Job overview
Are you looking for a job in Healthcare? Do you want to make a difference?
We are looking for caring and committed individuals to join our healthcare assistant team supporting the team at Witney Community Hospital, Wenrisc Ward.
The role will be 37.5 hours per week and shifts will cover 7 days per week including early, late and nights. Part time hours could also be agreed, minimum of 34.5 hours per week.
Full training and support available and will be provided.
Please note: Due to the structure of these interviews these will be offered in a face to face capacity only.
Main duties of the job
As a Healthcare Assistant, you will be instrumental in assisting the teams to meet the changing needs of the patients, provide personal care, assist in individual patient monitoring and be a patient advocate.
Your commitment to providing excellent care at the place of the individual patient or ward need will demonstrate your patient focused approach. Working across wards in a range of shifts, 7 days a week, 24 hours a day, will develop your skills and knowledge in a variety of patient specialities and ensure that the role is very rewarding.
We are looking for individuals who show warmth and support to our patients and their families; helping to promote independence, dignity and positively enhancing the lives of individuals in our care.
Working for our organisation
Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust provides physical, mental health and social care for people of all ages across Oxfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Swindon, Wiltshire, Bath and North East Somerset.
Our services are delivered at community bases, hospitals, clinics and people’s homes, delivering care as close to home as possible .
Our vision is that no matter who you are or where you are, you will tell us that you receive: “ Outstanding care delivered by an outstanding team ”
Our values are: “ Caring, safe and excellent ”
At Oxford Health we offer a wide range of benefits designed to support your career and wellbeing. These include:
1. Excellent opportunities for career progression
2. Access to tailored individual and Trust wide learning and development
3. 27 days annual leave, plus bank holidays, rising to 33 days with continuous service
4. NHS Discount across a wide range of shops, restaurants and retailers
5. Competitive pension scheme
6. Lease car scheme
7. Cycle to work scheme
8. Employee Assistance Programme
9. Mental Health First Aiders
10. Staff accommodation (please note waiting lists may apply)
11. Staff networking and support groups hosted by our Equality, Diversity & Inclusion team
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Our learning and development opportunities:
If you want to grow and develop your knowledge and skills and achieve a recognised qualification in nursing, we will support you to discover what is best for you and your future career plan.
We can support you to achieve nationally recognised vocational qualifications, most of which are supported by the apprenticeship route. Our apprenticeships are available in a variety of subjects from:
12. Senior Health Care Support Worker
13. Nursing Associate
14. Assistant Practitioner
15. Nursing degree
The development of our workforce is key to delivering caring, safe and excellent services to our patients. Our Trust is committed to offering development and learning opportunities for all employees. No matter where you start with the Trust, you will have access to extra training and be given the opportunity to progress within the organisation.
Our teams:
The nature of our work attracts kindness and compassion as standard and everyone from our housekeepers and porters to the chief executive and chairman are recognised as playing a vital role in providing an exemplary service.
You will be joining friendly, passionate colleagues, rich in their diversity, who are committed to providing excellent care to our service users and their families.
This role works on a 7 day rota of early, late and night sifts including weekend and Bank Holidays. Enhanced hourly rates will be paid.
Please see the job description and person specification attached to this advert for more information on the job role.
Please note that mileage will be paid should you be required to travel between community hospital bases.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
16. Good level of numeracy and literacy skills – willingness to undertake assessment
17. Core IT skills
Desirable criteria
18. NVQ Level 3 in Health Care
Personal Qualities
Essential criteria
19. Enthusiasm to work with people and promote a therapeutic environment
20. Caring attitude
21. Ability to work as part of a team
Knowledge & Experience
Essential criteria
22. Previous experience of working in a clinical/rehabilitation or equivalent setting
23. Under the direction of the registered nurse able to carry out planned components of care without close supervision
24. Good verbal and written communication skills
Desirable criteria
25. Experience of Patient observations, cannulation, phlebotomy catheterisation, simple dressings
We’re advocates of flexible working, offering in many roles a range of employment options to help you balance your work and personal life.
26. All new starters have a thorough induction process, both local and Trust wide, which aims to create a positive supportive working environment allowing new employees to learn key elements of their role over a reasonable timescale.
27. Appointment to this post is subject to the trust receiving satisfactory references covering 3 years of employment or study. Please ask your referees to respond promptly to reference requests.
28. We’re advocates of flexible working and many of our roles offer a range of employment options to help you balance your work and personal life.
29. Employees are expected to undertake mandatory and statutory training related to their role.
30. We are ambitious in our pursuit of excellence, driven by the belief that a fair, just and fully inclusive organisational culture enables our teams to deliver the best quality of care and services possible and we work hard to ensure that our diverse workforce reflects the communities that we serve.
31. We welcome applications from all sections of the community, are an Equal Opportunities employer with a number of internal networking groups to support our employees and where possible will always look to make reasonable adjustments in order that you can fulfil the role to recognise your full potential. All our employees are committed to demonstrating through their behaviour our core values – safe, caring and excellent.
32. We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and vulnerable adults, we expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.
33. Oxford is a world-renowned centre of excellence for research. Oxford Health works closely with the University of Oxford department of Psychiatry and the Department of Primary care, has a Biomedical Research Centre dedicated to improving mental health and the NIHR Clinical Research Facility at the Warneford site. The Trust also hosts the NIHR Applied Research Collaboration (ARC) which carries out applied research that directly impacts patient health and wellbeing