Bank Nursing Assistant Band 3

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Site Barnet, Chase Farm, Royal Free Hampstead Town London & Enfield Salary £16.43 Hourly paid Salary period Hourly Closing Today at 23:59

Our trust has over 17,000 staff serving 2 million patients every year. It comprises Barnet Hospital, Chase Farm Hospital, the Royal Free Hospital, North Middlesex University Hospital and more than 30 services in the community. This larger scale organisation provides an unprecedented opportunity for us to continue our pioneering work, particularly in finding ways to deliver even better care to our patients.

Our mission is to deliver world class care and expertise in our clinical services, underpinned by world class teaching and research and we will continue to measure our progress against our five governing objectives: excellent outcomes, excellent patient and staff experience, excellent value for taxpayers’ money, being safe and meeting our external duties, and building a strong organisation.

Everyone is welcome at Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust. We're proud of our diversity and we continue to undertake new initiatives to advance equality for LGBT+, BME, gender equality, staff carers and people with disabilities and lived experiences to promote good relations and understanding between our staff.

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Here at The Royal Free Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust we are passionate about delivering the highest quality care to all our patients. In order to help us maintain this, we are looking for enthusiastic, motivated and committed Band 3 Health Care/Nursing Assistants to join our temporary staffing bank.

As a trust bank HCA you will be able to choose a flexible working pattern to suit your work life balance in a variety of clinical settings working as part of a committed multidisciplinary team.

The Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust is a high performing Trust with some of the best clinical outcomes in the country.

VISA SPONSORSHIP DOES NOT APPLY TO THIS ROLE

Main duties of the job

Working shifts as a Bank Health Care/Nursing Assistant across wards and departments as part of the multidisciplinary team, in a variety of clinical settings to support the team to deliver the highest quality care to our patients, in line with our trust values

As HCA you will be responsible for supporting trained nurses to deliver excellent care to an allocated group of patients providing support, for each clinical area you work on.

Clinical duties, across a range of clinical settings, include providing personal care to patients, supporting them with their needs such as mobilisation and feeding, recording observations and providing enhanced care for patients with dementia and delirium.

**For further information please refer to the attached JD/PS**

Working for our organisation

Our trust has around 10,000 staff serving 1.6 million patients. It comprises Barnet Hospital, Chase Farm Hospital, the Royal Free Hospital and more than 30 services in the community. This larger scale organisation provides an unprecedented opportunity for us to continue our pioneering work, particularly in finding ways to deliver even better care to our patients.

Our mission is to deliver world class care and expertise in our clinical services, underpinned by world class teaching and research and we will continue to measure our progress against our five governing objectives: excellent outcomes, excellent patient and staff experience, excellent value for taxpayers’ money, being safe and meeting our external duties, and building a strong organisation.

Everyone is welcome at Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust. We're proud of our diversity and we continue to undertake new initiatives to advance equality for LGBT+, BME, gender equality, staff carers and people with disabilities and lived experiences to promote good relations and understanding between our staff.

We offer a variety of bank shifts both days, nights and weekends across all our sites with competitive hourly rates. Our long day and night shift are paid at 11.5 hours.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

To work as a member of the nursing team, under the direction and supervision of a registered nurse delivering care to patients.

To work as a part of a multidisciplinary team to assist in the continuity of care

To assist in the maintenance of a safe, clean and comfortable ward environment.

To complete Trust training and education programmes commensurate with the role

**For further information please refer to the attached JD/PS**

Person specification

• Good written and verbal communication skills
• A working knowledge of undertaking basic observations, and the principles surrounding this. Must be able to take blood pressures with a manual and electronic device

Personal Qualities/Attributes

• Able to communicate accurately and effectively with patients and colleagues, verbally and in writing

Others

• Genuine interest in working in a healthcare setting

Experience

• At least six months experience as a HCA in an NHS Setting
• Good standard of written and spoken English

Education & Professional Qualifications

• Care Certificate
• Vocational Level 2 in health or equivalent relevant experience
• Achievement of or willing to undertake level 2 functional skills

Royal Free Shared Commitments

• Demonstrable ability to meet the Trust's Shared Commitments
• AT* - Apprenticeship Training. Where AT* is entered next to the job title indicates that this vacancy is for an apprenticeship role.
• By applying for this role, you accept if successful, that your personal data may be transferred from the Trust to another NHS organisation where your employment transfers within the NHS.This is in accordance with the streamlining programme which aims at saving you time and improving efficiencies within the NHS when your employment transfers.Therefore we require you to complete your stat and Man e-learning modules prior to joining our organisation.
• Some administrative recruitment activities may be undertaken using automated workflow and robotic process automation technologies. These tools assist authorised staff in processing recruitment records and employment checks but do not make decisions regarding your employment.
• If you are an EU/EEA citizen who does not have EU Settlement or Pre-Settled status, you will require a visa to work in the UK.
• You must already have the right to work in the United Kingdom or fully meet the eligibility criteria for sponsorship under the Skilled Worker visa route. We welcome applications from candidates who require visa sponsorship; however, we can only consider these where all UKVI requirements are met. Before applying, please ensure that both you and the role satisfy the relevant UK Visas and Immigration (UKVI) points‑based system criteria, as applications that do not meet these requirements cannot be progressed. For more information about the criteria, as click here
• If you are offered a role with one of the NLPSS partner trusts, as part of pre-employment checks youridentity and right to work documentation will be verifiedremotely (in most circumstances), using a certified identity verification service provider TrustID. You will be asked to capture an image of the relevant documents as well as a 'selfie' using your smartphone/tablet (if available) for facial matching. TrustID will also perform a digital address check using Trunarrative and Equifax, which is a soft check and does not leave a footprint on your credit rating. For more information, visit www.trustid.co.uk
• The Trust uses electronic new starter forms on Trac to collect personal details. Information collected is securely stored and used to set up the employee record on the ESR HR system.
• The Trust will request a DBS (CRB) if post involves regulated activities. The Trust is compliant with the Disclosure and Barring Service Codes of practice and the Rehabilitation of offenders act.
• By applying for this post you are agreeing to Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust transferring the information contained in this application to its preferred applicant management system. If you are offered a job, information will also be transferred into the national NHS Electronic Staff Records system.

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This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.

Name Adam Robinson Job title Recruitment Manager Email address rf-tr.tsrecruitment@nhs.net Telephone number 020 7794 0500 Additional information

Temporary Staffing | Recruitment Services

Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust

PO Box 50, Civic Centre, Enfield, Middlesex, EN1 3XA Tel:02078302065
Internal extension: 23400

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