Healthcare Assistant

Gloucestershire Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust; Stroud; On-site; GBP 18,000 - 25,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a leading healthcare provider as a Healthcare Assistant in Dursley. This role is perfect for those starting their career in nursing or experienced carers looking to enhance their skills. You'll support patients with daily activities and work within a multidisciplinary team, delivering high-quality care in a community hospital setting. Enjoy a variety of hours and the chance to develop your clinical knowledge in a supportive environment.

Qualifications

• No previous experience required, ideal for starting a nursing career.
• Support patients with daily living activities and record observations.

Responsibilities

• Assist in the delivery of care/services to patients.
• Provide safe and compassionate care under supervision.

Skills

Compassionate Care

Teamwork

Education

Nursing Training

Job description

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Here at the Vale Community Hospital we deliver the highest standards of care to our patients.

We pride ourselves on being a dynamic close knit team that delivers specialist stroke rehabilitation and subacute care within a Community Hospital Setting. You will be an integral part of an experienced multidisciplinary team, supporting and facilitating the care needs for 20 inpatients in a purpose built hospital in the picturesque town of Dursley.

Join us in developing your skills in sub-acute medicine, rehabilitation and palliative care.

This post is open to candidates who are looking to start their career in a nursing environment with no previous experience or alternatively the more experienced carer looking for a change to further their clinical knowledge and skills.

This role is an ideal opportunity to develop a career within a multidisciplinary team in a hospital environment and can be used as a stepping stone to gain experience prior to commencing or alongside training in Nursing, Midwifery or Paramedic Science.

We welcome potential candidates to come for a look around and get a feel for what we do by prior arrangement.

Hours per week – Variety of hours available

Interview Location : Vale Community Hospital, Lister Road, Dursley GL11 4BA

As a Health Care Assistant/ Support Worker you will be responsible for participating and assisting in the delivery of care / services to patients.

You will be expected to provide safe and compassionate care of a high standard under supervision of registered nurses.

You will be expected to assist patients with activities of daily living including personal care and nutritional and dietary support.

You will be expected to take and record observations and undertake additional supportive tasks as directed by registered nurse eg venepuncture , catheter care , ECG recording etc.

We have a skilled and dedicated workforce of over 5000 colleagues working in a diverse range of services over 55 sites and within people’s homes. We strive to enable a welcoming workplace culture that builds and celebrates civility, inclusivity and diversity, while providing a sense of belonging and trust.

About

Annual staff surveys, regular Pulse surveys and other engagement opportunities provide our people with lots of opportunity to tell us about their experiences of working with us. In the latest staff survey, 61% of colleagues gave us their views. It was great to hear that:

• 72% of colleagues would recommend the Trust as a place to work, ranking us 1st for Provider Trusts in the South West region on this question.
• 76% would recommend the standard of care provided in our services if a friend or relative needed treatment, also ranking us 1st in the South West region.
• 81% said that care of patients and service users is the Trust’s priority, compared with an average in comparable NHS Trusts in England of 64%.
  
  

This high-level overview shows we are in a healthy position, with higher scores than average for comparable organisations, alongside a great response rate, indicating good staff engagement. However, we also know we have plenty of room for improvement in many areas. To that end, we continue to prioritise and invest in our commitment to genuinely becoming a Great Place to Work with consistent top-quartile performance in the annual staff survey and Pulse surveys.

For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Margaret Badger Job title: Ward Manger Email address: [e-mail] Telephone number: 03004218476

Seniority level

• Seniority level

  Entry level

Employment type

• Employment type

  Full-time

Job function

• Job function

  Health Care Provider

• Industries

  Hospitals and Health Care

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