Healthcare Assistant - ENT/Oral Dept
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Job summary
We are looking for an enthusiastic and highly motivated HCA to join our friendly, forward thinking Special Surgery Outpatient team. Your primary role will be in ENT Outpatients with some shifts in the Oral Surgery Outpatients.
We provide a range of services including, Child specific clinics, Otology , Rhinology and Nurse Led Aural Care clinics along with Head and Neck cancer services, Minor dental surgery and prosthetics.
We promote a team approach ethos towards service improvements with all staff included in supporting new developments.
You will be required to promote the highest possible standards of care based trust Values and Policies
To enable you to become an effective member of the team, you will have the opportunity to develop the clinical skills required to support Head and Neck, Otology, Rhinology and Dental and Nurse led clinics
If you are a confident, well-organised HCA who thrives in a busy and continually transforming clinical environment then we would like to hear from you.
The working hours will be 08:30-17:30 with 30 mins for lunch.
Main duties of the job
- To meet the needs of the Trust with regard to Induction, mandatory and statutory training
- To meet the direct and indirect care needs of patients under the delegation and supervision of a Registered Nurse
- To ensure high standards of patient care at all times, in line with Trust policies and guidelines
- To work as an effective member of the nursing and wider multi-professional healthcare tea
About us
One of the largest Trust's in East Anglia, East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust (ESNEFT) provide hospital and community health services to people living across a wide geographical area. We deliver care from two main hospitals in Colchester and Ipswich, six community hospitals and in patients' own homes. You will be joining a team of almost 12,000 amazing colleagues providing care to approximately a million people.
Along with supporting you to achieve your career goals we offer a generous pension scheme, unsocial hours payments (if applicable), 27 days annual leave on commencement (pro rata) . Our Staff Health and Wellbeing programme offer a variety of services. We offer a range of flexible working opportunities.
Our philosophy is that Time Matters to everyone. Across the Trust, we concentrate on improving the things we do and removing those which do not work or cause time delays for our staff and patients.
To support our employees to achieve their career aspirations you may be eligible to obtain a qualification via an apprenticeship. All successful applicants will be required to undertake a skills review to facilitate this. For full details please see the attached Apprenticeship Handbook.
If you are passionate about patient care and want to develop your skills and knowledge then we are keen to hear from you.
Find out about living and working with us - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GkPu7HphU8A
Details
Date posted
20 November 2023
Pay scheme
Agenda for change
Band
Band 2
Salary
£22,383 a year per annum pro rata
Contract
Permanent
Working pattern
Part-time
Reference number
432-HR1693-23
Job locations
Ipswich Hospital
Ipswich
IP4 5DP
Employer details
Employer name
East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust
Address
Ipswich Hospital
Ipswich
IP4 5DP
Employer's website
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