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

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

NHS AfC:
Band 2


Main area

  • Enhanced Perioperative Care Unit
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Grade

  • NHS AfC: Band 2
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Contract

  • Permanent
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Hours

  • Full time
  • Part time
37.5 hours per week
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Job ref

Site

  • QMC & City Campuses
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Town

  • Nottingham
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Salary
- £22,
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Salary period

  • Yearly
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Closing

  • 18/06/2023 23:59Job overview


This is an exciting opportunity for a you to join the new and innovative Enhanced Perioperative Care Unit (EPOC) as a Healthcare Assistant.

This is a rapidly developing service which supports the delivery of holistic, high quality care to surgical patients at increased risk of adverse outcomes.

Main duties of the job


EPOC is a bespoke built unit, comprising of 14 beds cross-site of post-operative patients from a variety of specialties including Maxillofacial, ENT, HPB, Plastics, Gynaecology, Colorectal, Vascular, Upper GI, Urology, Orthopaedics and Thoracics.

Patients will be cared for at a higher level of care, 1.5.

This unit will have input from a variety of members from the Multi-Disciplinary team including Dietitians, Physiotherapists, Acute Pain Specialist Nurses, CCOT and Critical Care Pharmacists.


As a Healthcare Assistant within EPOC, you will assist the registered staff with patient care, taking observations, helping with personal care and maintaining supplies and equipment to ensure smooth running of the unit.

Working for our organisation

Working in EPOC will give you an opportunity to develop your skills caring for patients following major surgery. You will be offered training in a variety of skills including patient observations and personal care. There are also opportunities to attend additional training in enhanced HCA skills if desired.


You will have the option to be a link person for a variety of areas or equipment, assisting in staff training and development for EPOC.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities


In addition to the summary above, you need to familiarise yourself with the full job description and person specification documents attached to this advert.

The main duties of an EPOC Healthcare Assistant include:
Delivering high quality holistic care to patients following major surgery

Assisting registered staff with observations and personal care for all patients

Managing stock and equipment levels within EPOC

Facilitating efficient and effective care and communication between the team to ensure continuity


We would recommend an informal visit to the EPOC Department to see this new patient pathway in operation and to discuss the exciting plans for the development of this service.

Person specification

Experience

Essential criteria
- experience working as part of a team

Desirable criteria

  • NVQ in health care
- previous experience in healthcare environment

communication

Essential criteria

  • Excellent written and verbal communication skills
- able to produce documents using word, excel, etc

physical skills

Essential criteria
- able to carry out full duties of healthcare assistant

Desirable criteria
- evidence of moving and handling training

planning and organisation

Essential criteria
- ability to multi task
- able to prioritise and manage own workload

Desirable criteria
- effective time management skills
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Bring your whole self to work for us at NUH. We love diversity and we value your difference, your unique skills, knowledge and experience.

Becoming one of our people may realise your potential, helping us to raise our performance in delivering world class healthcare to the diverse patient populations we serve.


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 such as passports, visas and driving license 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 te
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