Senior Healthcare Assistant

St George's University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

The closing date is 01 January 2025

Job summary

  • An excellent opportunity has arisen on our paediatric ambulatory unit for a band 3 health care assistant.
  • Working alongside the nursing team you will help to deliver high quality care to our patients and their families and carers.
  • We are a small busy unit and see a variety of patients and take referrals from our emergency department, community midwives and GPs. We have been open for five years now and run a seven day service.
  • We are looking for someone enthusiastic, motivated, and passionate about delivering excellent care. We are seeking someone with excellent communication skills, both verbal and written.
  • You should have developed IT skills and will be expected to help with administration tasks such as booking patient appointments and updating patient records.
  • Help to keep clinical and store areas clean and tidy as well as ordering stock for the unit.
  • Must have a care certificate and ideally experience working in paediatrics.

Main duties of the job

  • To assist nursing teams provide excellent care to the children and young people that visit the unit.
  • Ordering stock, preparing treatment areas and keeping areas clean and tidy.
  • Report broken equipment.
  • Complete observations on children.
  • Cannulation and venepuncture.

About us

St George's, Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals and Health Group cares for a population of four million people in South West London and North East Surrey.Our sites include St George's Hospital, one of 11 major trauma centres in the UK and the largest healthcare provider and major teaching hospital in the area; St Helier Hospital, home to the South West Thames Renal and Transplantation Unit and Queen Mary's Hospital for Children; and Epsom Hospital, home to the South West London Elective Orthopaedic Centre (SWLEOC).

After years of collaboration, our two Trusts became a hospitals group in 2021. While remaining as two separate Trusts, being a hospitals group will help us to collaborate more closely on research, and the development, education, and training of our 17,000-strong workforce.

Date posted

18 December 2024

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 3

Salary

£29,485 to £31,088 a year per annum inc HCAS (pro-rata)

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

200-6842792-GO-SMB

Job locations

St Georges Hospital

Blackshaw Road

Tooting

SW17 0QT


Job description

Job responsibilities

  • Deliver clinical care to patients as required within set protocols and within the scope of the Assistant Practitioner remit.
  • Perform assessment of children (under direct supervision and after appropriate delegation from the registered practitioner) and plan and deliver high standards of care.
  • Evaluate individual care plans, utilising models, protocols, practical and theoretical knowledge under supervision.
  • Maintain excellent communication with children and their families and members of the multi-disciplinary team regarding all aspects of care, demonstrating a variety of communication skills in accordance with the client group.

Job description

Job responsibilities

  • Deliver clinical care to patients as required within set protocols and within the scope of the Assistant Practitioner remit.
  • Perform assessment of children (under direct supervision and after appropriate delegation from the registered practitioner) and plan and deliver high standards of care.
  • Evaluate individual care plans, utilising models, protocols, practical and theoretical knowledge under supervision.
  • Maintain excellent communication with children and their families and members of the multi-disciplinary team regarding all aspects of care, demonstrating a variety of communication skills in accordance with the client group.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

  • GCSE Maths and English

Desirable

  • Level 2 / 3 Health and social care

Training and Knowledge

Essential

  • Care certificate

Desirable

  • QCF Assessor units

Work experience

Essential

  • Minimum 1 years experience of working in children's services

Desirable

  • Experience of working within a health care environment

Skills

Essential

  • Communication skills
  • Basic IT skills
  • Ability to perform area specific core clinical competencies

Desirable

  • Venepuncture and cannulation skills
Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

  • GCSE Maths and English

Desirable

  • Level 2 / 3 Health and social care

Training and Knowledge

Essential

  • Care certificate

Desirable

  • QCF Assessor units

Work experience

Essential

  • Minimum 1 years experience of working in children's services

Desirable

  • Experience of working within a health care environment

Skills

Essential

  • Communication skills
  • Basic IT skills
  • Ability to perform area specific core clinical competencies

Desirable

  • Venepuncture and cannulation skills

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.

Employer details

Employer name

St George's University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Address

St Georges Hospital

Blackshaw Road

Tooting

SW17 0QT


Employer's website

https://www.stgeorges.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

Employer details

Employer name

St George's University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Address

St Georges Hospital

Blackshaw Road

Tooting

SW17 0QT


Employer's website

https://www.stgeorges.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

For questions about the job, contact:

Paediatric matron

Daniel Witham

daniel.witham@stgeorges.nhs.uk

02087254636

Date posted

18 December 2024

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 3

Salary

£29,485 to £31,088 a year per annum inc HCAS (pro-rata)

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

200-6842792-GO-SMB

Job locations

St Georges Hospital

Blackshaw Road

Tooting

SW17 0QT


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