Gynaecology Health Care Assistant – Day/Night NHS Role

NHS Ayrshire & Arran; Saskatoon; On-site; CAD 40,000 - 49,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

27 days annual leave

NHS Pension Scheme

Salary Sacrifice Car Benefit

Development opportunities

Holiday pay

Job summary

NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde is recruiting for a Band 2 Health Care Assistant on a permanent, full‑time basis at Queen Elizabeth University Hospital. The role is in the Gynaecology ward, predominantly surgical, caring for pregnant patients up to 12 weeks gestation and oncology patients, with day and night shifts.

You will work within a multidisciplinary team, provide basic patient care, catheter care, venflid management, venepuncture, observations and NEWS scoring, maintain documentation, and

Qualifications

• Experience in a band 2 Health Care Assistant post.
• Accurate keyboard and data entry.
• Ability to work with people and as part of a multidisciplinary team.
• Ability to organise and prioritise workload, without supervision, in a busy environment.
• Ability to work on own initiative in a proactive manner.
• Effective written and verbal communication, literacy and numeracy skills.
• A basic awareness of the importance of good hygiene.
• Ability to use IT systems.
• Flexible and adaptable.
• Ability to fulfil all requirements of the job description.

Responsibilities

• Basic patient care, helping with daily ADLs.
• Catheter care and venflon management.
• Venepuncture,
• Observations and NEWS recording,
• MUST scoring,
• Active care/fluid balance/food record charts,
• Admin and IT systems
• Learnpro and Infection control measures.

Skills

Band 2 HCA experience

Accurate keyboard/data entry

Team player

IT systems

Flexible/shift work

Willingness to learn

Education

Experience as Band 2 HCA

Job description

NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde is recruiting for a Band 2 Health Care Assistant on a permanent, full‑time basis at Queen Elizabeth University Hospital. The role is in the Gynaecology ward, predominantly surgical, caring for pregnant patients up to 12 weeks gestation and oncology patients, with day and night shifts.

You will work within a multidisciplinary team, provide basic patient care, catheter care, venflid management, venepuncture, observations and NEWS scoring, maintain documentation, and