Job summary
Would you love to work with children? Would you like to be the person who makes a stressful presentation in the Emergency Department less traumatic?
We have an exciting opportunity for a senior health care assistant to join the Paediatric team in ED within the larger ED community.
This is a new position and we would be very excited to welcome suitable candidates to this role. It will involve working 7am - 7.30pm and nights 7.30 pm - 07.30 am on a shift work basis. We provide care for children 24/7, 365 days per year.
Please can you email over your English, Maths and NVQ 2 certificates to recruit.medicine@lthtr.nhs.uk once you have applied for the role.
Main duties of the job
You will be responsible for providing a range of personalised care for patients and families and a range of clinical duties under the guidance and supervision of the team leader/nurse in charge.
You will support the productive operation of the ward environment by undertaking a range of non -clinical activities which contribute to the maintenance of a safe and clean environment.
You will act at all times in a manner that upholds the Trust values working as part of the ward team to ensure that patients and relatives receive excellent care with compassion.
About us
We have 10000 fantastic people working hard to deliver quality services to our patients. Whatever your role, you help look after 370,000 people in our local area & give specialist care to 1.5 million people across Lancashire & Cumbria.
Working with us gives you the knowledge and sense of pride that every activity you do genuinely does make a difference to support our patients & staff, ensuring we keep thriving & delivering outstanding healthcare right across our local towns.
You'll have access to varied development opportunities, learn new skills, meet fab people & do things you'd never have done. You'll learn about working in a hospital, interacting with people from all different roles to build skills & enhance your career path.
You'll make an impact, be challenged to think differently, be bold & help innovate to keep improving things. Everything we do centres around patient care and enhancing their experience which means your role is pivotal and something really to be proud of.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Duties include, but are not limited to:
- Provide good quality personalised care in accordance with agreed local and national standards
- Take samples from patients for testing or dispatching eg: Urine, sputum, faeces, MRSA swabs, blood sugars
- Assist patients to meet nutritional needs in line with their individual care plan.
- Undertake clinical duties relevant to clinical area following achievement of competencies
- Assist to maintain patient safety, conforming to health, safety and security legislation, policies, procedures and guidelines.
- Assist in maintaining standards of care to improve the patient experience and outcome of care
- Promote equality in care and practice by recognising, respecting and meeting the needs and choices of individuals
- Contribute to maintaining safe, clean, and productive care environment, compliant with standards for hygiene and cleanliness.
- Maintain and develop own competence
- Actively try to resolve issues and complaints at local level and then report the outcome to line manager
As you may know the Government passed legislation requiring vaccination as a condition of deployment which was due to come in from 1 April 2022. However on the 31Jan 2022 the Secretary of State has announced that this is being reconsidered. Whilst we wait for further guidance, asa Trustwe have made the decision to continue to gather vaccine status during our pre-employment stagesshould you be made an offer, no offer would be conditional upon you having a vaccine but we need to make you aware that if the decision is taken by the government to implement mandated Covid vaccines in the future then your employment may be at risk if you do not have these.
Vaccination against continues to be the best way to protect yourself, your family, your colleagues and, of course, your patients from the virus. NHS England and NHS Improvement have always been clear that staff have a professional duty to be vaccinated
Job description
Job responsibilities
Duties include, but are not limited to:
- Provide good quality personalised care in accordance with agreed local and national standards
- Take samples from patients for testing or dispatching eg: Urine, sputum, faeces, MRSA swabs, blood sugars
- Assist patients to meet nutritional needs in line with their individual care plan.
- Undertake clinical duties relevant to clinical area following achievement of competencies
- Assist to maintain patient safety, conforming to health, safety and security legislation, policies, procedures and guidelines.
- Assist in maintaining standards of care to improve the patient experience and outcome of care
- Promote equality in care and practice by recognising, respecting and meeting the needs and choices of individuals
- Contribute to maintaining safe, clean, and productive care environment, compliant with standards for hygiene and cleanliness.
- Maintain and develop own competence
- Actively try to resolve issues and complaints at local level and then report the outcome to line manager
As you may know the Government passed legislation requiring vaccination as a condition of deployment which was due to come in from 1 April 2022. However on the 31Jan 2022 the Secretary of State has announced that this is being reconsidered. Whilst we wait for further guidance, asa Trustwe have made the decision to continue to gather vaccine status during our pre-employment stagesshould you be made an offer, no offer would be conditional upon you having a vaccine but we need to make you aware that if the decision is taken by the government to implement mandated Covid vaccines in the future then your employment may be at risk if you do not have these.
Vaccination against continues to be the best way to protect yourself, your family, your colleagues and, of course, your patients from the virus. NHS England and NHS Improvement have always been clear that staff have a professional duty to be vaccinated
Person Specification
Qualifications and Education
Essential
- oGCSE Maths & English grade C or above OR level 2 numeracy skills and level 2 literacy skills
- oLevel 2 QCF diploma (Qualification Credit Framework) in healthcare / NVQ level 2 (internal candidate will need 12 months acute experience)
Desirable
- Level 3 QCF diploma (Qualification Credit Framework) in healthcare / NVQ level 3
Knowledge and Experience
Essential
- oPrevious experience of working in an acute health care or related setting
- oUnderstanding of health and safety issues within healthcare
- oUnderstanding of concept and application of confidentiality
Desirable
- oEvidence of working as a band 2 HCA
Person Specification
Qualifications and Education
Essential
- oGCSE Maths & English grade C or above OR level 2 numeracy skills and level 2 literacy skills
- oLevel 2 QCF diploma (Qualification Credit Framework) in healthcare / NVQ level 2 (internal candidate will need 12 months acute experience)
Desirable
- Level 3 QCF diploma (Qualification Credit Framework) in healthcare / NVQ level 3
Knowledge and Experience
Essential
- oPrevious experience of working in an acute health care or related setting
- oUnderstanding of health and safety issues within healthcare
- oUnderstanding of concept and application of confidentiality
Desirable
- oEvidence of working as a band 2 HCA
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.
