Healthcare Assistant - Nottingham, United Kingdom - Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust

Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust

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Nottingham, United Kingdom

2 weeks ago

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Description

Band 2

Main area

Palliative Care

Grade

Band 2

Contract

Permanent

Hours

Part time 31 hours per week

Job ref
A

Site

Hayward House

Town

Nottingham

Salary
- £22,383 Per annum

Salary period

Yearly

Closing

14/11/2023 23:59

Job overview

Hayward House has an exciting opportunity for a Band 2 Healthcare Assistant, to join our passionate and motivated team that is dedicated to providing the highest quality specialist palliative care.

Main duties of the job

Hayward House offers specialist palliative care from diagnosis, through the interim periods of advancing disease, up to and including end of life care.

Patients are cared for holistically, with a focus on symptom management and care for emotional, spiritual and social concerns being addressed for both patients and their family.

You will be provided with the opportunity to work closely with the wider multidisciplinary team to provide a wide variety of support for our patients and their families.

Working for our organisation

Hayward House is a 20 bedded Specialist Palliative Care Unit in the grounds of the City Campus of Nottingham University Hospital NHS Trust.

It provides high quality care centred on the needs of patients and their families. Its aim is to enrich the quality of life through the skills of an experienced and caring team.

Our management team is proactive and supportive in ensuring that excellent quality care is provided to our patients.

We recognise our responsibility to ensure staff are supported and developed within their working environment in order to achieve our vision for care in line with Trust values and behaviours.

We offer excellent opportunities for training, development and career progression.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Excellent communication skills and the ability to work flexibly as part of a team are essential. Applicants must be confident, enthusiastic and self-motivated. For staff with a keen interest; personal and professional development is actively supported. Previous experience is beneficial but not essential.

You must be prepared to work a range of early, late, long day and night shifts also covering the weekend.

Person specification

Training and Education

Essential criteria

Level of Education

Desirable criteria

NVQ/QCF level 2

Experience

Essential criteria

Desirable criteria

Communication

Essential criteria

Desirable criteria

IT Skills

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Come and join our wonderful team at NUH.

We are big believers in diversity and welcome new ideas to help develop our team in order to deliver world class healthcare to the vast patient populations we serve.

With endless personal development opportunities available, at the NUH we will endeavour to turn your job into a career

Salary:
The quoted salary will be on a pro rata basis for part time workers.

Disability Confidence:

All applicants who have declared a disability and who meet the essential criteria for the post will be shortlisted.

At Risk of redundancy:

NHS employees within the East Midlands who are 'at risk' of redundancy will be given a preferential interview where they meet the essential criteria of the person specification.

ID and Right to work checks: NUH authenticate ID and right to work documentation including passports and driving licenses through a system called Trust ID.

NUH will scan your ID and right to work documentation in to the Trust ID system at your face to face ID appointment.

The system will run a check against the key security features within your documentation.

The system will provide us with an outcome of your check which will be stored securely on your personal file along with all other pre-employment check documentation.

Consent:

Transfer of information: If I have previous NHS service
I consent to the transfer of my Electronic Staff Record (ESR) data between this and other NHS Trusts. I also consent to the
Occupational Health Department confidentially accessing my occupational health records from my current or previous employer in order to check the status of my vaccinations, immunisations s and screening tests as relevant to the post. I understand this is an automated process and the information will only be used for these purposes prior to me taking up the position at NUH.