Band 3 Health Care Assistant Royal Brompton Hospital

NHS; London; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 32,000; Full time

Job summary

Ein innovatives Unternehmen sucht einen engagierten Gesundheits- und Pflegeassistenten, der die Patientenversorgung unterstützt und mit dem Pflegepersonal zusammenarbeitet. In dieser Rolle werden Sie die Möglichkeit haben, direkt mit Patienten zu interagieren und eine Vielzahl von Pflegeaufgaben zu übernehmen. Sie werden in einem dynamischen Umfeld arbeiten, das sich der Bereitstellung der besten Pflege für Patienten mit Herz- und Lungenerkrankungen widmet. Wenn Sie eine Leidenschaft für die Patientenversorgung haben und in einem angesehenen NHS Trust arbeiten möchten, ist dies die perfekte Gelegenheit für Sie.

Qualifications

• Erforderlich ist ein vollständiges Care Certificate in Theorie und Praxis.
• Vorherige Erfahrung als HCA in einem akuten Krankenhaus.

Responsibilities

• Unterstützung des registrierten Arztes bei der Patientenversorgung.
• Durchführung klinischer Beobachtungen und Berichterstattung über den Zustand der Patienten.

Skills

Kommunikationsfähigkeiten

Cannulation

Education

Care Certificate (Theory and Practical)

Job description

Band 3 Health Care Assistant Royal Brompton Hospital

Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust

The role is to ensure seamless and effective delivery of patient care by working closely with the Registered Nurse.

The Post holder is a member of the nursing team appointed to support Registered Nurses in the delivery of direct care for patients receiving treatment and diagnosis for heart and lung conditions.

The role involves contact on a physical and psychological level with patients and their families. The post holder will undertake a range of activities under the supervision of a registered nurse, having been assessed and deemed competent in the activities required.

Main duties of the job

Assisting the Registered Nurse to deliver personal care to patients.

Assess and deliver under the supervision/guidance of the Registered Nurse, patient care requirements.

Assist patients with eating and drinking.

Taking and recording of observations e.g. blood pressure, temperature and heart rate.

ECG recording

Restocking the patient environment and the ward stock areas.

Ensuring the ward is safe and clean at all times.

About us

Royal Brompton and Harefield (RB&H) hospitals joined Guy's and St Thomas' in February 2021 and is the largest specialist heart and lung centre in the UK and among the largest in Europe. We provide treatment for people with heart and lung disease, including rare and complex conditions, offering some of the most sophisticated treatment that is available anywhere in the world.

Our integrated approach to caring for patients from before birth, through childhood, adolescence and into adulthood and old age has been replicated around the world and has gained RB&H an international reputation as a leader in heart and lung diagnosis, treatment and research.

We are working in partnership with King's Health Partners, to deliver our vision of creating a new centre of excellence, which will be the global leader in the research into and treatment of heart and lung disease, in patients from pre-birth to old age.

We have around 22,700 staff, making us one of the largest NHS Trusts in the country and one of the biggest employers locally. We aim to reflect the diversity of the communities we serve and continue to develop new and existing partnerships with local people, patients, neighbouring NHS organisations, local authorities and charitable bodies and GPs.

We strive to recruit and retain the best staff as the dedication and skills of our employees lie at the heart of our organisation and ensure that our services are of the highest quality, safe and focused on our patients.

Job responsibilities

• Under the direction and supervision of the registered nurse, providing nursing support, care and treatment and carrying out nursing procedures within the sphere of required competencies.
• Provide support and assistance to professional colleagues when they are performing specific therapies, clinical treatments and investigative programmes for patients.
• Perform and report clinical observation of a patient including respiration rate, temperature, pulse, blood pressure, oxygen saturation, blood glucose monitoring, obtain urine specimen and perform routine urine analysis, reporting any concerns in the patients condition to the nurse in charge.
• Subject to appropriate training, become familiar with carrying out phlebotomy, cannulation, blood specimen handling, performing ECGs, simple dressings and other technical nursing tasks as deemed appropriate.
• Ensure medical equipment and clinical supplies are replenished to the stock levels as determined by the ward manager.
• Assist with the maintenance of the departments cleanliness, demonstrate awareness in infection prevention and control procedures. Maintain a safe care environment by minimising risk and report defects in equipment immediately to the nurse in charge.
• Ensure the safeguarding of medical records whilst they are in the department and to accurately file referral and supporting documentation as appropriate.
• Identify and report, clinical risks any accidents/incidents, near misses involving staff, patients and visitors in accordance with Trust policies and assist in any investigations as required.
• Work within flexible rosters, designed to achieve the most effective use of staff to meet the needs of our patients.

Person Specification

Qualifications

• Full Care Certificate both Theory and Practical

Knowledge

• Previous experience of working as a HCA
• Previous experience of working in an acute hospital care setting

Skills

• Proven excellent communication skills both orally and in writing
• Cannulation

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.

Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust

£30,039 to £31,088 a yearper annum inc HCAS