Healthcare Assistant
Berkshire Healthcare Foundation Trust
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Job summary
An exciting opportunity has arisen for an enthusiastic Healthcare Assistant to join our CQC rated 'Outstanding' Trust, within our Westcall, Urgent Care Service.
Based at Royal Berkshire Hospital, you will be working in a passionate integrated team operating in partnership with the Practitioners in the Out of Hours GPs and other multidisciplinary teams within Berkshire Healthcare.
As a healthcare assistant, you will be working within our Out of Hours Service booking patients in and carrying out observations and treating wounds with the support of the practitioners.
Our service is open 7 days a week 365 days a year. Our opening hours are:
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Monday-Fridays 18.30pm-00.00am
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Saturdays 0800am-00.00am
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Sundays- 0800am-00.00am
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Bank Holidays 0800am-00.00am
The role will be covering the following shifts:
Monday- Friday: 19:00hrs to 23:00hrs
Saturday, Sunday and Bank Holidays: 11:00hrs to 23:00hrs
Main duties of the job
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Welcome patients to Westcall in a courteous and helpful manner trying to allay fears and anxieties that they may have.
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Book patients onto the clinical database collecting all relevant information in timely and accurate manner
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Be able to demonstrate independent working while working in a constantly changing environment and without direct supervision but being able to ask the team for advice when required.
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Be able to act on own initiative manage own daily workload comprising of both routine and unpredictable/unplanned activities
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Undertaking appropriate clinical observations/vital signs
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Performing simple wound care/burns/venepuncture/ECGs/urinalysis.
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Carry out administrative duties for the Urgent Care Service as directed
About us
Berkshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust is a specialist mental health and community health services trust. Rated 'outstanding' by the CQC, we're committed to providing the best possible care to people across Berkshire.
We value diversity and are proud to be a Stonewall Top 100 Employer.We work hard to create an inclusive environment where you'll be supported by friendly and professional colleagues to flourish.
Our values at Berkshire Healthcare:
- Caring for and about you is our top priority
- Committed to providing good quality, safe services
- Working Together with you to develop innovative solutions
We welcome people who share these values to come and work for us.
Benefits of working for us include:
- Flexible working options to support work-life balance
- 27 days' annual leave rising with service + opportunity to buy and sell
- Generous NHS pension scheme
- Excellent learning and career development opportunities
- 'Cycle to Work' and car leasing scheme including electric vehicles
- Access to a range of wellbeing tools and services
- Discounts at hundreds of popular retailers and restaurants
- Staff networks for race, diversity, disabilities, the environment and armed forces community to support equality
- Generous maternity, paternity, adoption and special leave
- Free parking across Trust sites
If you share our values and would like to come and work for us, please submit your application as soon as possible as we'll occasionally close roles early that have a high number of applications.
Date posted
28 November 2024
Pay scheme
Agenda for change
Band
Band 3
Salary
£22,816 to £24,336 a year per annum, pro rata +5.5% 2024/25 Pay Award
Contract
Permanent
Working pattern
Part-time
Reference number
371-CHS704-C
Job locations
Westcall Out of Hours
Reading
RG1 5AN
Employer details
Employer name
Berkshire Healthcare Foundation Trust
Address
Westcall Out of Hours
Reading
RG1 5AN
Employer's website
https://www.berkshirehealthcare.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)
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