Healthcare Assistant - Minehead, United Kingdom - Somerset NHS Foundation Trust

Somerset NHS Foundation Trust

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Minehead, United Kingdom

2 weeks ago

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Tom O´Connor

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Description

Minehead Hospital

Healthcare Assistant Band 2

Making a difference, not just a living.

Minehead Community Hospital is a state of the arts new build in a lovely country Town by the sea. Minehead is a small town with a population of just over 12,000 people.

We are not an acute Hospital and strive to deliver excellent care to the local community.

We have 19 inpatient beds and look after patients requiring rehabilitation, assessments for future care and Palliative care. We have single rooms and two four bed bays. We work as a team at Minehead Hospital and are looking for Health Care Assistants to join us. If you are looking for a great experience in Health care then Minehead Hospital is for you.

What we can offer you:

Market leading annual leave 27 days + BHs
Access to trainee Nursing programmes to become aqualified Nurse
Blue Light Card discounts at more than15,000 retailers
6%pension contributions
AFC pay increments

Experience of working in a care setting would be advantageous but all necessary skills training, professional updates and mandatory training as appropriate to the post will be provided.

Full details of duties can be found in the job description.

There will be an expectation of a flexible approach to shifts patterns with a commitment to participate in the on call service after appropriate training.

As an organisation, the NHS offers a wide range of benefits including flexible working, pension contributions, market leading annual leave allowance, career progression and regular conversations, not to mention our Blue Light Card and NHS exclusive discounts.

The benefits of working in Somerset include the idyllic countryside, with our areas of outstanding beauty and stunning coastlines.

You will get to enjoy these perks whilst still only being a stone's throw away from bustling city centres like Bristol, Bath and Exeter and only two hours away from London.

There are excellent educational facilities in the area and, when compared to other regions, house prices are reasonable. You will experience the best of both in Somerset, the countryside and the cosmopolitan - there is truly something for everyone

To support and assist Registered Nurses/Midwives as a member of the nursing team and under
supervision perform a broad range of activities and assigned tasks as required by the patients individualised care plans.

Communication and Key Working Relationships

Act at all times in a respectful manner that protects and promotes patients' dignity and modesty
Carry out the duties of the role in a professional manner to patients, visitors and colleagues
Communicate with relatives and patients and other team members in a sensitive and caring manner
Participate and contribute to departmental meetings as required
Accurately take and promptly pass on oral and written messages as appropriate