Main area: 200102 CIC Elm B (Stroke)
Grade: NHS AfC: Band 3
Contract: Permanent
Hours:
* Full time
* Part time
362.62 hours per week (12hr shifts, days, nights, weekends and bank holidays including Christmas and New Year)
Job ref: 262-A-24-6545182
Employer: North Cumbria Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type: NHS
Site: Cumberland Infirmary
Town: Carlisle
Salary: £24,071 - £25,674 per annum pro rata
Salary period: Yearly
Closing: 20/11/2024 23:59
Health Care Assistant Band 3 *Internal*
NHS AfC: Band 3
Job overview
INTERNAL ONLY TO NORTH CUMBRIA INTEGRATED CARE NHS FOUNDATION TRUST (NCIC) EMPLOYEES ONLY
An exciting opportunity has arisen to join the team on Elm A/HASU. We are seeking to recruit a highly enthusiastic and motivated team player who will assist the registered nurse/other healthcare professional in providing high-quality patient care.
The department specializes in acute stroke care and stroke/neuro rehabilitation and comprises a 10-bedded hyper acute stroke unit, with 33 acute stroke and neuro rehabilitation beds. The Stroke Department is a friendly and caring environment providing care to the most critically/acutely ill patients. Our current Stroke wards regularly receive excellent feedback from patients and their families about our caring staff. The aim of HASU is to provide holistic care for acute stroke patients, utilizing a coordinated multidisciplinary approach, resulting in optimal patient outcomes.
Main duties of the job
Your role will be to support nursing staff to provide high-quality care to patients, providing personal care ensuring they are comfortable and assisting with feeding and ensuring adequate hydration. You will be required to have excellent communication skills as we work within a highly motivated multidisciplinary team.
You will be expected to contribute to housekeeping and other ward/department duties as required, e.g., general tidiness, replenish stock, and ensure clinical equipment is clean, working, and stored correctly. You will also contribute to the work and improvement of the department by working under the direct or indirect supervision of registered practitioners or assistant practitioners.
*Please note this advert may close early if there are enough applicants*
Working for our organisation
At NCIC, we have an ambition to deliver outstanding healthcare services to the population of South Cumbria. The Trust is committed to creating a centre of excellence in providing rural and remote healthcare and provides a wide range of community and acute services throughout our county.
Our 5 key principles demonstrate our belief in the delivery of ‘safe, high-quality care every time’:
* Being a clinically led organisation
* Quality and safety at the heart of our Trust
* A positive patient experience every time
* A great place to work
* Managing our money well
As an organisation, we are serious about supporting a diverse workforce that reflects our local community and are very much focused on being an inclusive and compassionate place to work.
Across South Cumbria, we are working together to deliver our ambition to be the greenest region in England by 2030. All staff are expected to support sustainability.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please see attached job description and person specification for further information regarding the role and the essential and desirable criteria required to be met by applicants.
Please note, due to changes implemented by the Government to the UK immigration policy, individuals who require a Health and Care Visa or a Skilled Worker Visa may no longer be eligible for sponsorship where the UKVI salary threshold is not met or if the occupation is not included in the updated Immigration Salary List (ISL). Applicants must check their eligibility to be employed in any role they are interested in applying for, prior to completing an application for employment. Any applicants who do not meet the eligibility criteria will not be progressed.
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Relocation assistance may be available for successful applicants moving to the region for certain posts. Please see our Policy for eligible vacancies.
The essential criteria for this role includes the requirement to have a care certificate or the willingness and ability to undertake this. For further information, please see the additional information link which can be viewed under the “read this before applying” section.
* Please ensure that you document evidence of meeting all the essential criteria in the supporting information.
* If sufficient response is received, this post could be closed earlier than the specified closing date, please apply as soon as possible to ensure that your application is considered.
Candidates who have been successfully shortlisted for interview will be asked via an email notification to log on to their Trac account to select an interview time. This will usually be within 2 weeks of the closing date.
Person specification
Experience
* Work in customer focused/caring environment.
* Use of a computer
Qualifications
* GCSE or equivalent in Maths and English
* Care Certificate or the willingness and ability to undertake (applicable for all non-registered support workers that provide health care)
* NVQ 3 in care (willingness to complete within one year of start date) or equivalent experience
Knowledge
* Ability to maintain and improve knowledge, skills and competence to ensure high standards of patient care.
* Ability to carry out routine elements of assessment to enhance the patient/client journey, following an initial assessment by a registered practitioner.
* Ability to meet basic care needs of patients, washing, dressing, assistance with feeding etc.
* Understanding of confidentiality
* Nursing policies and procedures.
Skills
* Good communication and interpersonal skills.
* Ability to work as a member of a team.
* Ability to use initiative appropriately.
* Organisational skills.
* Ability to meet deadlines.
* Ability to demonstrate the compassionate values and behaviours needed for dignified care.
* Venepuncture
* Extended scope of practice pertinent to role.
Personal Circumstances
* Ability to communicate with members of the public and health care providers.
* Presents self as courteous, respectful and helpful.
* Ability to work effectively under direct supervision, as part of the multi-disciplinary team.
Other Requirements
* Alignment to Trust Values and Core Behaviours.
* Evidence of understanding of Trust Business.
* Experience of working in the Trust previously.
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: Michelle Beck
Job title: Ward Manager
Email address: michelle.beck@ncic.nhs.uk
Telephone number: 01228 814812
If you have problems applying, contact
Address: South Parkhouse Building
Baron Way
Kingmoor Park
Carlisle
Cumbria
CA6 4SJ
Telephone: 01228936281
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