Clinical Healthcare Support Worker - Trauma and Orthopaedic

Job summary

You'll need to be able to understand and communicate both verbally and in writing.

You don't need any formal qualifications in maths but you will need to have numerical and analytic skills to do patient observations. You'll need to understand what these mean as you'll be documenting the results in patient notes and communicating to your team.

You will need to have a customer focused approach which will:- Provide patients with the best possible experience- Represent the RUH when talking toand working with patients, staff and visitors.- Work together with colleagues and other teams across the Trust.

You will need to be able to use IT systems and databases.

You will have the skill to focus on details with the ability to spot problems.

You will know when you are able tocorrect or when to escalate.

You'll need to be adaptable.

We are passionate about patient experience. We know that some people find coming into hospital difficult.

Adapting how you communicate to meet the needs of patients, relatives, carers as well as colleagues with kindness and compassion is fundamental to how we work together.

You will take care in handling patient and Trust property.

You will help to support, train and welcome new colleagues, students and others to your area of work.

There will be opportunities to develop your knowledge and skills, specific to your needs and area of work.

You will also be supported to obtain your care certificate if you do not already have this.

Main duties of the job

You will be a core member of the team delivering personal care, both clinical and non-clinical, to patients. You'll also be key in supporting patients with their own self-care and independence.

You will be supporting registered practitioners to deliver high quality,compassionate health care to people in accordance with assessed needs and a care plan.

This is a busy role so you will be working together with your team to balance different tasks that often change.

Your daily duties will be varied to include:- blood pressure monitoring- oxygen saturation levels- body temperature- pulse rate and respiration rate- glucose monitoring,- collection and testing of urine, faecal and sputum samples- wound swabs- removal of catheters- venepuncture- recording your actions accurately in patient notes

Working as part of a team and on your own, you will draw from yourknowledge, skills and experience

About us

At the RUH we 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 proud to be in thetop 20 best hospitals to work for in the country.

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.