Senior Healthcare Support Worker, ED - Band 3

Job summary

Our Adult Emergency Department (ED) based at St Peters Hospital in Chertsey is now recruiting for Band 3 Senior Health Care Support Workers

Our ED is a very busy department seeing in excess of 110,000 people per year, it operates 24 hours per day serving a densely populated and diverse community

The department is divided into 6 sections:

PIT stop (ambulance receiving)

Urgent Treatment Centre for minor injuries and illnesses

Majors/High dependency

Resuscitation a 4 bedded area with dedicated stroke, cardiac, trauma and paediatric bays

Same day Emergency Care and Clinical Decision Unit for patients requiring more then 4 hours observation

Full time and part time posts will be considered, shifts include long days, nights, weekends, and public holidays. Our Senior HCSWs will need the flexibility to cover varied shift patterns.

You must have previous NHS HCSW experience and have completed the Care Certificate, good communication skills, competent IT skills, and have a kind, caring and compassionate nature.

The Trust offers further development opportunities such as applying for the Nursing Associate Apprenticeship gaining Registered Nursing Associate status.

For further information, please contact lisa.punter@nhs.net

Main duties of the job

Our Healthcare Support Workers are at the heart of providing direct patient centred care, supporting the Registered Nurses and Nursing Associates as well as the wider Multi-Disciplinary Teams.

The role is varied, equally challenging and rewarding, where you will have the opportunity to really make a difference to the experience of our patients. The role includes

Providing direct patient care including meeting hygiene, continence, nutrition, pressure area care and mobility needs

Taking and recording patients vital signs, identifying and escalating changes to a patients condition

Providing one to one observation for patients who present a high risk of harm and vulnerable patients

Undertaking training and competencies related to the role such as undertaking ECGs, venepuncture and cannulation, POP training and competencies to be able to apply below elbow and leg back slab

Escorting patients to different departments such as x-ray

Transferring patients that need hospital admission to a ward, which includes management of patients property

Keep the department and equipment clean, tidy, and restocking equipment

Training and supporting new and junior team members

About us

Ashford and St. Peters Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust serves a population of more than 410,000 people living in the boroughs of Runnymede, Spelthorne, Woking and parts of Elmbridge, Hounslow, Surrey Heath and beyond. The Trust employs around 4,400 individual members of staff. Our turnover was £387.3 million in 2020/21.The Trust provides a whole range of services across its hospital sites. The majority of planned care, like day case and orthopaedic surgery and rehabilitation services, is provided at Ashford Hospital, with more complex medical and surgical care and emergency services at St. Peters Hospital. Our vision at Ashford & St Peters is to provide an outstanding experience and outcomes for patients and staff. There has never been a better time to join us in the NHS at Ashford & St Peters Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust with our strong commitment to staff health and wellbeing. We are committed to providing continuous professional development, staff benefits and flexibility to shape our workforce around our patient care.

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Find out more about the Trust by visiting Join the Team - https://www.ashfordstpeters.nhs.uk/your-job-application

Employer details

Employer name

Ashford & St. Peter's Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Guildford Road

Chertsey

Surrey

KT16 0PZ

Employer's website

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

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Employer details

Employer name

Ashford & St. Peter's Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Guildford Road

Chertsey

Surrey

KT16 0PZ

Employer's website

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

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