Senior Nursing Assistant - London, United Kingdom - Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust

Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust

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London, United Kingdom

1 week ago

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Tom O´Connor

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We have the exciting opportunity for a skilled, motivated and enthusiastic individual to join us at the Evelina London Childrens Hospital.

We are seeking a senior nursing assistant with excellent communication skills, both verbal and written.

You should have developed skills in IT and the ability to use Microsoft packages to provide comprehensive administrative and clinical support to the departments and multidisciplinary team.

You will have responsibility for ensuring the safety and wellbeing of service users, and always working in a manner that promotes dignity and person centered care principles which embody the Trust values and behaviour.

You will need the ability to work on your own initiative as well as within a team.

Successful applicants will work closely with Radiologists, Sonographers, Nurses, Administrative and clerical staff and an established team of Nursing Assistants.

Organisation of the department daily, chaperoning patients and assisting clinicians during procedures will be an essential part of your role.

An ability to adapt to changing situations and be flexible is essential.

Closing Date: 09 January 2023

Interview Date: 18 January 2023

Carrying out assigned tasks as part of clinical team in support of doctors, sonographers and registered nurses and to undertake some aspects of care provision without direct supervision.

Organising daily running of the area and liaising with service users.

Ensuring the safety and well being of services users, and always working in a manner that promotes dignity and human rights through the adoption of person centered care principles.

Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust comprises five of the UK's best known hospitals - Guy's, St Thomas', Evelina London Children's Hospital, Royal Brompton and Harefield - as well as community services in Lambeth and Southwark, all with a long history of high quality care, clinical excellence, research and innovation.

We are among the UK's busiest, most successful foundation trusts.

We provide specialist care for patients including heart and lung, cancer and renal services as well as a full range of local hospital and community services for people in Lambeth and Southwark.

We have around 22,700 staff, making us one of the largest NHS Trusts in the country and one of the biggest employers locally.

We aim to reflect the diversity of the communities we serve.

Our trust values are:

- put patients first.
- take pride in what we do.
- respect others.
- strive to be the best.
- act with integrity.

To support the Ultrasound lists by taking patients into the allocated room when required.
To load the patients details onto the Ultrasound machine and confirm patient identification.
Assist the patient with positioning themselves on the ultrasound couch.
Check the body part to be scanned and prep the patient where applicable.
To help hold the patient for certain procedures (for example neonatal hip scans).
Liaise with the radiologists and ward staff to organise the scanning and transportation of inpatients.
To restock the room and maintain stock level regularly.
To restock gowns in changing rooms.
To give patient experience feedback forms to all patients.
To ensure the waiting areas are clean and tidy
To replace the colouring activities in the reception area.
To load patient details onto the Ultrasound scanner ready for mobile examinations as required by the radiologist.
On occasion there may be the need to assist in paediatric fluoroscopy and xray.
On occasion you may be required to provide support to the nursing assistant team within adult ultrasound.

Please see attached job description for full details.