Healthcare Assistant - Emergency Department

Job summary

Due to internal development, we have an exciting opportunity for an enthusiastic, and hardworking, Health Care Support Worker within the Emergency Department at Royal Derby Hospital.The Adult Emergency Department at the Royal Derby Hospital is one of the busiest AED's in the country, seeing on average 120,000 patients per year.This award-winning hospital which expanded its services in 2009 is looking for dynamic, motivated Staff Nurses to work within our custom-built department, with plans ongoing for further expansions as part of our team providing high quality care to our patients.

Main duties of the job

As a new Health Care Support Worker in the Emergency Department, you will be supported with a supernumerary period to ensure you have exposure to all clinical areas. This will give you the opportunity to learn appropriate skills.

Duties to include but not exclusive of:

• Adherence to policies and procedures
• Working cohesively with other members of the Multi-disciplinary Team
• Safeguarding vulnerable patients
• Communicate effectively with patients, relatives and other members of the Multi-disciplinary Team
• Patient care including: -Phlebotomy, cannulation and performing ECG's, wound care,
• Telephone communications with patients and other departments
• Giving information to patients
• Working in resuscitation which can lead to exposure to challenging situations
• This job requires long periods of standing and requires some physical agility.

It is expected that the Band 3 Healthcare Support Worker will be rostered according to service need and requirements, and will be expected to workday and night shifts

Closing date of applications: 7 March 2024

Interview date: 25 March 2024

About us

As a trusted organisation at the heart of our communities, we recognise the important role we can play in supporting the public, patients, our own people and local partners in achieving the best of health for the local population and the communities in which they live by providing Exceptional Care Together

Our fundamental Values of Compassion, Openness and Excellence underpin how we intend to work as a Trust and the associated behaviours are becoming embedded in all aspects of how we work.

In return we will offer:

• Development opportunities, including both professional and leadership development
• On-going support through every step of the way from recruitment to when you join our team and beyond.
• A variety of other staff benefits including employee assistance programme, discounted gym membership, onsite fitness classes, car schemes

Key Facts about our Trust:

• We see on average 4810 OP appointments per day.
• We are the 4th busiest Trauma & Orthopaedic outpatients department in England - an average of 2077 per week.
• An average of 1115 patients are seen in A&Es across our network every day - 3rd largest in the country.
• Our hospitals admit an average of 195 emergency patients daily.
• Last year we undertook almost 33,700 planned surgical operations in our 57 operating theatres.
• We are one of only 7 Trusts nationally with more than 50 operating theatres.
• We carry out more than 140 elective procedures each working day.

Employer details

Employer name

University Hospitals of Derby and Burton NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Royal Derby Hospital

Uttoxeter Road

Derby

DE22 3NE

Employer's website

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

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Employer details

Employer name

University Hospitals of Derby and Burton NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Royal Derby Hospital

Uttoxeter Road

Derby

DE22 3NE

Employer's website

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

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