Healthcare Assistant

Royal Surrey NHS Foundation Trust

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Job summary

As a leading provider of NHS Services in Surrey, we are passionate about supporting our staff to fulfil their true potential.

To help us achieve this we need to grow our team of Healthcare Support Workers across Royal Surrey Hospitals including, St Luke's Cancer Centre and our Community Hospitals, with both full time, part time and bank positions available.

In this vital care support role, you will develop professional healthcare experience, gain a formal qualification and be part of the nursing team working hands-on in a hospital environment.

We have opportunities across all areas of the Trust including Theatres, Ophthalmology, ITU, Medical & Surgical wards.

Why be a Healthcare Support Worker?

As well as an opportunity to gain or increase your healthcare experience and knowledge, joining Royal Surrey is a great way into a long-term NHS career with prospects. It is a rewarding and varied role, making a positive difference to people's lives every day.

You don't necessarily need previous care experience, we will give you full and ongoing training to achieve your true potential, in addition to growing your skills and knowledge working with other registered healthcare professionals.

Main duties of the job

Being a Healthcare Support Worker

You'll provide a variety of care and support for hospital patients as part of a multi-disciplinary team.

Your day-to-day responsibilities will include:

Clinical tasks, like collecting samples, swabs and recording patients fluid intake/output.
Ensuring patients safety and comfort, supporting them with daily activities, including helping them to eat, drink and maintain personal hygiene, and using equipment to move and assist in your care of them.
Observing temperature, pulse and blood pressure, maintaining patient records and reporting any abnormalities to senior colleagues.

Your Training, Development & Progression

Training is provided in both the classroom and the hospital, for those with limited or no experience, this is a three week fulltime course. If you have previous experience you may be eligible for our 6 day Fulltime Fast Track.

If successful you will be invited to attend a HCA Assessment Centre on Friday 22nd September 2023.

Please note you will be asked to bring three forms of original ID to the assessment centre.

About us

Royal Surrey is a compassionate and collaborative acute and community Trust. Recognising that our 5000 colleagues are our greatest strength, we offer a comprehensive health and wellbeing program along with a commitment to developing and advancing your career. Our diverse and welcoming Royal Surrey family will ensure you that you feel valued from your initial interview through your entire tenure.

We are clinically led and provide joined up care by bridging the gap between hospital and community services alongside regional specialist cancer care. Our main acute hospital site is in Guildford with community hospital sites at Milford, Haslemere and Cranleigh. We provide adult community health services in homes across Guildford and Waverley.

We have received an overall Good rating from the CQC with Medical care (including older peoples care), End of Life Care and Maternity services being deemed Outstanding by the CQC.

Royal Surrey has a strong reputation and history to build on. We are proud of our achievements and we are investing in our colleagues through our commitment to supporting professional development as well as investing more than £45 million in our physical environment and new equipment in the next few years. There has never been a better time to join us.

Although it isn't the Trusts normal practice, adverts may close early, so you are encouraged to submit an application as soon as possible.

A video about the Royal Surrey - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5HsiGn9joTQ

Date posted

05 September 2023

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 2

Salary

£23,575 a year per annum pro rata inc HCAS

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time, Part-time

Reference number

384-HCA-SEP23

Job locations

Royal Surrey Hospital

Guildford

GU2 7XX

Job description

Job responsibilities

As a Healthcare Assistant, you will assist in the provision of high quality care to patients and their families under the direction and supervision of the multi-disciplinary team. You will demonstrate a range of nursing skills to meet the needs of patients whilst promoting dignity, privacy and respect. You will also provide a range of healthcare and non-nursing duties, ensuring an efficient and effective service to the ward/department at all times.

Please refer to the attached job description for more information.

Job description

Job responsibilities

Please refer to the attached job description for more information.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

Educated to GCSE level or equivalent work experience

Knowledge and Experience

Essential

Previous experience in patient contact position
Knowledge of acute hospital setting

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

Educated to GCSE level or equivalent work experience

Knowledge and Experience

Essential

Previous experience in patient contact position
Knowledge of acute hospital setting

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

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