Nursing Assistant

Barts Health Nhs Trust; Greater London; On-site; GBP 21,000 - 26,000; Full time

Job summary

Acacia Ward, part of Barts Health NHS Trust in east London, invites applications for a Senior Healthcare Support Worker to join our refurbished unit delivering holistic patient care in a busy acute medical ward.

As part of the recruitment process, candidates will complete an online literacy and numeracy test; the post is supervised by registered nurses, nurse associates and midwives, with training to develop essential competencies to ensure safety and quality.

Qualifications

• Complete an online literacy and numeracy test as part of the recruitment process.
• Work under direct supervision of registered nurses, nurse associates and midwives.
• Develop essential competencies through training and practice to ensure safety and quality.

Responsibilities

• Actively taking part in meeting the needs of patients and of the service.
• Deliver holistic care of patients in a ward setting.
• Collaborate with the MDT to provide high quality, patient-centred care.

Job description

Acacia Ward is pleased to announce a HCA position in our team. We are looking for an enthusiastic and professional individual to join our newly refurbished unit. Acacia Ward has 12 beds where we deliver holistic care of patients and we work closely alongside our MDT whilst caring for patients with acute medical needs and infectious diseases. The goal of the unit is achieve gold standard in infection control whilst ensuring the best quality of care for patients and those important to them.

We are a warm, friendly team of professionals who work closely with members of the multidisciplinary team to provide high quality, holistic, person-centered care, that is evidence-based. We are proud of our workforce and value the diversity and creative strength of our members, and the organisation as a whole.

As part of the recruitment process for this post, candidates will be required to complete an online literacy and numeracy test and only if they pass this, will they be invited to a formal interview.

The Senior Healthcare Support Worker will be an integral part of the ward/department team actively taking part in meeting the needs of patients and of the service in accordance with agreed standards under direct supervision of the registered nurses, nurse associates and midwives. The post holder will develop essential competencies though training and practice to ensure safety and quality are the priority.

Barts Health is one of the largest NHS trusts in the country, and one of Britain's leading healthcare providers.

Our vision is to be a high-performing group of NHS hospitals, renowned for excellence and innovation, and providing safe and compassionate care to our patients in east London and beyond. That means being a provider of excellent patient safety, known for delivering consistently high standards of harm-free care and always caring for patients in the right place at the right time. It also means being an outstanding place to work, in which our WeCare values and behaviours are visible to all and guide us in how we work together.

We strive to live by our WeCare values and are committed to promoting inclusion, where every staff member has a sense of belonging. We value our differences and fully advocate, cultivate and support an inclusive working environment.