Could you help West Suffolk Hospital to deliver the best quality and safest care to our local community?
Ward F5 have a great opportunity for a passionate candidate to join our F5 team.
We are looking for someone who is flexible, organized, professional and motivated to provide holistic care to elective and emergency surgical patients. You will be working alongside a registered nurse and as part of a dedicated team to provide safe and efficient care.
F5 is a busy 33 bedded ward caring for a variety of surgical patients. You will be joining a diverse team passionate about providing patients with the best possible experience.
If you have the necessary skills, experience, and qualities to help us put patients first, please apply.
Main duties of the job
As a nursing assistant, you will be providing support to the ward teams.
You will be providing direct patient care, which includes personal care, taking observations, and caring for patients pre-operatively and post-operatively through the emergency and elective pathway.
We aim to make the patients' journey from admission to discharge a positive experience.
You will be working under direct supervision and will also be expected to work independently at times.
Teamwork is essential throughout the ward, and effective communication is crucial.
About us
#BeKnown at West Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust. By us. By our patients. By our community.
We are a busy, friendly, rural NHS Trust providing high-quality care and compassion to more than a quarter of a million people across west Suffolk. We care for, treat, and support people in hospital, at home, and in various community settings.
The West Suffolk Hospital in Bury St Edmunds provides acute and secondary care services (emergency department, maternity and neonatal services, day surgery unit, eye treatment centre, Macmillan unit, and children's ward). It has 500+ beds and is a partner teaching hospital of the University of Cambridge.
Adult and paediatric community services, provided in collaboration with West Suffolk Alliance partners, include a range of nursing, therapy, specialist, and ongoing temporary care and rehabilitation, some at our Newmarket Community Hospital.
We do our utmost to achieve outstanding clinical outcomes for patients, and our values of fairness, inclusivity, respect, safety, and teamwork guide how we work and behave as a team.
With nearly 5,000 staff from all over the world, we strive to make our organisation a great place to work. Whatever your role or ambition, we want to help you be the best you can be.
We promote a diverse and inclusive community where everyone's voice counts and you can #BeKnown for whoever you are.
Join us. What will you #BeKnown for?
Job responsibilities
Please see job description for full details.
Person Specification
Education and qualifications
* Holds National Care Certificate or be willing to undertake and complete within 12 weeks of starting.
* National Care Certificate holder.
* Functional skills level 1 Maths and English or GCSE equivalent.
* Previous experience as a Health Care Support Worker.
Experience and knowledge
* Experience working in a healthcare, social care organisation/setting or service industry requiring people contact.
* Ability to work with staff from a diverse range of backgrounds.
* Experience of working within a healthcare environment.
* Demonstrate a range of procedures and practices, with a base level of theoretical knowledge.
* Demonstrate through previous experience the ability to escalate concerns.
* Ability to work in a multi-agency team.
* Ability to work alone or in a small team.
Skills and abilities
* Good communication skills (written and verbal).
* Effective use of electronic solutions to support the delivery of patient care.
* Able to work as a team.
* Able to carry out well-defined routine tasks.
* Able to work on own initiative, following direction/supervision by a Registered Healthcare Practitioner.
* Able to relate well with patients/relatives/visitors/colleagues/the multi-disciplinary team and wider Trust staff.
* Committed to delivering high standards of patient care.
* Friendly, open, empathetic, and compassionate.
* Professional outlook and positive attitude.
* Able to meet the flexible needs of the role and duty roster.
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.
Depending on experience per annum pro rata.
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