Health Care Assistant - Outpatients

Job summary

The Clinical Outpatient Department at Salford Royal holds clinics for many different specialities.

An opportunity has arisen for a Band 3 Health Care Assistant to join the clinical outpatient team

Suitable candidates should be already in possession of a Level 3 certificate or apprenticeship in health care related subject.

The department provides an excellent opportunity to develop skills and knowledge across a variety of specialities as you are expected to work across all areas with support from a team of registered nurses.

You will be proficient in venepuncture, have excellent organisational skills within the clinic setting, have leadership qualities and have a keen interest to Lead in standardising clinic activity.

You will offer a person-centered approach to patient care and go the extra mile to ensure compassionate and personalised patient care is delivered to ensure our patients have a positive clinic experience.

In return you will join a supportive team environment and be provided with robust personal development opportunities.

Unfortunately, this role does not meet the criteria required to qualify for sponsorship.

Main duties of the job

• Work within clinics as allocated by the nurse in charge.
• Support Clinicians by assisting in the delivery of care to the patient directly or indirectly.
• Manage clinic workload and Team organisation.
• Support the registered staff through the utilisation knowledge and skills learnt at Level three to provide safe and effective care to patients and support to clinicians.
• Communicate effectively with other members of the department team & patients and visitors to the department
• Carry out routine and specific procedures required for the day-to-day running of the department that require no interpretation where diagnostic results are produced
• Maintain good standards of cleanliness in the department.
• Actively support the work to achieve and maintain OPAAS green status.

About us

The Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust (NCA) provides hospital and integrated health and social care services to over one million people living across Greater Manchester. Our 20,000 colleagues care for people in hospital and in the community, working across Bury, Rochdale, Oldham and Salford, to save and improve lives.

As a large NHS trust we are committed to enhancing the health of our local population by delivering consistently high standards of care and working closely with local authorities and key partners. We believe in our power and potential to make a difference and we're always looking for people who demonstrate our three core values - care, appreciate and inspire - to join our team.

In return, we can offer you a job role with purpose and flexibility. The size and scale of the NCA means we can provide more challenge and opportunities so your career can always be moving in the right direction. By joining us you can also access a competitive benefits package, including, a fantastic annual leave allowance, flexible working opportunities and protected hours for health and wellbeing activities, helping you to achieve more personal downtime and a better work-life balance.