Ward Assistant - Cirencester, United Kingdom - Gloucestershire Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust
2 weeks ago
Description
We are looking for individuals with or without experience to work in healthcare, to join the NHS family in helping people from your local community.
We are looking for Ward Assistants to join the team at the Cirencester HospitalNo experience? No problem. We will teach you everything you need to know.
To us, it is more important that you are a caring and kind person with a genuine desire to help and support patients and their families.
If this sounds like you, then you already have the skills that make a great Ward Assistant.
As a Ward Assistant, you will be a hugely valuable support to our Nursing and Facilities teams providing support to ward care, the catering team and the housekeeping team.
- Contributing to the cleanliness of the ward
- tidying rooms
- re-stocking supplies
- Assisting with food and drink preparation
- setting tables
- clearing plates and cutlery
- Recreational support
- taking patients out to the garden
- helping patients settle in
- Administration
- Answer the door for visitors
- Showing visitors to the right room to see a patient
- Answering the telephone.
- Caring and kind
- Cheerful and friendly
- Able to follow instructions
- Happy to work in a team but also able to use own initiative
- Have good listening and communication skills
- Learning and development opportunities
- NHS salary structure and pension
- 27 days holiday plus days off for bank holidays worked (pro rata)
- Health service discounts and online benefits
- Wide range of LGBTI+ initiatives
- Health and wellbeing support
- Discounts on public transport
- Disability Confident Reasonable adjustments
- Maternity, paternity and adoption leave
- Childcare voucher
At Gloucestershire Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust, we are supportive of the people we care for in the community and aim to provide a fully responsive service to everyone who needs it.
We look to value the skills and experiences of those we work with, whether they are service users, carers, families or those looking to work with us.
Gloucestershire Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust is part of the NHS. We treat NHS patients according to NHS principles and standards.The difference is the Trust is accountable to local people, rather than to Government, and so we are able to work closely with our community to develop services in the way that best suits the needs of local people.
Our Staff Survey results showed people at our Trust feel they are engaged, part of a team and work for a compassionate and inclusive organisation.
Our overall scores were better than average in eight of nine themes and level in one - the best overall results for a community, mental health and learning disabilities Trust in the south west and first equal amongst all sector NHS providers within the region too.
Gloucestershire Health and Care is committed to embedding and providing personalised care through all of its services as part of our high-quality care strategy.
Including new ways of working and delivering care, emphasising that we need to make effective use of the full range of our people's skills and experience to deliver the best possible patient care.
So we want to know What Matters to You and that you will share our values and join us on this very important journey.
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