Emergency Care Technician

www.healthjobsuk.com - jobboard; Smethwick; On-site; GBP 24,000 - 26,000; Full time

Job summary

A local NHS trust in Smethwick is seeking an enthusiastic Emergency Care Technician to provide specialized acute services. The role involves supporting the nursing team and performing clinical skills to ensure positive patient experiences. Relevant healthcare experience is required. The trust supports flexible working arrangements.

Qualifications

• Relevant experience working in a hospital or other healthcare environment, in the NHS.
• Experience of working as part of a team.
• Working in a healthcare setting or demonstrable experience of undertaking a caring role.

Responsibilities

• Support the nursing team ensuring timely investigations for patients.
• Perform skills such as cannulation, phlebotomy, and ECG.
• Ensure a positive patient experience of the MSDEC process.

Skills

literacy and numeric

Basic First Aid Certificate

Job description

Main area: Emergency care, Grade: NHS AfC: Band 3, Contract: Permanent, Working hours: Long days (07:30-20:00) and Twilights (11:30-00:00), 37.5 hours per week.

Employer: Sandwell and West Birmingham NHS Trust, Site: Midland Metropolitan University Hospital, Town: Smethwick, Salary: £24,625 - £25,674 per year.

The Trust is committed to recruiting and supporting a diverse workforce and welcomes applications from all parts of the community. The Trust values ambition, respect, and compassion.

Job overview

The Trust is seeking enthusiastic and driven Emergency Care Technicians with excellent clinical and communication skills to join the Same Day Emergency Care Unit. The unit provides specialized acute services to treat patients with varying medical conditions.

Main duties of the job

The successful candidate will be responsible for supporting the nursing team, ensuring patients have timely investigations, and carrying out specific skills such as cannulation, phlebotomy, and electrocardiogram (ECG).

The candidate will also support all fundamentals of care, ensuring patients have a positive experience of the MSDEC process.

Working for our organisation

Sandwell and West Birmingham NHS Trust serves Birmingham and the Black Country, a culturally diverse area. The Trust values its employees and offers a welcoming and supportive work environment.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification for details on the main duties and responsibilities.

Person specification

Qualifications

• Key skills: literacy and numeric
• Basic First Aid Certificate

Experience

• Relevant experience working in a hospital or other healthcare environment, in the NHS.
• Experience of working as part of a team
• Working in a healthcare setting or demonstrable experience of undertaking a caring role

The Trust is committed to providing better, faster, and safer care to the population of the Black Country and beyond. The Trust may expect the successful candidate to work flexibly across the four partner Trusts to meet patient and service needs.

The Trust is committed to supporting all employees in achieving a healthy work-life balance and will consider all requests to work flexibly, taking into account personal and individual circumstances alongside the needs of the service.