Healthcare Assistant

Integrated Care System; Birmingham; On-site; GBP 14,000 - 18,000; Full time

Job summary

A healthcare institution in Birmingham is offering an apprenticeship in healthcare support. This role involves contributing to patient care, reporting conditions, and ensuring care is sensitive to cultural needs. Candidates must have basic literacy and numeracy skills and prior experience in a healthcare setting. On successful completion, this position offers an NHS Band 2 role with further development opportunities.

Qualifications

• Must undertake initial assessment in English and Maths.
• Be prepared to complete a skill scan.
• Include all relevant qualifications on application form.

Responsibilities

• Contribute to delivery of care and clinical activity.
• Report alterations in patients' conditions.
• Be sensitive to spiritual, cultural, and religious needs.
• Collect specimens as directed.

Skills

Literacy

Numeracy

Experience in hospital healthcare setting

Competence in electronic patient information systems

Job description

DO NOT APPLY FOR THIS POSITION IF YOU ALREADY HOLD A LEVEL 2 QUALIFICATION OR EQUIVALENT IN DIRECT CARE (INCLUDING NVQ'S, HEALTH AND SOCIAL CARE OR EQUIVALENT

Functional Skills - all successful applicants will need to undertake a skill scan and initial assessment in English and Maths. On completion of this, you will be given a personalised plan to develop your skills.

Please ensure you include all your qualifications on your application form - if not included you may not be shortlisted.

During the apprenticeship training programme, you will work towards achieving the requirements of the personal specification. The off-job training will be provided in house and within working hours.

The apprenticeship will generally take 15 months to complete, including end point assessment. https://www.instituteforapprenticeships.org/apprenticeship-standards/healthcare-support-worker-v1-0

On completion of the apprenticeship programme and meeting the necessary work standard, this role will continue as an NHS Agenda for Change Band 2 and development through further training could be offered.

Main duties of the job

• Contribute to the delivery of care and clinical activity in accordance with agreed plan of care and appropriate policies, procedures and protocols of ward/department.
• Report any alteration in patients'/client's condition including the initiation of emergency action to the qualified clinical nurse.
• To be aware of spiritual, cultural and religious needs of patients and to ensure care provided is particularly sensitive to those needs.
• Collect specimens of urine, faeces, or sputum as directed by qualified clinical nurse, ensuring its safe storage/transport or disposal as appropriate

About us

Sandwell and West Birmingham NHS Trust (SWB) serves Birmingham and the Black Country - one of the country's most culturally diverse areas. It's a friendly and welcoming place - a place where you can belong, and a place where you can grow.

We care for our patients, we care about our population, and we care about our people.

Our values - Ambition, Respect and Compassion - are at the heart of who we are. They guide us every step of the way; how we work with each other, and how we look after our patients and their families; how we respect and value the rich diversity of our team and our community.

Our Trust has always aspired to be more than a hospital, more than a healthcare provider. Our purpose is to "Improve the Life Chances and Health Outcomes of our Population." It is what inspires, drives, and unites us every day. It's what makes us unique.

We want working at SWB to feel like more than just a job. We want our Trust to be a place where you can feel you belong. A place where you feel happy, safe, and rewarded. A place where you can develop your career in whatever way you choose.When we say we're 'with you all the way' we want you to know that we mean it. Visit the SWB website to find out more about our ambitions and people plans.

Job responsibilities

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

Person Specification

Qualifications

• Key Skills - Literacy and Numeracy
• Previous experience in hospital health care setting
• Ability to use competently computerised patient information - Unity

Experience

• Evidence of care

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.