Healthcare Assistant - Burns and Plastics

VerseOne Group; Chelmsford; Presencial; GBP 21 000 - 24 000; Tempo integral

Vantagens oferecidas por esta oferta de emprego

HCA Academy access

Development opportunities

Resumo da oferta

VerseOne Group is recruiting for a Band 3 Health Care Assistant on a fixed-term contract to 30/09/2027 in a burn care ward environment in Chelmsford. The role involves patient observations, wound care, and supporting nursing staff in a busy clinic setting.

You will work closely with patients, families and the multidisciplinary team to maintain high standards of care and aid patient flow through the service.

Qualificações

• Caring, kind and patient with patients.
• Excellent communication with patients and families.
• Ability to work under pressure in a busy clinic.
• Ability to follow direct instructions and collaborate with nurses.
• Good team work and initiative.

Responsabilidades

• Undertaking observations, ECGs and urine samples.
• Transferring patients to other clinical areas.
• Talking to patients and their families.
• Monitoring patient conditions and escalating concerns.
• Assisting in wound care and personal care to patients.
• Assisting Registered Nurses in their duties.

Conhecimentos

Caring and kind

Cheerful and friendly

Follow direct instructions

Team player with initiative

Good written and verbal communication

Well organised

Ability to escalate concerns

Descrição da oferta de emprego

Adult Burns ward is an eight bedded ward, specialising in the rehabilitation and treatment of adults who have sustained burn injuries and require intensive therapy and wound care. We are currently recruiting for Band 3 Health Care Assistants to help maintain our high standard of care, on a fixed term contract until 30/9/27The successful candidate will be able to cope in a busy and dynamic clinic environment, working alongside nursing and medical staff, to help with patient flow., As a Health Care Support Worker, you will be a hugely valuable support to our team providing care to our patients. Every day will be different and you will work alongside the rest of the team carrying out a wide range of tasks and assisting with the flow patients through the service.

Examples of what you may do as part of your role

Undertaking observations, ECG's and urine samplesTransferring patients to other clinical areasTalking to patients and their familiesMonitoring patient conditions and escalating concernsAssisting in wound care and personal care to patientsAssisting Registered Nurses in their duties

Skills and personal attributes needed

Caring and kindCheerful and friendlyAble to follow direct instructionsHappy to work in a team but also able to use own initiativeHave good written, listening and communication skillsBe well organisedAbility to escalation concerns

The Mid and South Essex Integrated Care System (ICS) brings together key health, care, community, and voluntary sector organisations from across our area.

Our aim is to work together in partnership to join up health and care services, improving our populations health and wellbeing and reducing health inequalities. One such example of this collaborative work is the launch of our HCA Academy, an IC S initiative between Essex Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust (EPUT) and Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust (MSEFT) to support the incoming Health Care assistant (HCA) workforce. The academy models a 'one workforce' cross system approach to the onboarding, induction, education, and experience of Healthcare Assistants.

Successful candidates to this role will be able to access the additional support provided by the HCA Academy following their induction with MSEFT. This includes development opportunities, pastoral support, staff rewards and access to HCA exclusive resources such as HCA App.