NHS

Health Care Support Worker


PayCompetitive
LocationBirmingham/England
Employment typeFull-Time

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  • Job Description

      Req#: C9381-24-0278?language=en&page=48&sort=publicationDateDesc

      Job summary

      General Surgery at Sandwell are looking to appoint Health Care Assistant's across the surgical floor. We require motivated individuals with a high standard of nursing skills to care for patients with surgical conditions.

      The successful applicants will become a valued member of a highly skilled team, assisting the registered staff in providing high quality care at all times.

      They will have need to have excellent communication skills, be cheerful and friendly and be willing to provide personal care.

      The successful applicants will need to be flexible and cover 24hr rotating shifts as required. Previous experience as a health care assistant is preferable.

      Vacancies are available on Priory 2 and the Surgical Assessment Unit.

      Main duties of the job

      To support our patients to meet activities of daily living whilst in our care. This includes assisting with hygiene needs & meeting nutritional needs.

      Maintaining and promoting high standards of infection control within the ward area

      Supporting and assisting registered nurses to maintain patient safety, care & well-being at all times

      To assist with clinical duties such as recording of vital signs, ECG's, height & weight - training will be provided.

      To assist with ensuring that the ward area is stocked with required equipment

      About us

      Sandwell and West Birmingham NHS Trust (SWBT) is an integrated careorganisation with a budget of approximately £600 million and over 7,000 staff. Diversity and social care is at the core of what we do as the Trust provides Community and Acute Services to over half a million people in an urban centre that demands massive regeneration and has substantial premature mortality.

      Our new acute hospital, the Midland Metropolitan University Hospital (MMUH), opens in 2024 and will provide care to our local population from first class, purpose-built premises.As a result, the base of this role may change to MMUH from 2024 (or beyond). If this is applicable to your role, you will be informed during the recruitment process and continuing your application with this understanding.The development of the new hospital will play an important role in the regeneration of the wider area and in improving the lives of local people and reducing health inequalities.

      We have three newly emerging strategic objectives:

      1. Our People - to cultivate and sustain happy, productive and engaged staff
      2. Our Patients - to be good or outstanding in everything we do
      3. Our Population - to work seamlessly with our partners to improve live

      Date posted

      22 March 2024

      Pay scheme

      Agenda for change

      Band

      Band 2

      Salary

      £22,383 a year per annum

      Contract

      Permanent

      Working pattern

      Full-time, Part-time

      Reference number

      381-SS-6151356

      Job locations

      SWB NHS Trust

      Lyndon, West Bromwich

      Sandwell/Birmingham

      B71 4HJ


      Job description

      Job responsibilities

      Please see attached job description & person specification for full details of what this role entails

      Supporting and assisting registered nurses to maintain patient safety, care & well-being at all times

      Job description

      Job responsibilities

      Please see attached job description & person specification for full details of what this role entails

      Supporting and assisting registered nurses to maintain patient safety, care & well-being at all times

      Person Specification

      Experience

      Desirable

      • Previous experience in a hospital health care environment

      Qualifications

      Essential

      • Key skills - literacy and numeric (or equivalent)
      • Care Certificate or willing to work towards achieving qualification

      Desirable

      • NVQ Level II In Direct Care/Post Natal Care/Diagnostics and Therapeutics.
      • Basic First Aid Certificate
      • Food Handling Certificate
      Person Specification

      Experience

      Desirable

      • Previous experience in a hospital health care environment

      Qualifications

      Essential

      • Key skills - literacy and numeric (or equivalent)
      • Care Certificate or willing to work towards achieving qualification

      Desirable

      • NVQ Level II In Direct Care/Post Natal Care/Diagnostics and Therapeutics.
      • Basic First Aid Certificate
      • Food Handling Certificate

      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

      Sandwell and West Birmingham NHS Trust

      Address

      SWB NHS Trust

      Lyndon, West Bromwich

      Sandwell/Birmingham

      B71 4HJ


      Employer's website

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

      Employer details

      Employer name

      Sandwell and West Birmingham NHS Trust

      Address

      SWB NHS Trust

      Lyndon, West Bromwich

      Sandwell/Birmingham

      B71 4HJ


      Employer's website

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

  • About the company

      National Health Service (NHS) is the umbrella term for the publicly-funded healthcare systems of the United Kingdom (UK). The founding principles were that services should be comprehensive, universal and free at the point of delivery—a health service based on clinical need, not ability to pay. Each service provides a comprehensive range of health services, free at the point of use for people ordinarily resident in the United Kingdom apart from dental treatment and optical care.

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