Job summary
Permanent position, 23.5 hours week
Thirlestaine Breast Centre provides screening and diagnostic services for patients cross country. We are looking for healthcare assistants who are forward thinking, proactive, have a willingness to learn and who want to assist the clinical members of the breast care team under their supervision. As a team we provide a high quality, comprehensive nursing service to all patients and users accessing the breast centre. We ensure a high standard of patient care is maintained in a clean and safe environment. If you have the skills required for the role and can work as part of a team as well as independently we would like to hear from you.
This is a part time position, but the post holder will need to have availability to work Monday to Friday to fulfil the needs of the breast service.
Interview: w/c 11th September
Main duties of the job
Healthcare Assistants (HCA's) are an essential role to the smooth running of the breast clinics at Thirlestaine.
HCA's assist with the following:
- The smooth running of symptomatic clinics, breast screening and results clinics.
- Working with all members of the breast care team to assist in the chaperoning and efficient movement of patients around the breast centre.
-Ensuring clinics start on time.
- Completing clinics with notes and paperwork correctly filed and clinic rooms stocked and tidied.
- Caring for patients who have received bad news and caring for those patients who are going through cancer treatment.
- A requirement of the role is to position and manoeuvre patients and equipment on a daily basis.
- To assist clinicians with breast biopsies, examinations, ultrasounds and mammograms.
About us
Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is the largest employer in the county and with over 8,000 staff, we are one of the largest NHS trusts in the UK. We offer a generous annual leave allowance, excellent bank rates, access to the excellent NHS Pension Scheme, discounts for local shops, restaurants and services, access to our health and well-being hub, access to our two on-site nurseries, flexible working options, discounted public transport, reward and recognition schemes, exercise and activity classes and membership to our popular hospital choir.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Knowledge and work experience:
- Previous care experience
- Basic knowledge of IT skills - using word, outlook
- Willingness to learn
Qualifications and training:
-At least 3 x GCSE's A-C (9-4) including a science
-Appropriate training will be provided
Communication and interpersonal skills:
-Possess good communication and interpersonal skills.
- Use effective skills to communicate with and reassure patients and relatives in circumstances where they may be worried or distressed.
- Able to communicate with multiple team members - Consultants, Advanced Nurse Practitioners, Radiologists, Imaging Assistants, Reception staff, Nursing Staff
Organisational Skills:
- To assist in the smooth running of symptomatic clinics, breast screening and result clinics.
- Working with all members of the breast care team to assist in the chaperoning and efficient movement of patients around the breast centre.
- Ensuring clinics start on time.
- Completing clinics with notes and paperwork correctly filed.
- Clinic rooms stocked and tidied.
Additional Qualities:
- Team player
- Able to cope under pressure
- Proactive
- Uses own initiative
- Able to work independently
- IT literate
- Experience of hospital specific IT systems such as Trakcare and CRIS, however, this is not essential as full training can be given.
- Flexible approach to working hours. This is a part time position, but the post holder will need to have availability to work Monday to Friday to fulfil the needs of the breast service.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Knowledge and work experience:
- Previous care experience
- Basic knowledge of IT skills - using word, outlook
- Willingness to learn
Qualifications and training:
-At least 3 x GCSE's A-C (9-4) including a science
-Appropriate training will be provided
Communication and interpersonal skills:
-Possess good communication and interpersonal skills.
- Use effective skills to communicate with and reassure patients and relatives in circumstances where they may be worried or distressed.
- Able to communicate with multiple team members - Consultants, Advanced Nurse Practitioners, Radiologists, Imaging Assistants, Reception staff, Nursing Staff
Organisational Skills:
- To assist in the smooth running of symptomatic clinics, breast screening and result clinics.
- Working with all members of the breast care team to assist in the chaperoning and efficient movement of patients around the breast centre.
- Ensuring clinics start on time.
- Completing clinics with notes and paperwork correctly filed.
- Clinic rooms stocked and tidied.
Additional Qualities:
- Team player
- Able to cope under pressure
- Proactive
- Uses own initiative
- Able to work independently
- IT literate
- Experience of hospital specific IT systems such as Trakcare and CRIS, however, this is not essential as full training can be given.
- Flexible approach to working hours. This is a part time position, but the post holder will need to have availability to work Monday to Friday to fulfil the needs of the breast service.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- At least 3 x GCSE'S A-C (9-4) including a science
Desirable
- Relevant education such as Care certificate, NVQ level 2, Health and Social Care level 2 or 3.
Experience
Essential
- Previous care experience within a hospital or community nursing setting.
- Able to communicate effectively with patients and multiple members of the breast team.
- Organisational skills
Knowledge/ Skills
Essential
- Willingness to learn
- Possess good communication and interpersonal skills
- Use effective skills to communicate with and reassure patients and relatives in circumstances where they may be worried or distressed.
- Able to communicate with multiple team members - Consultants, ANP's, radiologists, imaging assistants, reception staff, nursing staff.
- To assist in the smooth running of symptomatic clinics, breast screening and results clinics.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- At least 3 x GCSE'S A-C (9-4) including a science
Desirable
- Relevant education such as Care certificate, NVQ level 2, Health and Social Care level 2 or 3.
Experience
Essential
- Previous care experience within a hospital or community nursing setting.
- Able to communicate effectively with patients and multiple members of the breast team.
- Organisational skills
Knowledge/ Skills
Essential
- Willingness to learn
- Possess good communication and interpersonal skills
- Use effective skills to communicate with and reassure patients and relatives in circumstances where they may be worried or distressed.
- Able to communicate with multiple team members - Consultants, ANP's, radiologists, imaging assistants, reception staff, nursing staff.
- To assist in the smooth running of symptomatic clinics, breast screening and results clinics.
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
