Health Care Assistant

Job summary

Forrester Brown is an orthopaedic unit caring for patients who have sustained orthopaedic injuries.

The orthopaedic specialty is dynamic, forward thinking and constantly striving to improve the patient's pathway.

Do you have your NVQ Level 3 in Care?

We are currently looking for a band 3 Clinical Healthcare Support Worker to join our busy and committed friendly team.

As a Clinical Healthcare Support Worker you will assist the registered nurses in providing high quality care to our patients, whilst ensuring our band 2 health care assistants are supported.

As a Clinical Healthcare Support Worker you will be expected to care for patients with a variety of conditions across the 24 hour period.

The ideal candidate will need to be compassionate and highly motivated working in partnership to support our patients and their families.

As a unit we are able to offer individualised mentor support and in house training specific to the orthopaedic speciality.

For an informal visit or discussion about the role, please contact Jessica Brawn, senior sister Email jessicabrawn@nhs.net

Main duties of the job

To assist in patient care and other ward/department related duties under the supervision of the trained nurse. To carry out routine and additional / extended role duties, when trained and assessed as competent, as instructed by and under the supervision of the registered nurse in charge

About us

At the RUH we're proud to put people at the heart of what we do, working together as one team to make a difference for our patients, each other, and our community. No matter what your role is, we value everyone's contribution in supporting the exceptional, person-centred care we pride ourselves on.

We are committed to creating a compassionate and inclusive environment. This can be seen in our growing community of staff networks - celebrating successes and creating opportunities to listen and learn. We value our differences, champion kindness and civility, and truly believe that diversity makes us stronger.

A culture of learning, developing and innovating is the thread that runs throughout our whole organisation. We want to support you to thrive, taking your career to its full potential.

We value staff wellbeing, with a well-established programme of support. We believe in a holistic approach spanning all aspects of living a healthy life, including physical, emotional, spiritual and financial wellbeing. We've even got a pool!

We are committed to supporting you and hope you want to join our team. In the meantime, find out more about living and working the beautiful historic city of Bath, learn about our extensive package of staff benefits, and read about how we're providing healthcare fit for the future with the landmark Dyson Cancer Centre and our passion for research.