Health Care Assistant - Whitehaven, United Kingdom - North Cumbria Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust
2 weeks ago
Description
Band 3 Health Care Assistant - part time - 32 hours per week
The band 3 will be generic to cover a variety of speciality clinics namely, Colorectal, Cardiology, Rheumatology, Renal, respiratory, Urology, ENT.
You will work with indirect supervision under the Registered Nurse; assisting with nursing care and providing information and assistance to the patient, their relatives and carers.
You will also utilise acquired skills gained from an extended role as directed by the lead clinical nurse of the department.
Applicants will possess GCSE English & Maths or equivalent; National Care Certificate or commitment to complete as part of induction process, and an NVQ 3 in care (willingness to complete within one year of start date) or equivalent experience.
The HCA will be expected to set up/ close down the various speciality clinics have extended skills eg, venepuncture, ECG recording, basic Observations, BM monitoring, Spirometry.
At NCIC, we have an ambition to deliver outstanding hospital and health services to half a million people.
Established on 1st October 2019, the Trust is creating a centre of excellence in providing rural and remote healthcare and provides a wide range of community and acute services throughout north Cumbria and beyond.
We're responsible for delivering over 70 services across 15 main locations and we employ more than 6,500 members of staff.
Our 5 key principles demonstrate our belief in the delivery of 'safe, high quality care every time'.Being a clinically led organisation
Quality and safety at the heart
A positive patient experience every time
A great place to work
Managing our money well
As an organisation we are serious about supporting a diverse workforce that reflects our local community and are very much focused on being an inclusive and compassionate place to work.
Across the North East and North Cumbria we are working together to deliver our ambition to be the greenest region in England by 2030.
There is an expectation for all staff to support this by familiarising yourself with the Trust's sustainability initiatives such as waste and recycling, going paperless, videoconferencing, sustainable transport and others.
We encourage you to think about what you can do as an individual and within your team to contribute in to embedding carbon reduction into the everyday running of our organisation.
Please see attached Job description and person specification for further information regarding the role and the essential and desirable criteria required to be met by applicants.
The essential criteria for this role includes the requirement to have a care certificate or the willingness and ability to undertake this.
For further information, please see the additional information link which can be viewed under the "read this before applying" section.
Please ensure that you document evidence of meeting all the essential criteria in the supporting information.Important Information
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Standard Check:
£18 + Administration cost of £3.85 = £21.85. Deducted at £6.85 from 1st month salary and £5 deducted from salary over following 3 months.
Enhanced Check:
£38 + administration cost of £3.90 = £41.90. Deducted at £11.90 from 1st month salary and £10 deducted from salary over following 3 months.
As part of the one of the largest employers in the UK NCIC future employees will have also access to the following benefits.
27 day holiday scheme rising to 33 after 10 years
Flexible working Scheme
Excellen
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