Healthcare Assistant North Cotswold Hospital

Job summary

We are looking for an experienced Health Care Assistant with a passion and commitment to the care they deliver & who holds the patient experience and care at the heart of their practice. You will need to be pro-active and enthusiastic in your role, share our organisational values & be looking for an opportunity to join our highly skilled team of Emergency Practitioners and qualified staff in our Practitioner Led Unit.

We are therefore looking for a Healthcare Assistant with experience of working in an Acute health care setting and with a NVQ Level 3 in Healthcare.

Applications from experienced HCAs with extended skills such as venepuncture and ECGs would be welcome. You must be a team player, have the ability to plan and organise your workload under the direction of the Practitioners and trained staff.

The North Cotswold Hospital has a dedicated minor injury & illness unit (MIiU) open 7 days a week & the post holder will be required to work a full range of shifts. Our hours of service are 0800-2000hrs.

Based in the MIiU, you will be required to provide a high standard of care to Adult & Paediatric patients and applicants will also be expected to contribute to housekeeping and other department duties including some administration and Reception duties.

Main duties of the job

To assist in the delivery of high quality patient care, promoting rehabilitation and independence for those patients attending the MIiU under the supervision of the qualified unscheduled care practitioner (ENP/EP) and Band 5 Staff.

Maintain stock levels and ensure timely ordering of consumables and assist in keeping the clinical environment clean and tidy on a daily basis.

Support patients from the point of registration through to treatment and discharge.

Work alongside a clinician to facilitate planned returns dressings.

The qualification, training & experience requirements for the role are underlined in the Job Description/Person Specification.

About us

We have a skilled and dedicated workforce of over 5000 colleagues working in a diverse range of services over 55 sites and within people's homes. We strive to enable a welcoming workplace culture that builds and celebrates civility, inclusivity and diversity, while providing a sense of belonging and trust.

Annual staff surveys, regular Pulse surveys and other engagement opportunities provide our people with lots of opportunity to tell us about their experiences of working with us. In the latest staff survey, 61% of colleagues gave us their views. It was great to hear that:

• 72% of colleagues would recommend the Trust as a place to work, ranking us 1st for Provider Trusts in the South West region on this question.
• 76% would recommend the standard of care provided in our services if a friend or relative needed treatment, also ranking us 1st in the South West region.
• 81% said that care of patients and service users is the Trust's priority, compared with an average in comparable NHS Trusts in England of 64%.

This high-level overview shows we are in a healthy position, with higher scores than average for comparable organisations, alongside a great response rate, indicating good staff engagement. However, we also know we have plenty of room for improvement in many areas. To that end, we continue to prioritise and invest in our commitment to genuinely becoming a Great Place to Work with consistent top-quartile performance in the annual staff survey and Pulse surveys.

Employer details

Employer name

Gloucestershire Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust

Address

North Cotswold Hospital

Stow Road

Moreton in Marsh

GL56 0DS

Employer's website

https://www.ghc.nhs.uk/who-we-are/jobs/ (Opens in a new tab)

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Employer details

Employer name

Gloucestershire Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust

Address

North Cotswold Hospital

Stow Road

Moreton in Marsh

GL56 0DS

Employer's website

https://www.ghc.nhs.uk/who-we-are/jobs/ (Opens in a new tab)

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