Job summary
Would you
like the opportunity to join us as a Band 3 Health Care Assistant?
If so,
then Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust is recruiting talented, committed
individuals who share our vision, values and professional ambition. We
currently have an opportunity to join our Pre-operative Assessment team at Kidderminster Treatment Centre on a 22.5 hour contract. As a Band 3 Healthcare assistant you will be
responsible for seeing patients in Pre-operative Assessment support clinic to
undertake investigations relevant to the patients assessment. This will
include, but is not limited to, venepuncture, ECGs, MRSA swabbing and CPE sampling. You will also undertake thorough documentation via
our online assessment tool, Synopsis. IT literacy is also integral to the job
role.
For more
information please contact Linzi Wright vialinzi.wright3@nhs.netor
directly via telephone on 07566765852.
Main duties of the job
As a Senior Healthcare assistant you will be expected to prep, plan and run your own clinic assigned to you via PAS. This will include health promotion, explaining patient information and clinical skills such as ECGs and Venepuncture. You will be supported by the Nursing team and the wider Countywide team to assist in the completion of patient's pre-assessments prior to their surgery date.
About us
Our purpose is simple - Putting Patients First. We are looking for exceptional colleagues who can help us achieve this.
Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust is a large acute and specialised hospital trust that provides a range of local acute services to the residents of Worcestershire and more specialised services to a larger population in Herefordshire and beyond.
The Trust operates hospital-based services from three sites in Kidderminster, Redditch and Worcester
Our workforce is over 7,000 strong, and our caring staff are recognised as providing good and outstanding patient-centred care. You could be one of them.
We are committed to recruiting the best people to work with us to achieve our Vision - working in partnership to provide the best healthcare for our communities, leading and supporting our teams to move 4ward. Our 4ward behaviours, which we ask all staff to demonstrate, underpin our everyday work and remain firmly at the heart of all we do.
Our objectives are simple:
- Best services for local people
- Best experience of care and best outcomes for our patients
- Best use of resources
- Best people
Better never stops, and our Clinical Services Strategy provides a clear future vision for our Trust, our hospitals, our services and our role in the wider health and care system.
We are proud to have achieved Timewise accreditation - this means we are committed to embedding flexible working within our organisation as a flex positive employer.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Key Working Relationships:Department staffPatients and their
relatives/carers/significant otherStaff in other departmentsRisk Assessment:The post involves manual handling activities,
exposure to bodily fluids and exposure to high noise levels. It may also
involve exposure to challenging behaviour.Job Purpose:The Senior Health Care Assistant
is a member of the department team who implements prescribed care and/or
undertakes some higher-level clinical activities as directed by a registered
nurse. The main dimensions of the role are to:To
support the professionally qualified staff and work under their direction to
provide quality nursing care, therapy activity, treatments and procedures
directly to patients.To
mentor and supervise and teach Health Care Assistants.To
lead and co-ordinate a range of clinical and non-clinical tasks and
responsibilities undertaken by Health Care Assistants.To
support the department and staff to provide a high quality service.It
is important to have an understanding of the range of work procedures and
practices that are required within Pre-Operative Assessment when caring for a
range of patients from different specialties, this will be underpinned by
theoretical knowledge and relevant practical experience.Key
Duties:Assisting
with General Aspects of Care:Be
involved in patient booking in process as directed by registered nurseBe
aware of the need to greet Patients, relatives & visitors to the unit and
ascertain the purpose of their visit including the #CallMe initiative.Moving
and handling of patients.Assisting
patients and relatives to use wheelchairsAssist
with patients mobilisation, ensuring safe environment and using appropriate
techniques and aids when necessary.Assist the multi professional team to prepare and
support patientsDressing/undressing
of patients when undertaking investigationsSafe
keeping of patients property/valuablesEscort
of patients to and from lavatory.Assist
in the care of relatives and visitors.Chaperone
professional staff where appropriate.Measuring
blood pressure, body temperature, pulse rate and respiration and completing the
necessary documentation.Measuring
patients height and weight as directed by a registered nurse and recording on
the appropriate documentation.Undertaking
investigations such as ECG, venepuncture and MRSA swabs.Be
adaptable and flexible to working in various areas of the department as
required.Dressing
of unoccupied trolleys/couches, tying up of dirty linen bags and despatching to
laundry.Cleaning
and tidying clinic areas.Replenishing
of stock cupboards.Pre-Operative Assessment:To prepare clinical rooms for
outpatient clinics to ensure a smooth running clinic. To put away stock and help maintain
stock levels.Manage HCA pre-operative assessment
clinics and escalate any concerns with patients to trained nursesCommunications and Relationships:Demonstrate an ability to
communicate with patients with varying needs i.e.; Elderly, Sensory impaired,
Language differences.The Healthcare Assistants relationship
with both staff and patients should be discreet, bearing in mind that all
information regarding patients must be kept confidential.Report to the nurse in charge of the
unit matters of concern relating to patients and the unit environment.Answer the telephone, refer to
appropriate person.Attend to unit reports and meetings
when appropriate.Demonstrate knowledge and
understanding of health and safety at work in order to maintain a safe
environment.Undertake duties outside your
working area (e.g. delivery and collection) to assist in maintaining good
communications.Participate in patient handovers.Present Professional image
appropriate to the working environment.Clinical Support:Where training has been provided and
competence assured undertake and monitor baseline and routine patient
observations, Blood pressure, pulse, peripheral oxygen saturation and blood
glucose. Reporting any changes in a timely manner to a qualified nurse and
ensuring these are accurately recorded in patient records.Apply a simple range of dressings
using both clean and aseptic techniques after venepuncture, if required.Collect blood samples (peripheral or
venous) and directed by a qualified nurse, ensuring its safe storage, transport
or disposal as appropriate.Care for a small group of patients
without direct supervision but under the direction of a registered.Undertake an associate link/link
nurse role where appropriate.Undertake ECGsCleaning:Maintain tidiness and cleanliness of
areas and equipment as instructed.Clerical Duties:Reception/telephone dutiesBasic computer skillsObtaining case notes/x-raysFilingAssist in the preparation of medical
and nursing notes for ward rounds/clinicsMaintain stocks of stationary and
care pathwaysEducation:Support other health care assistants
through mentorship and local induction.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Key Working Relationships:Department staffPatients and their
relatives/carers/significant otherStaff in other departmentsRisk Assessment:The post involves manual handling activities,
exposure to bodily fluids and exposure to high noise levels. It may also
involve exposure to challenging behaviour.Job Purpose:The Senior Health Care Assistant
is a member of the department team who implements prescribed care and/or
undertakes some higher-level clinical activities as directed by a registered
nurse. The main dimensions of the role are to:To
support the professionally qualified staff and work under their direction to
provide quality nursing care, therapy activity, treatments and procedures
directly to patients.To
mentor and supervise and teach Health Care Assistants.To
lead and co-ordinate a range of clinical and non-clinical tasks and
responsibilities undertaken by Health Care Assistants.To
support the department and staff to provide a high quality service.It
is important to have an understanding of the range of work procedures and
practices that are required within Pre-Operative Assessment when caring for a
range of patients from different specialties, this will be underpinned by
theoretical knowledge and relevant practical experience.Key
Duties:Assisting
with General Aspects of Care:Be
involved in patient booking in process as directed by registered nurseBe
aware of the need to greet Patients, relatives & visitors to the unit and
ascertain the purpose of their visit including the #CallMe initiative.Moving
and handling of patients.Assisting
patients and relatives to use wheelchairsAssist
with patients mobilisation, ensuring safe environment and using appropriate
techniques and aids when necessary.Assist the multi professional team to prepare and
support patientsDressing/undressing
of patients when undertaking investigationsSafe
keeping of patients property/valuablesEscort
of patients to and from lavatory.Assist
in the care of relatives and visitors.Chaperone
professional staff where appropriate.Measuring
blood pressure, body temperature, pulse rate and respiration and completing the
necessary documentation.Measuring
patients height and weight as directed by a registered nurse and recording on
the appropriate documentation.Undertaking
investigations such as ECG, venepuncture and MRSA swabs.Be
adaptable and flexible to working in various areas of the department as
required.Dressing
of unoccupied trolleys/couches, tying up of dirty linen bags and despatching to
laundry.Cleaning
and tidying clinic areas.Replenishing
of stock cupboards.Pre-Operative Assessment:To prepare clinical rooms for
outpatient clinics to ensure a smooth running clinic. To put away stock and help maintain
stock levels.Manage HCA pre-operative assessment
clinics and escalate any concerns with patients to trained nursesCommunications and Relationships:Demonstrate an ability to
communicate with patients with varying needs i.e.; Elderly, Sensory impaired,
Language differences.The Healthcare Assistants relationship
with both staff and patients should be discreet, bearing in mind that all
information regarding patients must be kept confidential.Report to the nurse in charge of the
unit matters of concern relating to patients and the unit environment.Answer the telephone, refer to
appropriate person.Attend to unit reports and meetings
when appropriate.Demonstrate knowledge and
understanding of health and safety at work in order to maintain a safe
environment.Undertake duties outside your
working area (e.g. delivery and collection) to assist in maintaining good
communications.Participate in patient handovers.Present Professional image
appropriate to the working environment.Clinical Support:Where training has been provided and
competence assured undertake and monitor baseline and routine patient
observations, Blood pressure, pulse, peripheral oxygen saturation and blood
glucose. Reporting any changes in a timely manner to a qualified nurse and
ensuring these are accurately recorded in patient records.Apply a simple range of dressings
using both clean and aseptic techniques after venepuncture, if required.Collect blood samples (peripheral or
venous) and directed by a qualified nurse, ensuring its safe storage, transport
or disposal as appropriate.Care for a small group of patients
without direct supervision but under the direction of a registered.Undertake an associate link/link
nurse role where appropriate.Undertake ECGsCleaning:Maintain tidiness and cleanliness of
areas and equipment as instructed.Clerical Duties:Reception/telephone dutiesBasic computer skillsObtaining case notes/x-raysFilingAssist in the preparation of medical
and nursing notes for ward rounds/clinicsMaintain stocks of stationary and
care pathwaysEducation:Support other health care assistants
through mentorship and local induction.
Person Specification
Personal Qualities
Essential
- Reliable and punctual
- Self-awareness in terms of assessing own knowledge and competence and understanding own boundaries
- Self-awareness in terms of recognising the impact of their behaviour and others.
- Able to present a professional image appropriate to the working environment.
- Committed.
- Enthusiastic.
- Ability to work within a diverse and busy environment.
- Team worker.
- Willingness to embrace change.
Experience
Essential
- Previous experience as a Health Care Assistant in an acute hospital environment
Desirable
- Experience in POA environment
Qualifications
Essential
- NVQ Level 3 in Direct Care,or equivalent/ or willing to work towards
- Key Skills literacy/numeracy or equivalent
Skills and Abilities
Essential
- Excellent communication skills
- Able to mentor and supervise other HCAs/Student Nurses in the working environment
- ECG Trained
- Phlebotomy Trained
- Computer Literate
Desirable
- Knowledge of Trust IT systems i.e. Bluespier, CLIP, ICE and PAS
Other job requirements
Essential
- Must be flexible with shift patterns and internal rotation.
- Confidentiality
- May be required to work in other departments as required.
- This post requires the post holder to undertake core skills
- Fitness and mobility in order to be physically active throughout a shift and undertake manual handling activities.
Person Specification
Personal Qualities
Essential
- Reliable and punctual
- Self-awareness in terms of assessing own knowledge and competence and understanding own boundaries
- Self-awareness in terms of recognising the impact of their behaviour and others.
- Able to present a professional image appropriate to the working environment.
- Committed.
- Enthusiastic.
- Ability to work within a diverse and busy environment.
- Team worker.
- Willingness to embrace change.
Experience
Essential
- Previous experience as a Health Care Assistant in an acute hospital environment
Desirable
- Experience in POA environment
Qualifications
Essential
- NVQ Level 3 in Direct Care,or equivalent/ or willing to work towards
- Key Skills literacy/numeracy or equivalent
Skills and Abilities
Essential
- Excellent communication skills
- Able to mentor and supervise other HCAs/Student Nurses in the working environment
- ECG Trained
- Phlebotomy Trained
- Computer Literate
Desirable
- Knowledge of Trust IT systems i.e. Bluespier, CLIP, ICE and PAS
Other job requirements
Essential
- Must be flexible with shift patterns and internal rotation.
- Confidentiality
- May be required to work in other departments as required.
- This post requires the post holder to undertake core skills
- Fitness and mobility in order to be physically active throughout a shift and undertake manual handling activities.
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.
