Healthcare Support Worker

University Hospitals of Derby and Burton NHS Foundation Trust; Burton upon Trent; On-site; GBP 21,000 - 24,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Development opportunities

Recruitment support

Employee assistance programme

Discounted gym membership

Onsite fitness classes

Car schemes

Job summary

University Hospitals of Derby and Burton NHS Foundation Trust in Burton upon Trent is seeking a Health Care Assistant to join Ward 1. You will work as part of a multi-professional team caring for babies, children and young people, supporting families and ensuring compassionate, privacy-conscious care.

You will work with registered staff to monitor health needs, promote wellbeing and maintain a safe, clean ward environment, with potential involvement in MDT activities and patient supervision.

Qualifications

• Experience in caring for babies/children or young people is desirable.
• Ability to communicate effectively with children and their families.
• Commitment to maintaining privacy and dignity in all care tasks.

Responsibilities

• Promote and support registered staff with the physical health, comfort and wellbeing of babies/children/young people, including recording vital signs once competency completed.
• Support parents/carers to provide babies, children and young people with personal care, while ensuring privacy and dignity at all times.
• Provide support and supervision for patients with Eating disorders and Mental Health needs, working alongside registered staff to care for these patients and assisting with mealtime needs.
• Escort patients from the ward to other departments within the hospital.
• Keep the ward clean and tidy and assist with stocking ward supplies.

Skills

Patient care

Teamwork

Communication

Job description

Our Health Care Assistants work as part of the multi-professional team caring for patients aged from 0-16 years and their parents/carers. Our Health Care Assistants;

• Promote and support registered staff with the physical health, comfort and wellbeing of babies/children/young people, including recording vital signs once competency completed.
• Support parents/carers to provide babies, children and young people with personal care, where and when required ensuring privacy and dignity is maintained all times
• To provide support and supervision for patients admitted with Eating disorders and Mental Health needs, working alongside the registered staff to care for these patients recognising their individual needs which includes patients requiring mealtime support or supervision
• Escort patients from the ward to other departments within the hospital
• Keep the ward clean and tidy and support with keeping the ward well stocked

  An exciting opportunity has arisen on Ward 1. We are looking for a motivated, enthusiastic and compassionate health care assistant to join our team.

You must be motivated and committed to the delivery of high quality care, have a mature approach to your work and have the ability to communicate and work effectively with children of all ages and their families. You will be working within a multidisciplinary team to provide support to the children and families, ideally you will have previous experience working with children and /or previous experience in a health care setting. If you have any questions please do not hesitate to contact us.Please note this position is not eligible for sponsorship. Applicants must be able to demonstrate an existing and ongoing right to work in the UK for the duration of the contract without sponsorship from the Trust.

As a trusted organisation at the heart of our communities, we recognise the important role we can play in supporting the public, patients, our own people and local partners in achieving the best of health for the local population and the communities in which they live by providing Exceptional Care Together Our fundamental Values of Compassion, Openness and Excellence underpin how we intend to work as a Trust and the associated behaviours are becoming embedded in all aspects of how we work.

In return we will offer:

• Development opportunities, both professional and leadership development
• On-going support from recruitment to when you join our team and beyond.
• Staff benefits including employee assistance programme, discounted gym membership, onsite fitness classes, car schemes

Key Facts:

• We see on average 4810 OP appointments a day.
• We are the 4th busiest Trauma & Orthopaedic outpatients department in England - an average of 2077 per week.
• An average of 1115 patients are seen in A&Es across our network every day - 3rd largest in the country.
• Our hospitals admit an average of 195 emergency patients daily.
• Last year we undertook almost 33,700 planned surgical operations in our 57 operating theatres.
• We are one of only 7 Trusts nationally with more than 50 operating theatres.
• We carry out more than 140 elective procedures each working day.
• UHDB is a research active University Hospital with a large and varied portfolio of clinical trials and research opportunities for all staff.