Healthcare Assistant - Haematology Unit (Band 3) - Haematology Unit - Ward 5 - Buckinghamshire [...]

Main area: Haematology Unit - Ward 5

Grade: Band 3

Contract: Permanent

Hours: Full time - 37.5 hours per week (Rotational pattern - Long Day & Night Shifts)

Salary: £24,625 - £25,674 per annum (pro rata for part time)

Closing date: 14/07/2025 23:59

Be part of our BHT family. Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust (BHT) is an integrated provider of acute hospital and community services for people living in Buckinghamshire and the surrounding area. We care for over half a million patients every year.

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More than 6,500 people from different nations, cultures and backgrounds work for us. We would be happy to discuss possible flexible working options. We strive to be a family friendly, inclusive employer.

Job overview:

• To assist the registered nurse in the delivery of high quality and person-centered care.
• To provide fundamental nursing care, e.g., assistance with personal hygiene, eating and drinking, mobility needs, washing under direct or indirect supervision.
• To carry out limited clinical observations and undertake a range of activities under direct or indirect supervision by a registered nurse, having been assessed as deemed competent in the activities required.
• To maintain high clinical standards.
• To help maintain a clean and safe ward environment.
• The post holder may be required to work anywhere within the Trust.

Main duties of the job:

Ward 5 is a 14 bedded ward with an outpatient bay within the Specialist Services Division. We care for patients with Haematological conditions, who are being treated with SACT (Systemic anti-cancer therapy) or are acutely unwell. We also have General Medical patients. We have an outpatient bay where we triage/administer SACT/Blood Products. We are an acute ward and our patients will have varying needs.

You will need to have excellent communication and inter-personal skills, the ability to work both within a team and independently, and the ability to offer a high level of nursing care. Training and clinical supervision opportunities are available to the successful candidates.

You will be working closely with a large multi-disciplinary team consisting of nurses, Clinical Nurse Specialists, physiotherapists, occupational therapists, doctors, pharmacists, social workers, dieticians & discharge coordinators.

What does Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust offer you?

• Learning and development opportunities to support your career progression.
• Flexible and agile working opportunities, alongside your NHS benefits of generous annual leave entitlement, pension and access to NHS discount schemes.
• A range of health and wellbeing services to promote a healthy, happy workforce.

Why work for us?

We’re committed to promoting inclusion and making sure all colleagues feel they belong. We encourage new colleagues from a diverse range of backgrounds to apply. As an employer, we aim to create a workplace where differences are valued and colleagues treat one another with dignity and respect. Greater diversity within our BHT family improves positive outcomes for the people and communities we serve.

A keen supporter of the Armed Forces Community who know the value of employing a service leaver/veteran and their families.

What do we stand for?

• Our vision is to provide outstanding care, support healthy communities and be a great place to work.
• Our mission is to provide personal and compassionate care every time.
• Our care values are collaborate, aspire, respect and enable.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities:

For a comprehensive list of responsibilities and duties, please kindly refer to the Job Description and Person Specification by downloading the JD and PS attachment in the advert.

If you are an internal applicant there is the option for secondment; all applicants must have the endorsement/support of their line manager prior to application.

If you have a disability that makes submitting this online application difficult and would like assistance, please contact us on bht.recruitment@nhs.net quoting the vacancy reference number.

Experience:

• Experience of working with people, ideally in a front-line customer service role.
• Experience of providing person-centred care.

EDUCATION, QUALIFICATIONS & TRAINING:

• Level 2 or Level 3 (NVQ) in health and Social Care or equivalent relevant experience.
• Willing to work towards Level 2 functional skills (Math & English).
• Care Certificate/working towards.

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS & COMPETENCE:

• An understanding of the importance of patient confidentiality and privacy.
• Recognise how patients and colleagues need to be treated with dignity and respect and can demonstrate these behaviours in their daily work.
• The ability to respond with kindness and humanity to patients.
• A flexible and adaptable approach with the aptitude to work in a busy hospital healthcare setting.
• Basic knowledge of health and safety with an awareness of the importance of following Trust policies and procedures.

PPE requirements:

Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust requires all colleagues to wear appropriate personal protective equipment (PPE) in accordance with our infection prevention and control procedures. COVID-19 and Flu vaccinations remain the best way to protect yourself, your family, your colleagues and of course our patients from the viruses when working in our healthcare settings. We encourage our staff to be vaccinated when recommended.

Application deadline: This post will close on the closing date stated at midnight; however, if we receive a large number of applications or there is a change in circumstance, we may be required to close a job before the advertised date.

Contacting you: We will contact candidates through the email address supplied on their application form. Please make sure you check this regularly.

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Shortlisting: The monitoring and safeguarding sections are not made visible to the shortlisting panel. The safeguarding section may be made visible to the interview panel, dependent on the role being recruited into.

Travel expenses: It is Trust policy that travel expenses for interviews will not be reimbursed.

Smoking: All Trust sites are NO SMOKING. Smoking in all areas of the buildings and premises is prohibited.