Health Care Support Worker

University Hospitals of Derby and Burton NHS Foundation Trust; East Midlands; Sur place; GBP 23 000 - 27 000; Plein temps

Avantages offerts par ce poste

Staff benefits including EAP

Discounted gym membership

Onsite fitness classes

Car schemes

Résumé du poste

University Hospitals of Derby and Burton NHS Foundation Trust is recruiting a Health Care Support Worker for the Emergency Department at Royal Derby Hospital. The Adult ED handles a high patient flow and offers exposure to a busy hospital environment with a comprehensive induction period to support your role.

You will join a supportive multidisciplinary team, work day and night shifts including weekends and bank holidays, and contribute to compassionate care and patient safety as part of our NHS

Qualifications

• Substantial recent/current experience in a healthcare setting.
• Care Certificate standards expected; online certificates not accepted.
• Good numeracy and literacy required.

Responsabilités

• Adhere to policies and procedures.
• Work cohesively with the multi-disciplinary team.
• Safeguard vulnerable patients.
• Communicate effectively with patients, relatives and staff.
• One-to-one supervision of high-risk patients when required.
• Provide patient care including phlebotomy, cannulation, ECGs, wound care, observations and personal care.
• Handle telephone communications with patients and other departments.
• Give information to patients.

Connaissances

Phlebotomy

Cannulation

ECG

Wound care

Personal care

Effective communication

Numeracy & literacy

Formation

Care Certificate

NVQ Level 2/3 or Diploma in Health

Description du poste

We have an opportunity for a hardworking, Health Care Support Worker within theEmergency Departmentat Royal Derby Hospital. The Adult Emergency Department at the Royal Derby Hospital is one of the busiest AED's in the country, seeing on average 120,000 patients per year. Do you want to make a difference to people's lives? We are looking for individuals with experience to work in healthcare, to join the NHS family helping people from your local community. You must be able to work the internal rotation, this includes long days, nights, weekdays and weekends UHDB is a great place to work, offering a working environment with an inclusive culture that looks after and values our people and creates a sense of belonging. We encourage applications from people who embrace our values and who will enable us to expand our diverse workforce. It is expected that the Band 3 Healthcare Support Worker will be rostered according to service need and requirements, and will be expected to work day and night shifts, including weekends and bank holidays. As a new Health Care Support Worker in the Emergency Department, you will be supported with a supernumerary period to ensure you have exposure to all clinical areas. This will give you the opportunity to learn appropriate skills. Duties to include but not exclusive of:

• Adherence to policies and procedures
• Working cohesively with other members of the Multi-disciplinary Team
• Safeguarding vulnerable patients
• Communicate effectively with patients, relatives and other members of the Multi-disciplinary Team
• One to one supervision of high risk patients when required
• Patient care including: -Phlebotomy, cannulation and performing ECG's, wound care, observations, personal care
• Telephone communications with patients and other departments
• Giving information to patients
• Substantial recent/current experience of working in a healthcare setting.
• Care Certificate based on the standards set by NHS England, Skills for Care and Skills for Health. This must be gained by working in a vocational capacity (we will not accept an online care certificate). Be able to demonstrate a good standard of numeracy and literacy. NVQ Level 2/3 or Diploma in Health is desirable., Please be aware that the Maths and English assessment will take place directly after your interview. Please also be aware that it will be a 30 minute assessment with no calculators allowed.
• As a trusted organisation at the heart of our communities, we recognise the important role we can play in supporting the public, patients, our own people and local partners in achieving the best of health for the local population and the communities in which they live by providing Exceptional Care Together Our fundamental Values of Compassion, Openness and Excellence underpin how we intend to work as a Trust and the associated behaviours are becoming embedded in all aspects of how we work. In return we will offer:

In return we will offer:

• Development opportunities, both professional and leadership development
• On-going support from recruitment to when you join our team and beyond.
• Staff benefits including employee assistance programme, discounted gym membership, onsite fitness classes, car schemes

Key Facts:

• We see on average 4810 OP appointments a day.
• We are the 4thbusiest Trauma & Orthopaedic outpatients department in England - an average of 2077 per week.
• An average of 1115 patients are seen in A&Es across our network every day - 3rd largest in the country.
• Our hospitals admit an average of 195 emergency patients daily.
• Last year we undertook almost 33,700 planned surgical operations in our 57 operating theatres.
• We are one of only 7 Trusts nationally with more than 50 operating theatres.
• We carry out more than 140 elective procedures each working day.
• UHDB is a research active University Hospital with a large and varied portfolio of clinical trials and research opportunities for all staff