Healthcare Assistant - ICU

Isle of Wight NHS Trust; Carisbrooke; On-site; GBP 21,000 - 25,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Onsite day nursery

Cycle-to-work scheme

Discounts at local businesses and gyms

Beach hut rental in Ryde

Job summary

Isle of Wight NHS Trust is seeking a Healthcare Assistant for ICU to support nurses and medical staff in delivering high-quality patient care. You will assist with vital signs monitoring, bedside procedures, and data collection within a busy ICU environment.

The role requires good literacy and numeracy, with NVQ II in Direct Care preferred. Training and development opportunities are available in a supportive NHS setting on the Isle of Wight.

Qualifications

• Literacy and numeric skills required.
• NVQ II in Direct Care or equivalent qualification.
• Experience in direct care is beneficial but not essential.

Responsibilities

• Provide comprehensive patient support in ICU, focusing on timely collection of vital signs and bedside investigations.
• Assist Registered Nursing and Medical teams to gather data for diagnosis and treatment.
• Collaborate with multidisciplinary teams to ensure efficient delivery of patient care.

Skills

Literacy

Numeracy

Education

NVQ II in Direct Care

Job description

We are recruiting for a Healthcare Assistant for ICU who wishes to join #TeamIOWNHS. You should share our passion and drive to ensure that our patients receive quality and compassionate care and work with us to ensure the Trust continues its journey towards “great people, great place”.

Main duties of the job

Attached you will find the person specification document which provides more detail about the essential and desirable skills and experience needed for this role.

For an overview of the main duties of the role please see the 'Job Description and Main Responsibilities' section below. To understand the day-to-day responsibilities in more detail please read the full job description document attached.

We are passionate about providing excellent CARE, which is why our values are Compassion, Accountable, Respect and Everyone counts. Our mission is to make sure that our community is at the heart of everything we do and that we hold our values across all our services.

We are committed to endorsing inclusion, diversity and multiculturalism throughout out services and as such, our procedures and policies ensure that applicants are always treated fair throughout the recruitment process.

Why not come and see for yourself the CARE we give to our patients and staff.

Working for our organisation

Working for our Trust brings a variety of benefits, including an onsite day nursery, cycle-to-work scheme, discounts at local businesses and gyms, and the opportunity to hire Trust’s beach hut in Ryde. We offer many flexible working opportunities, speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement for you and if it works for the service, we will do our best to make it work for you.

The Isle of Wight is a unique and stunning gem located off the South Coast of England, a short ferry journey from Portsmouth and Southampton, with journey times taking from as little as 10 minutes. London can be reached in 90 minutes by rail from Southampton or Portsmouth. The island offers an amazing coastline with beautiful countryside, year-round events, festivals and award-winning attractions.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

The post holder will provide a comprehensive service to the Trust with a focus to facilitate effective and timely collection of patient’s vital signs and bed side investigations. Assisting the Registered Nursing and Medical teams by using key skills, to acquire the data to allow diagnosis and treatment.

The post holder is required to work collaboratively with the multidisciplinary team internal and external to the organisation, working under the direction of the Registered Nursing team and department Sister/Charge nurse to ensure efficient delivery of patient care.

For full job details and person specification please see the Job Description.

Person specification

Qualifications

• Key skills - literacy and numeric
• NVQ II in Direct Care

Physical Skills

• Physically capable of performing the role and responsibilities expected of the post holder e.g. manual handling of patients
• Positive & Enthusiastic attitude
• Ability to work as part of a multidisciplinary team
• Commitment to personal development
• Can prioritise workload and make adjustments in relation to workload

Abilities

• Be willing to take part in training and development opportunities
• Ability to adapt to change within working situation
• Previous care experience is desirable, but not essential
• Able to be flexible in relation to service demands

Employer certification / accreditation badges

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.