Main area Outpatients Grade Band 3 Contract Permanent Hours
* Full time
* Part time
37.5 hours per week (Post 1 - 27 hours, Post 2 - 18 hours and Post 3 - 34 hours) Job ref 269-SFT9112
Employer Salisbury NHS Foundation Trust Employer type NHS Site Salisbury NHS Foundation Trust Town Salisbury Salary £24,625 - £25,674 pro rata if part time Salary period Yearly Closing 30/04/2025 23:59
Band 3 Senior Health Care Assistant Medical and Surgical Outpatients
Job overview
Have you considered nursing in Outpatients as a Health Care Assistant? If yes, we have three vacant positions that may give you the opportunity to develop new skills and support your work/life balance.
Post 1 - 27 hours (3 shifts a week) with a shift pattern of 8:30am-6pm.
Post 2 - 18 hours (2 shifts a week) with a shift pattern of 8:00am - 5.30pm.
Post 3 – 34 hours per week (4 shifts a week with a shift pattern of 8.00/8.30-6pm)
The Main Outpatient Team would welcome applications from Health Care Assistants who enjoy working independently and working within a team in being instrumental in providing patient focused care. The roles are located in our main outpatient department as well as supporting consultant led activity in the Breast Care Unit.
The successful candidates will join a well-established team and will need to be flexible and adaptable, a good team player with the ability to work well on their own initiative as well as willing to take on a variety of duties whilst having the ability to maintain attention to detail.
We ask that candidates applying for this post have a current NHS Care Certificate and a Health and Social Care Qualification at Level 3 with current secondary care experience.
Whilst completing your application please detail which of the three posts you are interested in. We strongly suggest you arrange an informal visit to meet the team and gain a full understanding of the role.
Unfortunately, we cannot accept those who need sponsorship.
Main duties of the job
Highlighted below are some of the nursing skills needed for a fast-paced working area such as Outpatients:
* The ability to work both independently and as part of the wider Multidisciplinary Team
* Supporting and assisting your consultant colleagues in the smooth running of their clinics.
* Acting as a chaperone.
* Being able to undertake baseline measurements; BMI, blood pressures, blood sugar monitoring, ECG’s, Urinalysis and after training spirometry, venepuncture and/or cannulation.
If you do not already possess all required skills, additional training will be given to support you in this role but this may initially be at a Band 2 until all Band 3 competencies have been achieved.
Working for our organisation
Salisbury NHS Foundation Trust (SFT) is an innovative hospital with a proud heritage and over 250 years of experience behind us. Here we’re driven to deliver an outstanding experience for everyone and have been well regarded for the quality of care and treatment we continue to provide for our patients and also our staff.
We support flexible working and will consider requests taking into account the needs of the service. We think working here is pretty rewarding. You can access a range of NHS discounts, receive a minimum of 35 days paid holiday (pro rata), and we offer a generous pension scheme.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please see attached Job description and person specification for full details of roles and responsibilities.
Person specification
Experience
* Good communication skills, able to communicate respectfully verbally and in writing.
* Ability to learn new skills
* Significant experience in a Health Care setting as a Health Care Assistant.
* Recording ECGs
* Undertake Venepuncture and Cannulation
* Experience within link role for specialist area –eg falls, infection control etc
* Supporting new starters, including inducting them to the clinical environment, supporting with competency and care certificate completion
Application Form
* GCSE Maths or Numeracy and Literacy Level 2
* Secondary Care Experience
Qualifications
* Care Certificate is desirable
* Venepuncture and Cannulation
* Clinical Observation Qualification
* NVQ/QCF Level 3 Health and Social Care
We offer excellent benefits that help make SDH a great place to work.
* Holiday starting at 27 days plus Bank Holidays rising to 29 days after 5 years and 33 days after 10 years for Agenda for Change staff
* Access to a career average revalued earnings pension scheme
* Life assurance if a member of the pension scheme
* An extensive Health and Wellbeing offer to help you deal with life's challenges
* Opportunities to get on - take advantage of our ongoing learning opportunities and training, to help you achieve the job and career you want.
Please be advised that this vacancy may close earlier than stated if we receive a large number of applications.
We continue to encourage and support our staff to participate in the seasonal respiratory vaccination programme in order to protect themselves, colleagues and their patients.
OUR COMMITMENT TO EQUALITY
We are committed to making Salisbury an inclusive and welcoming place for every single staff member, regardless of who they are and where they come from. Equality sits at the heart of everything we do.
OTHER INFORMATION
If this job requires you to have DBS check to enable you to properly fulfil the requirements of the job, on appointment, you will be required to replay the cost of obtaining a DBS check and this amount will be reclaimed in instalments from your salary.
Please read the job description and person specification carefully and ensure that your application reflects the knowledge, skills and experience required.
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