Senior Healthcare Support Worker - CDC/Outpatients

Wye Valley NHS Trust

The closing date is 07 January 2025

Job summary

This new post offers an exciting opportunity to contribute to the delivery of our Community Diagnostic Centre (CDC), due to open in 2025 in Hereford.

The Community Diagnostic Centre will incorporate Imaging (Plain X-ray, ultrasound, CT and MRI), a range of cardiorespiratory investigations including echocardiography, ECG and rhythm monitoring, blood pressure monitoring, spirometry, FeNO, lung function tests, simple field tests, sleep investigations, oximetry, blood gas analysis and pathology services in a "one stop" location to obtain diagnostic information in cancer, cardiac, respiratory, musculo-skeletal and other conditions.

As a Healthcare Support Worker at the Community Diagnostic Centre (CDC) you will also be required to work across CDC and the Clinical Support Outpatient Departments ,Oxford Suite and Fred Bulmer.

This exciting opportunity has arisen to become part of a dedicated team providing outpatient care at the new CDC and Outpatient Department at the County Hospital. As a Healthcare Support Worker in these areas you will assist clinical teams to provide care and support patients through their cancer journeys.

You will be trained in supporting in clinics, acting as a chaperone, performing phlebotomy as an essential skill and any other skills that are required of you.

Community Diagnostic Centre

Main duties of the job

To support the activities of the Community Diagnostic Centre (CDC) and Outpatients departments in Oxford Suite and Fred Bulmer.

To work under the direct/indirect supervision of and in support of the Consultant, registered nurse and or the registered Allied Health Professional carrying out delegated nursing and non-nursing duties to promote patient centred care.

To ensure that all duties required to assist the clinician performing the clinic are completed in a timely manner to ensure the best patients experience possible. To be mindful at all times of the impact on patients of own actions.

About us

Wye Valley NHS Trust is a member of an NHS Foundation Group with South Warwickshire NHS FT , the George Eliot Hospital NHS Trust and Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust.

Located on the border with Wales in the shadow of the Black Mountains, we provide acute and community services across Herefordshire and into parts of Powys and run Hereford County Hospital and the community hospitals in Bromyard, Leominster and Ross-on-Wye.

We are a progressive and forward looking trust with ambitious plans to improve quality and integrate patient pathways through close collaborative working with our partners to deliver the quality of care we'd want for our family and friends.

More than 3,500 people work for the Trust - they tell us it's a great place to work, blending the busyness of a DGH with the benefits of working in a beautiful rural and unspoilt county like Herefordshire.

We can offer a great work-life balance and have a fine tradition of working with staff to help them achieve their full potential.

Russell Hardy, Trust Chairman: "The strength of the Trust is its amazing staff; a great place to work, a great place to develop your career and a great place to reach your potential."

Our values -Care, Accountability, Respect and Excellence - are at the heart of all we do. We believe in providing the right care in the right place at the right time...all the time.

Date posted

24 December 2024

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 3

Salary

£24,071 to £25,674 a year pa pro rata

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time, Part-time

Reference number

229-CS-6888747

Job locations

Hereford County Hospital

Union Walk

Hereford

HR1 2ER


Job description

Job responsibilities

For more information about the role and responsibilities please see the attached job description and person specification.

Job description

Job responsibilities

For more information about the role and responsibilities please see the attached job description and person specification.

Person Specification

Education & Qualifications

Essential

  • Maths and English grade 3-9 or A,B,C,D
  • Ability to communicate effectively in English, verbally and in writing

Desirable

  • NVQ Level II / III and / or Diploma in Health & Social Care 2 / 3

Skills, Knowledge & Abilities

Essential

  • Demonstrate knowledge of roles and responsibility within a clinical setting
  • Willingness to work towards NVQ II/III in care or equivalent can we discuss.
  • Demonstrate skills to other newly appointed HCA

Desirable

  • Competent venepuncture and ECG skills

Experience

Essential

  • Previous experience in a care environment
  • Advanced communication ability to communicate effectively both verbally and in writing to a wide range of people
Person Specification

Education & Qualifications

Essential

  • Maths and English grade 3-9 or A,B,C,D
  • Ability to communicate effectively in English, verbally and in writing

Desirable

  • NVQ Level II / III and / or Diploma in Health & Social Care 2 / 3

Skills, Knowledge & Abilities

Essential

  • Demonstrate knowledge of roles and responsibility within a clinical setting
  • Willingness to work towards NVQ II/III in care or equivalent can we discuss.
  • Demonstrate skills to other newly appointed HCA

Desirable

  • Competent venepuncture and ECG skills

Experience

Essential

  • Previous experience in a care environment
  • Advanced communication ability to communicate effectively both verbally and in writing to a wide range of people

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

Wye Valley NHS Trust

Address

Hereford County Hospital

Union Walk

Hereford

HR1 2ER


Employer's website

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


Employer details

Employer name

Wye Valley NHS Trust

Address

Hereford County Hospital

Union Walk

Hereford

HR1 2ER


Employer's website

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


For questions about the job, contact:

Matron Clinical Support

Jo Bond

joanne.bond@wvt.nhs.uk

01432355444

Date posted

24 December 2024

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 3

Salary

£24,071 to £25,674 a year pa pro rata

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time, Part-time

Reference number

229-CS-6888747

Job locations

Hereford County Hospital

Union Walk

Hereford

HR1 2ER


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