Healthcare Assistant COVID Testing Team

Job summary

Previous Applicants Need Not Apply

Full time/Part Time/Secondment will be considered

Fixed Term Contract/Secondment 12 months

We are seeking to recruit Healthcare Assistants to the COVID Testing Team at Salisbury NHS Foundation Trust. These posts are for full time or part time hours and consideration will be made for a secondment opportunity for any Health Care Assistants who are currently working at Salisbury NHS Foundation Trust.

The post holders will assist the registered nurses, in requesting and taking nose and throat swabs and facilitating the timely transfer of swabs to the laboratory. These roles will be working with a dedicated team to support and undertake the COVID swab screening of preoperative patients and symptomatic staff and household contacts. You will also give support to the team by arranging Elective Home Testing Kits using the GOV.UK Elective Home Testing Portal so there will be a willingness of post holders to use our established hospital IT systems.

Previous experience in primary/secondary care in all aspects of the COVID testing process, including but not limited to sample labelling and collection would be advantageous. However full training will be given if the successful applicant does not possess the relevant experience.

Main duties of the job

If you are a current Health Care Assistant in the Organisation considering a secondment we would ask that you have at least 1 years current nursing care experience. This is an opportunity to develop your skills and add to your C.V. Your current post can be held for your return; and your current manager can get temporary staff to fill your post while you try something new. Please discuss with your current manager prior to applying.

Please see attached Job description and person specification for full details of roles and responsibilities.

About us

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 are an acute Trust, rated "Good" by the CQC, with a track record of high performance providing regional and super regional specialist services such as: Burns, Plastics & Reconstructive Surgery, Wessex Regional Genetics Laboratory, Wessex Rehabilitation, Spires Cleft Centre and the Duke of Cornwall Spinal Treatment Centre. We have about 470 beds and employ over 4000 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. On-site benefits include car parking (fee applies), leisure centre, day nursery and holiday play scheme.

Salisbury is an attractive place to live and work and really gives you the best of everything. With easy access to London and local airports, the city of Southampton is only a short train or car journey away or if you prefer the sea, Bournemouth is also accessible. Don't just take our word for it, why not explore what Salisbury has to offer by visiting www.experiencesalisbury.co.uk