Healthcare Assistant in Sutton

The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust is one of the leading cancer centres in the world and has an international reputation for the care and treatment it provides. The Royal Marsden serves a local, regional, national and international population from two hospital sites, Chelsea and Sutton.

We are looking for an enthusiastic and committed Health Care Assistant to join our nursing team to help support our patients in the Outpatients department, phlebotomy service at the Sutton site, on a fixed term contract to cover maternity leave.

There are many new and exciting educational opportunities for Health Care Assistants within the Royal Marsden Trust at the moment. This is a great opportunity to develop your existing skills and knowledge, but also to learn new ones in caring for cancer patients at all points of their cancer pathway. You will assist caring for patients with cancer as well as working in a variety of different clinics caring for chemotherapy, radiotherapy and surgical patients.

The successful candidate will be a Health Care Assistant with experience within a healthcare setting. Experience of working in an Outpatients and diagnostic setting is essential in this post.

Main duties of the job:

• Monitoring and recording patients’ vital signs (including blood pressure, pulse, temperature, oxygen saturation) and reporting any abnormal results to registered nursing staff.
• Measuring and recording patients’ height and weight.
• Checking patients MRSA status on arrival to OPD, under the supervision of senior nursing colleagues and screening patients if required.
• Checking patient’s identification on arrival to unit and allergy status.

Person specification:

• Qualification: NVQ in Health & Social Care, GCSE/equivalent, Cavendish Care Certificate or equivalent.
• Knowledge/Experience: Knowledge of NEWs score, previous experience of working in a hospital setting or care setting, understanding of working with patients who are critically and chronically ill.
• Skills: Good communication skills (verbal and written), good organisational skills, IT skills (ability to enter patient data onto computer records), flexibility to meet service needs (e.g. shift work, covering other departments).

The Royal Marsden values diversity and is committed to the recruitment and retention of underrepresented minority groups. We particularly welcome applications from Black, Asian and minority ethnic candidates, LGBTQ+ candidates and candidates with disabilities.

As a Disability Confident Employer, we are working to create a workplace that enables all staff to reach their full potential. We are committed to this because we know that greater diversity and inclusion will lead to an even greater positive impact for the people we serve.

Due to the high volumes of applications we receive, we reserve the right to close any adverts before the published closing date once we have received a sufficient number of applications. We advise you to submit your application as early as possible to prevent disappointment.

Flu Vaccination – What We Expect of our Staff: At The Royal Marsden we have an immune compromised patient population who we must protect as much as we can against the flu virus. Each year, seasonal flu affects thousands of people in the UK. Occurring mainly in winter, it is an infectious respiratory disease capable of producing symptoms ranging from those similar to a common cold, through to very severe or even fatal disease.

The wellbeing of our staff and patients is of the utmost importance to us, and it is the expectation of The Royal Marsden that all patient-facing staff have an annual flu vaccination, provided free of charge by the Trust.