Healthcare Assistant - Fleming Escalation Ward

Job summary

These posts are full time only and you must be available to work all shifts, including nights.

An exciting opportunity has arisen to join our Fleming Escalation Ward as a Band 2 Healthcare Assistant. We are seeking experienced, enthusiastic, and caring individuals who will enjoy the challenge of working as a Healthcare Assistant within a critical care environment. This role is crucial in providing support to our registered nurses in caring for patients.

This is an excellent opportunity for individuals wishing to develop their interpersonal, communication, and caring skills. Successful candidates will be required to maintain high standards to a high quality of care is delivered to patients. If successful, a range of training and development opportunities will be made available to you.

An interview date is yet to be confirmed.

Please note that this vacancy may close earlier than advertised, once a suitable number of applications have been received.

Main duties of the job

• To provide patient-centred and compassionate care at all times and advocate for the patient.
• To deliver clinical care under the supervision of a registered nurse.
• The post holder is responsible for ensuring that patients are cared for in a safe environment and that privacy and dignity is maintained at all times.
• The post holder will provide direct care and provide verbal and written reports.
• To actively seek the views of patients / carers on their understanding of their care needs and develop a relationship to ensure the patients experience is positive.

About us

The Hillingdon Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is the only acute hospital in the London Borough of Hillingdon and offers a wide range of services, including accident and emergency, inpatient care, day surgery, outpatient clinics, and maternity services. The Trust's services at Mount Vernon Hospital include routine day surgery, delivered at a modern treatment centre, a minor injuries unit, and outpatient clinics.

The safety and well-being of our patients and staff is paramount and we are making urgent improvements to address this - particularly in infection prevention and control. We are making progress by working in partnership with local GPs, charities, community services, academic partners, our local authority, neighbouring hospitals, and the wider North West London Integrated care system, and ensuring that we listen and work in partnership with our local population. We are focused on ensuring that our hospitals provide high quality, safe, and compassionate care, while we drive forward with the building of the new Hillingdon Hospital.

We have over 3,500 members of staff that are proud to care for nearly half a million people, with a vision to be an outstanding provider of healthcare through leading health and academic partnerships, transforming services, to provide the best care where needed.