IPU Senior Healthcare Assistant

The Christie NHS Foundation Trust; Manchester; On-site; GBP 20,000 - 25,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a leading cancer care center in Manchester as a Healthcare Assistant. This full-time role offers a great work-life balance with 37.5 hours per week over 4 days. You'll work in a dynamic, nurse-led environment, providing essential care and support to patients while developing your clinical skills.

Qualifications

• Experience in care delivery for patients.
• Ability to maintain clinical skills and competencies.

Responsibilities

• Undertake care delivery for patients across all services on IPU.
• Act as a clinical role model for new staff.
• Communicate effectively with multidisciplinary team.

Skills

Communication

Clinical Competence

Teamwork

Job description

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The Christie is an internationally and nationally recognised centre for the treatment of cancer and are leading experts in cancer care, research and education based in Manchester.

The Integrated Procedures Unit (IPU) has an exciting opportunity for a highly motivated, organised and experienced Healthcare Assistant to join our core nursing team.

This role is for 37.5 hours per week, worked over 4 days. IPU is open 07:30-19:30 Monday to Friday, so this is a great opportunity to achieve an excellent work-life balance whilst joining a dynamic nurse-led service.

• Under the delegation of the Registered Nurse, undertake care delivery for patients across all the services on IPU including the procedure team, outpatient clinics, admissions, recovery bays and DOSA.
• Act as a clinical role model for new staff, reflecting the philosophy, beliefs and standards of the department.
• To effectively communicate with all members of the multidisciplinary team to promote a positive working partnership across all IPU services.
• To maintain clinical competence in a wide range of clinical skills including venepuncture, cannulation, ECG, line access/care and support of ascitic drain care.
• Rotate onto the day of surgery admissions unit.
• Rotate into the endoscopy unit to support care delivery with cystoscopy lists.
• Escalate concerns in a patient’s condition to senior members of the nursing team, medical staff.
• To maintain full compliance with all essential training and clinical skills competencies.
• To identify areas for self-development and training within the Performance Planning and Development Review structure.
  
  

The Christie is an internationally and nationally recognised Centre for the treatment of cancer and we are leading experts in cancer care, research and education based in Manchester.

The Integrated Procedures Unit (IPU) is a nurse-led, fast-paced and dynamic service. The unit consists of a procedures unit, interventional radiology unit, ultrasound room, surgical dressings clinic, outpatients clinic, day of surgery admissions unit, an operating theatre and second stage recovery bays.

You will become part of this complex multidisciplinary team and benefit from a comprehensive induction period.

For further information about the role, please contact IPU Senior Sister Caroline Hibbert on 0161 446 3883.

For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Caroline Hibbert Job title: IPU Unit Manager Email address: [e-mail] Telephone number: 07815 477 261

Seniority level

• Seniority level

  Mid-Senior level

Employment type

• Employment type

  Full-time

Job function

• Job function

  Health Care Provider

• Industries

  Hospitals and Health Care

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