Royal Surrey NHS Foundation Trust

Healthcare Assistant - Hascombe Ward

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Job summary

We are looking for an enthusiastic and motivated health care assistant to join our paediatric ward team at Royal Surrey County Hospital. Hascombe Ward has 24 beds and cares for babies and children up to the age of 19yrs. The ward covers a variety of specialities including general paediatric medicine, general surgery, orthopaedics, oncology, ENT and maxillofacial. The ward also includes a 24hr Paediatric Assessment Unit.

We are looking for a flexible and hardworking individual to join our friendly multi professional team with an aim to develop a multi-skilled and flexible workforce. We will provide you with support and training to develop new skills and continuous professional development.

Main duties of the job

Your role will be to assist the nursing staff in caring for children and families on the unit and to ensure that the ward environment is efficiently and safely maintained. You must be able to work as a member of a team, but also be able to prioritise and organise your workload.

Please contact Senior Sister Susan McKinney on 01483 571122 ext 4070 for any further information.

About us

Royal Surrey NHS Foundation Trust is a friendly, supportive, busy but welcoming acute and community Trust that is ambitious about developing our services and your career.

Our compassionate, caring and friendly colleagues make up our Royal Surrey family and are at the heart of what we do. We all have a passion for learning, continuous improvement and excelling together through innovation, research and development. There are over 4,500 members of our Royal Surrey family.

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 the community and 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. We are investing in our colleagues through our health and wellbeing programme and a 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.

Date posted

31 July 2023

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 2

Salary

£23,575 a year includes high cost area supplements (HCAS)

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

C9384-LM-EMF14155

Job locations

Egerton Road

Guildford

Surrey

GU2 7XX

Job description

Job responsibilities

To be the first point of contact for people attending the ward or on the telephone and directing them to the appropriate place. To keep electronic admissions and discharges up to date. To ensure notes are appropriately filed.

To provide full administrative and clerical support to the ward team and medical staff. To be a full member of the ward team, and assist in the smooth running of the ward. The role is to be agreed with the senior sister to meet the needs of the service.

Job description

Job responsibilities

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

Good general standard of education to GCSE level or equivalent in English.
NVQ 3 or equivalent level of experience.

Knowledge, Experience, Skills & Capabilities

Essential

Experience of working in a busy environment.
Experience of dealing with children and their families, and the general public.
Experience of working in a large complex organisation and multidisciplinary environment.
Experience of working in a child health team.
Ability to effectively communicate & negotiate with children of ages 0-18years and their families.
Ability to process conflicting/controversial/sensitive information.
Be able to manage time effectively.
Demonstrates the ability to adapt effectively to changing priorities.
Have an awareness of levels of ward stock and support the ordering and supply of stock.
Ability to undertake basic skills such as observations on a age range of patients between 0-18years.
Ability to escalate concerns to the appropriate members of staff.
Able to support the ward to maintain infection control standards.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

Good general standard of education to GCSE level or equivalent in English.
NVQ 3 or equivalent level of experience.

Knowledge, Experience, Skills & Capabilities

Essential

Experience of working in a busy environment.
Experience of dealing with children and their families, and the general public.
Experience of working in a large complex organisation and multidisciplinary environment.
Experience of working in a child health team.
Ability to effectively communicate & negotiate with children of ages 0-18years and their families.
Ability to process conflicting/controversial/sensitive information.
Be able to manage time effectively.
Demonstrates the ability to adapt effectively to changing priorities.
Have an awareness of levels of ward stock and support the ordering and supply of stock.
Ability to undertake basic skills such as observations on a age range of patients between 0-18years.
Ability to escalate concerns to the appropriate members of staff.
Able to support the ward to maintain infection control standards.

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.

Employer details

Employer name

Royal Surrey NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Egerton Road

Guildford

Surrey

GU2 7XX

Employer's website

https://www.royalsurrey.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

Employer details

Employer name

Royal Surrey NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Egerton Road

Guildford

Surrey

GU2 7XX

Employer's website

https://www.royalsurrey.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)