Healthcare Assistant - Slough, United Kingdom - Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust

Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust

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Slough, United Kingdom

3 weeks ago

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Tom O´Connor

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Description

We are looking for motivated Healthcare Assistants with a 'can-do' attitude, to join our team on Ward 10 at Wexham Park Hospital, where we specialise in general surgery and urology.

Whilst it is desirable for you to have previous experience of working in a hospital or as a care assistant, we are ultimately looking for individuals, who are passionate about delivering excellent standards of patient care.

You will have a great opportunity to meet our nursing team on the day and learn first-hand what it's like to work at Wexham Park Hospital.

When joining Frimley Health, we can offer you a supportive working environment as well as training and development to meet your needs.

You will be primarily assisting the nursing team with the care of patients and will facilitate the smooth running of the ward.

You need to be driven and prepared to deliver high quality care and attention to detail at all times.

In this role you can look forward to a career full of development opportunities and the support from an excellent team of healthcare professionals - working alongside a small and friendly team.

This vacancy is linked to a level 2 apprenticeship.

This will support you to gain relevant knowledge, skills and experience that will help you achieve your potential in this role.

Working alongside the Trust's experienced staff you will be supported to gain the apprenticeship qualification and functional skills in maths and English if required.

This is a great opportunity to gain a national recognised qualification while you are working and earning, which will support you in both this role and in your future career at Frimley Health.

You will not be required to undertake an apprenticeship if you have previously completed a relevant apprenticeship, NVQ or similar qualification.

Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust provides NHS hospital services for around 900,000 people across Berkshire, Hampshire, Surrey and south Buckinghamshire.

As well as delivering excellent general hospital services to local people, we provide specialist heart attack, vascular, stroke, spinal, cystic fibrosis and plastic surgery services across a much wider area.

We have three main hospitals - Frimley Park in Frimley near Camberley, Heatherwood in Ascot and Wexham Park near Slough.

Our threecore values, and the behaviours that support them, guide everything we do and set out what we expect of our staff in the way they treat patients, visitors, service users and each other,Committed to Excellence, Working Together and Facing the Future.

We are also proud to host the Defence Medical Group South East at Frimley Park with military surgical, medical and nursing personnel working alongside the hospital's NHS staff providing care to patients in all specialties

Support the team with the delivery of high quality care to all patients during their stay.
Liaise promptly and with the nurse in charge any concerns with regards to patients wellbeing.
Taking of blood specimens under the direction of the nurse in charge

following completion of competencies.

Assist on wards or clinical areas as required.
With instruction undertake wound dressings, removal of sutures and

removal of drains using ANTT.

Assist patients with their nutritional requirements.
Maintain clear and accurate documentation under supervision of a registered nurse, raising issues of concern with a qualified nurse where appropriate.
Always maintain respect and confidentially.

For a full list of responsibilities, please see the attached job description.