Dermatology Senior HCSW - Band 3 Pathway

University Hospital Southampton NHS FT; Southampton; On-site; GBP 23,000 - 29,000; Full time

Job summary

University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust is seeking a full-time Band 3 Senior Health Care Assistant to join the Dermatology Centre at the Royal South Hampshire Hospital. The Dermatology Centre operates 08:00–18:00, Monday to Friday, with some optional out-of-hours/weekend work.

You will assist in managing clinics and medical outpatients, support clinicians in day-case surgical rooms, and help launch skin analytics photography clinics as part of varied duties.

Qualifications

• NVQ level 3 in care with acute units corresponding to specialty or equivalent experience.
• Completed secondary education.
• Experience in a caring role in acute hospital environment.
• Understanding of acute hospital environment and the role of SHCSW.
• Completed Care Certificate.

Responsibilities

• Work in a team of nursing staff and clinicians, ensuring high standards of care are developed and maintained within that team.
• Assist in the smooth running of clinics, including preparing at the start of the day and closing the clinic rooms after clinics.
• To give and receive regular reports on the progress of patients, immediately acting on any changes in the patient’s condition, and reporting them to the relevant health care professional.
• Assist clinicians during clinics, taking clinical photographs, and observations, chaperoning patients, helping patients with undressing/dressing and mobilisation.
• To assist consultant surgeons in the day case surgery operating rooms as well as the nurse surgeons in their operating lists, including MOHS surgery.
• To facilitate the smooth running of various clinics (including Medical Outpatients) and to act as the flow coordinator of said clinics.
• To provide assistance to clinicians during clinics, taking photographs, observations, helping patients with undressing/dressing and mobilisation.
• To oversee admission and recovery and provide post operative care to our day case surgical patients.
• To run independently (when deemed competent) wound clinic.
• To be able to complete venesection.
• To be competent in (after training) to take clinical photographs in new upcoming skin analytics clinics.
• To work in a team of nursing staff and clinicians, ensuring high standards of care are developed and maintained within that team.

Skills

Excellent communication skills

Education

NVQ level 3 in care

Completed secondary education

Care Certificate

Job description

University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust is seeking a full-time Band 3 Senior Health Care Assistant to join the Dermatology Centre at the Royal South Hampshire Hospital. The Dermatology Centre operates 08:00–18:00, Monday to Friday, with some optional out-of-hours/weekend work.

You will assist in managing clinics and medical outpatients, support clinicians in day-case surgical rooms, and help launch skin analytics photography clinics as part of varied duties.