condition to registered nurse.
5. To communicate learning from link roles to entire nursing/medical team.
6. To complete mandatory/essential training as needed.
Person specification
Skills
* Clinical skills
* Experience
Experience
* Maths/English GCSE C or above
* Care Certificate
The vision of this Trust is to be recognised by the people of Bolton and beyond as an excellent provider of health and care services and a great place to work. We are striving to attract, recruit and retain high calibre skilled staff which reflect our communities. We are an inclusive employer who trains and develops our staff in a positive learning environment.
We thrive on cultivating cultural architecture; if you have the right skills, attitudes and behaviours, in line with our Trust values, we welcome and appreciate the diversity you bring to our organisation.
We offer a wide range of staff benefits. Please click on the link below to see what current benefits we have.
From time to time we may need to close a vacancy early when in receipt of a sufficient number of applications. If you are interested in this post and wish to be considered, we strongly advise you to complete and submit your application as soon as possible.
Employer certification / accreditation badges
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.
Name: Laura Chrimes
Job title: ACP Lead/ Hospital at Night Professional Lead
Email address: laura.chrimes@boltonft.nhs.uk
Telephone number: 01204390390
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