Healthcare Assistant

Royal Surrey NHS Foundation Trust; Guildford; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading NHS Trust in Guildford is looking for a motivated Healthcare Assistant to join the Heightened Surveillance team. This role involves providing enhanced care to patients, working flexible hours and supporting nursing staff in delivering high-quality care. You will engage with patients, requiring strong communication skills and the ability to handle challenging situations. This is a great opportunity to be part of a collaborative team, dedicated to personal and professional development.

Benefits

Comprehensive health and wellbeing program

Commitment to career development

Investment in workplace environment

Qualifications

• Motivated and confident staff committed to delivering high standards of nursing care.
• Ability to engage with patients and de-escalate challenging situations.

Responsibilities

• Deliver safe and effective patient care alongside nursing staff.
• Provide enhanced care and supervision to patients with heightened needs.
• Act as a role model to deliver compassionate, personalized care.

Skills

Excellent communication skills

Ability to work flexibly

Experience in patient care

Job description

Responsibilities

We are looking to recruit into a Band 3 Healthcare Assistant (Heightened Surveillance team) who can work across ward in-patient areas and is able to work flexible according to the needs of the service which may include a mix of long days, nights and or Monday-Fridays. The Heightened Surveillance Team HCA work on different areas to provide enhanced care and supervision to either an individual patient or group of patients. They also support the delivery of nursing care in conjunction with the wider multidisciplinary team. The work of this Healthcare Assistant may move across the Medicine wards due to patient needs. We are looking for motivated and confident staff, committed to delivering a high standard of nursing care. This will involve working with patients who may have heightened supervision or support needs. You will be required to work alongside our nursing staff to deliver safe and effective patient care, following best practice guidelines. Nursing care will require excellent communication and engagement skills, the ability to deliver therapeutic patient activities, to de‑escalate and deal with potentially challenging situations and people. To assist, under supervision with the delivery of nursing care in conjunction with the wider multidisciplinary team. To act as a role model and foster a culture in which compassionate, personalised care is delivered consistently to vulnerable patients requiring one to one care or enhanced care.

Benefits

Working for our organisation. Royal Surrey is a compassionate and collaborative acute and community Trust. Recognising that our 5000 colleagues are our greatest strength, we offer a comprehensive health and wellbeing program along with a commitment to developing and advancing your career. Our diverse and welcoming Royal Surrey family will ensure you that you feel valued from your initial interview through your entire tenure. We are clinically led and provide joined up care by bridging the gap between hospital and community services alongside regional specialist cancer care. Our main acute hospital site is in Guildford with community hospital sites at Milford, Haslemere and Cranleigh. We provide adult community health services in homes across Guildford and Waverley. The Care Quality Commission (CQC) have given us an overall rating of Outstanding. Royal Surrey has a strong reputation and history to build on. We are proud of our achievements and we are investing in our colleagues through our commitment to supporting professional development as well as investing more than £45 million in our physical environment and new equipment in the next few years. There has never been a better time to join us. Although it isn't the Trusts normal practice, adverts may close early, so you are encouraged to submit an application as soon as possible. A video about the Royal Surrey - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R96pMboIYdo