• Job Description

  Req#: C9151-25-0142?language=en&page=595&sort=publicationDateDesc

  Job summary

  We are looking for a enthusiastic full time Band 3 Health care assistant. The candidates are expected to have experience for at least 1 year in a UK hospital environment dealing with the public. You need to be flexible and able to rotate to days, nights, weekends, and bank holidays. This is a great opportunity for Care Assistants to take more responsibility and role in Acute Medical Care environment at Frimley Park Hospital.

  AMU is a 42 bedded busy unit looking after patients with various medical conditions, these allows a great deal of exposure to areas of cardiology, respiratory, gastro enterology, endocrine, elderly care and mental health.

  Main duties of the job

  You will be working with the nursing and multi disciplinary team to deliver high quality patient care to patients and relatives.

  You will be supporting the nursing staff in ensuring the all the documentation is up to date. Dementia care and acute care skills are essential.

  Reporting any changes in a patient's condition and making sure your area is kept safe.

  Essential skills needed are venepuncture, cannulation and catheterization. Being familiar with EPIC is desirable.

  The role also involves mentoring new staff members (Care Assistants).

  About us

  Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust is committed to being an inclusive and disability confident employer and has been awarded the Gold for the Armed Forces Employment Recognition Scheme. We provide first class development opportunities for all staff and have a wide range of professional, management and leadership, and clinical skills training available.

  Here at Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust, we know how important it is to have a healthy work life balance; this benefits not only individuals but the patients we care for too.

  We encourage applications from people who wish to work on a flexible basis, recognising that flexibility may mean a range of different working patterns and hours, we do our utmost to work with our staff to meet their needs and the needs of our service and its users.

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  Date posted

  29 January 2025

  Pay scheme

  Agenda for change

  Band

  Band 3

  Salary

  £25,329 to £26,958 a year Per Annum, Pro Rata, incl HCAS

  Contract

  Permanent

  Working pattern

  Full-time

  Reference number

  151-CH029

  Job locations

  Frimley Park Hospital

  Portsmouth Road

  Camberley

  GU16 7UJ

  
  

  Job description

  Job responsibilities

  • To provide professional, competent basic nursing care to patients andrelatives without direct supervision.
  • To competently undertake basic agreed clinical activities without direct supervision.
  • To prioritise own workload and make independent minor decisions.
  • To provide Health Education and Promotion to both patients and relatives.
  • To provide basic wound care following training under senior supervision until evidence of competency has been demonstrated, including aseptic technique and obtaining wound swabs correctly and application of slings and tub grip.

  For further details, please refer to Job Description/Person Specification

  Job description

  Job responsibilities

  • To provide professional, competent basic nursing care to patients andrelatives without direct supervision.
  • To competently undertake basic agreed clinical activities without direct supervision.
  • To prioritise own workload and make independent minor decisions.
  • To provide Health Education and Promotion to both patients and relatives.
  • To provide basic wound care following training under senior supervision until evidence of competency has been demonstrated, including aseptic technique and obtaining wound swabs correctly and application of slings and tub grip.

  For further details, please refer to Job Description/Person Specification

  Person Specification

  Qualifications

  Essential

  • NVQ 3 or Apprenticeship or working towards apprenticeship

  Desirable

  • Care certificate/HCSW Induction

  Experience

  Essential

  • AMU experience for at least 1 year in UK Setting

  Desirable

  • Hospital ward experience at least 1 year in UK Setting

  Skills

  Essential

  • Venepuncture, Cannulation and Catheterisation
  • Updated with Mandatory Training

  Desirable

  • Familiar with EPIC

  Special requirement

  Essential

  • oAble to work flexible shifts, night, weekends, and bank holidays as required.
  • oAbility to carry out assigned task effectively in a busy and changing environment
  • oAbility to work in with minimal supervision

  Person Specification

  Qualifications

  Essential

  • NVQ 3 or Apprenticeship or working towards apprenticeship

  Desirable

  • Care certificate/HCSW Induction

  Experience

  Essential

  • AMU experience for at least 1 year in UK Setting

  Desirable

  • Hospital ward experience at least 1 year in UK Setting

  Skills

  Essential

  • Venepuncture, Cannulation and Catheterisation
  • Updated with Mandatory Training

  Desirable

  • Familiar with EPIC

  Special requirement

  Essential

  • oAble to work flexible shifts, night, weekends, and bank holidays as required.
  • oAbility to carry out assigned task effectively in a busy and changing environment
  • oAbility to work in with minimal supervision

  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

  Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust

  Address

  Frimley Park Hospital

  Portsmouth Road

  Camberley

  GU16 7UJ

  
  

  Employer's website

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

  Employer details

  Employer name

  Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust

  Address

  Frimley Park Hospital

  Portsmouth Road

  Camberley

  GU16 7UJ

  
  

  Employer's website

  https://www.fhft.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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