Senior Healthcare Assistant

Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust; Cottingham; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare organization in Cottingham is seeking a Health Care Support Worker. The role requires a national care certificate and experience in healthcare or social care settings. Strong IT and communication skills are essential. Applicants should be positive, reliable, and committed to high standards of patient care.

Qualifications

• Holds a national care certificate or is willing to undertake it within 12 weeks.
• Experience in a healthcare or service industry requiring people contact.
• Positive and enthusiastic with reliable and effective capabilities.

Skills

Good IT skills

Good communication - verbal/written

Ability to work on own initiative

Works well within a team

Demonstrates understanding of confidentiality

Ability to prioritise care

Education

National care certificate

Functional skills level 1 Maths and English or GCSE equivalent

Job description

Overview

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Detailed job description and main responsibilities

For further details with regard to this vacancy opportunity, please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification.

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Person specification

Education and Qualifications

Essential criteria

• Holds a national care certificate or is willing to undertake and complete within 12 weeks of starting

Desirable criteria

• Functional skills level 1 Maths and English or GCSE equivalent
• Previous experience of being a Health Care Support Worker in outpatients.

Knowledge, Training & Experience

Essential criteria

• Experience working in a healthcare, social care organisation/setting or service industry requiring people contact.
• Ability to work with staff from a diverse range of backgrounds

Desirable criteria

• Experience of working within a health care environment.
• To demonstrate a range of procedures and practices, base level of theoretical knowledge
• Demonstrate through previous experience the ability to escalate concerns
• Ability to work in a multi-agency team
• Ability to work alone or in small team

Skills and Abilities

Essential criteria

• Good IT skills

Desirable criteria

• Cannulation
• Venepuncture
• Obtaining patient vial signs

Communication and Interpersonal Skills

Essential criteria

• Good communication - verbal/written
• Be able to work on own initiative
• Works well within a team
• Demonstrates understanding of confidentiality
• Ability to prioritise care associated with changing environment/patient demands

Special Attributes and other

Essential criteria

• Positive and enthusiastic
• self motivated
• reliable
• effective and capable
• perceptive and sensitive
• To be a good role model
• Committed to delivering high standards of patient care.
• Friendly, open, empathetic and compassionate.

Employer certification / accreditation badges

Applicant requirements

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.

Documents to download

• B3 JD (PDF, 576.3KB)
• Our Promise (PDF, 313.3KB)
• Remarkable People (PDF, 3.4MB)