Job summary
Healthcare Assistant
Department: Ward 4 (Paediatric Assessment Unit)
Band 2
Hours: Full-Time or Part-Time Hours Available - all MKUH roles will be considered for flexible working
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Health Care Assistants to join our existing Paediatric team to assist in delivering high quality patient focused care to our children, young people and their families across our Paediatric Assessment Unit and Paediatric Day Surgery Unit.
These Band 2 roles will require someone who is able to effectively manage their time and who loves a challenge. The successful candidates will need to be competent, caring, courageous, and compassionate, with a special interest in the care of babies, children and young people as well as their families.
The role involves supporting the Nursing Staff on our unit: this may involve completing clinical observations on children, meeting personal hygiene needs, ensuring our children eat and drink, documenting care as well as ensuring that the unit is clean and tidy, and stores are ordered and put away. You will need to be computer literate and a good knowledge of IT systems will be useful, however training will be provided.
Main duties of the job
- To assist and support nursing staff, children and families, in line with training and skills acquired under the direction of trained Nurses
- Act as support to nursing staff at all times by assisting when requested within your training limitations.
- Ensure the comfort of children and families within the department
- Under the direction of nursing staff assist with non-nursing care of children
- Assist in the orientation of all new staff members, train staff regarding the cleaning and resetting of equipment.
- To communicate effectively and work as part of a multi-disciplinary team.
- To maintain own standard of care
- Use of IT systems to admit and discharge patients as required
As part of this role, you might be asked to support any paediatric area across MKUH.
About us
Milton Keynes University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, in partnership with the University of Buckingham, is a University Teaching Hospital; we conduct research and teaching on site to improve the care of our patients. The hospital is undergoing significant investment, and we are proud to be rated good by the CQC. Visit our website to catch up on our latest news.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Care
- Establish and maintain an open and sensitive communicative manner with children, relatives and staff.
- Accord friendly, helpful and respectful attention to everyone.
- Assist visitors to the department as necessary.
- Report any complaints or untoward incidents to the nurse in charge of the shift.
- Answer the telephone, take accurate messages and relay as necessary.
- Accompany children and parents to other departments when requested by nurse in charge, i.e. X-ray Department.
Domestic/Environmental
- Assist the staff to keep the ward environment clean and tidy.
- Report any faulty equipment, to EBME and inform the nurse in charge of the shift.
- Record temperature of fridges daily in kitchen, drug room, and cubicles where appropriate and take action if temperature outside limits.
- Assist in the ordering, checking, unpacking and storage of stores and equipment for kitchen and store cupboard.
- Check and clean commodes ensuring they have a I am clean" label.
- Assist in annual stock take of equipment and stores.
- Cleaning and maintenance of equipment.
- Clean and remake beds as required.
Please see the attached job description for additional information on the main responsibilities of the post holder.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Care
- Establish and maintain an open and sensitive communicative manner with children, relatives and staff.
- Accord friendly, helpful and respectful attention to everyone.
- Assist visitors to the department as necessary.
- Report any complaints or untoward incidents to the nurse in charge of the shift.
- Answer the telephone, take accurate messages and relay as necessary.
- Accompany children and parents to other departments when requested by nurse in charge, i.e. X-ray Department.
Domestic/Environmental
- Assist the staff to keep the ward environment clean and tidy.
- Report any faulty equipment, to EBME and inform the nurse in charge of the shift.
- Record temperature of fridges daily in kitchen, drug room, and cubicles where appropriate and take action if temperature outside limits.
- Assist in the ordering, checking, unpacking and storage of stores and equipment for kitchen and store cupboard.
- Check and clean commodes ensuring they have a I am clean" label.
- Assist in annual stock take of equipment and stores.
- Cleaning and maintenance of equipment.
- Clean and remake beds as required.
Please see the attached job description for additional information on the main responsibilities of the post holder.
Person Specification
Qualifications and knowledge
Essential
- oWillingness to learn new skills
- oAwareness of confidentiality
- oNumerate - GCSE or equivalent
- oLiterate - GCSE or equivalent
Experience
Desirable
- oExperience within health service
- oPrevious experience working with children and families
Communication
Essential
- oAble to communicate effectively
Person Specification
Qualifications and knowledge
Essential
- oWillingness to learn new skills
- oAwareness of confidentiality
- oNumerate - GCSE or equivalent
- oLiterate - GCSE or equivalent
Experience
Desirable
- oExperience within health service
- oPrevious experience working with children and families
Communication
Essential
- oAble to communicate effectively
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.
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).
Additional information
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.
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).
