Healthcare Support Worker

Job summary

Women's Health - Royal Hampshire County Hospital - are looking for a Healthcare Support worker to join our team of nurses, doctors and healthcare support workers.

We run a patient-focused service and the successful candidate will need excellent communication and interpersonal skills. This position is primarily for Gynaecology Outpatient clinics, however the post may include working on our inpatient ward - Anthony Letchworth Ward.

There may be cross site cover elements associated with working within Women's Health.

Main duties of the job

Healthcare Support workers are allocated to a variety of clinic settings including, but not exclusive to; urogynaecology, colposcopy, menstrual disorders, early pregnancy assessment, general gynaecology and fertility.

The main duties are:

• Chaperoning - the successful candidate will need to be female, due to the necessity to chaperone.
• Advocating and supporting our patients during their time in the department.
• Preparing equipment, stock management and decontamination.
• Carrying out appropriate medical interventions such as urinalysis, ECG, urinary pregnancy test and observations.

About us

We are a small, friendly, specialist department who pride ourselves on our team working.Our service includes both clinics and inpatient beds. It is located on Anthony Letchworth ward and in Suite 1 and 2 of Gynaecology Outpatients, on the ground floor of Florence Portal House.

Clinic shifts are generally 8-12:30, 13:00-17:30, 5 days per week. We run between 25-35 clinics per week (approx.). Our inpatient ward consists of 20 beds, caring for women with breast and gynaecological conditions (elective and emergency) as well as caring for women with pregnancy complications including early loss.

About the trust:

The vision at Hampshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is to provide outstanding care for every patient. We serve a population of nearly 600,000 people across Hampshire and West Berkshire as well as some people who access our specialist services from across the country.

Created in January 2012 the Foundation Trust prioritises the provision of exceptional, compassionate, care delivered by the valued staff working in a culture of collaboration and mutual respect. HHFT employs circa 6,000 people and had a turnover of £382m in 17/18

Four core values (CARE) Compassion, Accountability, Respect and Encourage. These are in place to support of four clear objectives, provide outstanding care of patients, empowering all members of staff, sustainable growth and innovating for the future.

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