Bank Healthcare Assistant

The James Paget University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust serves a population of around 250,000 people in the Great Yarmouth, Lowestoft and Waveney areas. The Trust provides an integrated hospital and community children’s service. Patient and staff experience is important to us and these are the behaviours we live by:

• Putting patients first
• Aiming to get it right
• Recognising that everybody counts
• Doing everything openly and honestly

We are hiring Bank Band 2 Healthcare Assistants & Bank Band 3 Senior Healthcare Assistants. Looking for a rewarding new role with plenty of flexibility and opportunities for career progression? Look no further than James Paget University Hospital. You’ll be working closely with patients and their families to keep people safe and well. Our Healthcare Assistants spend most of their time with patients, making sure their care is as comfortable and stress-free as possible. Working alongside a team of experienced Nurses and other clinical professionals delivering care to the people of our Hospital. The HCA role is a great entry-point into an NHS career – many of our Healthcare Assistants go on to complete further training to develop their skills and further their career. As HCA with no previous experience in care, a Band 2 HCA will provide an opportunity of progression to Band 3 HCA once training competencies are attained.

Main duties of the job:

• Helping patients wash and dress, supporting at meal times, making and changing beds
• Taking basic observations, such as temperatures, pulse, respirations and weight
• Keeping patients comfortable and safe
• Maintaining good relationships with patients, carers, and relatives

Experienced HCAs assist patients who may require interventions for the administration of medication, wound, catheter care, bladder scans and support and advice during the last stages of life. We will provide training in wound care, care of urethral catheters, caring for the palliative patient, obtaining and recording accurately the physiological signs and symptoms of the unwell or deteriorating patient and a variety of other clinical skills. To fulfil the needs of service delivery to patients/service users and in line with our current team of clinicians, the post holder will work as part of a flexible rota over seven days a week, which will include working evenings, weekends and Bank Holidays.

We want to attract the best people to work with us and that means we will look after you from the moment you apply for a role at the Trust and throughout your career with us. Our staff are central to everything we do, and we believe that investing in you is crucial if we want to enable you to reach your full potential.

No experience in Care - Start as a Band 2 with progression to Band 3 after 6 months, under the condition that all of the below are met:

• Mandatory Training Completed
• Care Certificate within 3 months for permanent / 6 months for Bank
• Bank Checklist completed by Managers, ensuring all of the above are met and check shift cancellation record
• Booked on to additional skills Band 3 Training course

Band 3 HCA’s:

• 6 Months experience in Care working for the NHS
• Completed Care Certificate within 3 months for permanent / 6 months for Bank or already completed Care Certificate (Evidence must be provided)

Person specification:

• Qualifications: GCSE's, Grade D in English and Maths (e.g. Key Skills or Functional Skills in Literacy and Numeracy at appropriate level)
• A willingness to undertake Care Certificate Training
• NVQ Level 2 Diploma in Clinical Health Support or Equivalent

Experience and Knowledge:

• Experience of working/communicating with the general public
• Ability to communicate with a wide range of people
• Experience in a care setting
• Previous care experience within an NHS environment

Skills:

• Ability to adapt appropriately to different situations
• Basic IT skills
• Ability to interact appropriately with patients, relatives and team members

The James Paget University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust recognises the requirement to promote health and reduce ill-health. The Trust is committed to the principles of improving working lives through a number of initiatives such as job share, flexible working and the development of a culture of openness and transparency. The Trust is committed to ensuring that no job applicant or employee receives less favourable treatment on the grounds of their age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex, and sexual orientation.

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