Healthcare Assistant

Royal Surrey NHS Foundation Trust

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Job summary

Band 2 Healthcare Assistant

As a leading provider of NHS Services in Surrey, we are passionate about supporting our staff to fulfil their true potential.

To help us achieve this we need to grow our team of Healthcare Support Workers across Royal Surrey Hospitals including, St Lukes Cancer Centre and our Community Hospitals, with both full time, part time and bank positions available.

In this vital care support role, youll develop professional healthcare experience, gain a formal qualification and be part of the nursing team working hands-on in a hospital environment.

We have opportunities across all areas of the Trust including Theatres, Ophthalmology, ITU, Medical & Surgical wards.

Main duties of the job

Why be a Healthcare Support Worker?

As well as an opportunity to gain or increase your healthcare experience and knowledge, joining Royal Surrey is a great way into a long-term NHS career with prospects. Its a rewarding and varied role, making a positive difference to peoples lives every day.

You dont necessarily need previous care experience, we will give you full and ongoing training to achieve your true potential, in addition to growing your skills and knowledge working with other registered healthcare professionals.

About us

Royal Surrey NHS Foundation Trust is a friendly, supportive, busy but welcoming acute and community Trust that is ambitious about developing our services and your career.

Our compassionate, caring and friendly colleagues make up our Royal Surrey family and are at the heart of what we do. We all have a passion for learning, continuous improvement and excelling together through innovation, research and development. There are over 4,500 members of our Royal Surrey family.

We are clinically led and provide joined up care by bridging the gap between hospital and community services alongside regional specialist cancer care. Our main acute hospital site is in Guildford with community hospital sites at Milford, Haslemere and Cranleigh. We provide adult community health services in the community and homes across Guildford and Waverley.

We have received an overall Good rating from the CQC with Medical care (including older peoples care), End of Life Care and Maternity services being deemed Outstanding by the CQC. We are investing in our colleagues through our health and wellbeing programme and a commitment to supporting professional development as well as investing more than £45 million in our physical environment and new equipment in the next few years.

There has never been a better time to join us.

Date posted

08 June 2023

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 2

Salary

£23,575 a year includes high cost area supplements (HCAS)

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time, Part-time

Reference number

C9384-HCA-JUNE23

Job locations

Egerton Road

Guildford

Surrey

GU2 7XX

Job description

Job responsibilities

Main duties of the job

Being a Healthcare Support Worker

You'll provide a variety of care and support for hospital patients as part of a multi-disciplinary team.

Your day-to-day responsibilities will include:

Clinical tasks, like collecting samples, swabs and recording patients fluid intake/output.
Ensuring patients safety and comfort, supporting them with daily activities, including helping them to eat, drink and maintain personal hygiene, and using equipment to move and assist in your care of them.
Observing temperature, pulse and blood pressure, maintaining patient records and reporting any abnormalities to senior colleagues.

Your Training, Development & Progression

Training is provided in both the classroom and the hospital, for those with limited or no experience, this is athree week fulltime course. If you have previous experience you may be eligible for our6 day Fulltime Fast Track.

If successful you will be invited to attend a HCA Assessment Centre on 23th June 2023.

Please note you will be asked to bring three forms of original ID to the assessment centre.

Job description

Job responsibilities

Main duties of the job

Being a Healthcare Support Worker

You'll provide a variety of care and support for hospital patients as part of a multi-disciplinary team.

Your day-to-day responsibilities will include:

Clinical tasks, like collecting samples, swabs and recording patients fluid intake/output.
Ensuring patients safety and comfort, supporting them with daily activities, including helping them to eat, drink and maintain personal hygiene, and using equipment to move and assist in your care of them.
Observing temperature, pulse and blood pressure, maintaining patient records and reporting any abnormalities to senior colleagues.

Your Training, Development & Progression

If successful you will be invited to attend a HCA Assessment Centre on 23th June 2023.

Please note you will be asked to bring three forms of original ID to the assessment centre.

Person Specification

Experience

Desirable

Previous experience in patient contact position
Knowledge of acute hospital setting

Qualifications

Essential

Educated to GCSE level or equivalent work experience

Supporting Information

Essential

Please tell us why you would be suited for this position

Person Specification

Experience

Desirable

Previous experience in patient contact position
Knowledge of acute hospital setting

Qualifications

Essential

Educated to GCSE level or equivalent work experience

Supporting Information

Essential

Please tell us why you would be suited for this position

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.