Healthcare Assistant - Medicine - Grimsby

Northern Lincolnshire and Goole NHS Foundation Trust

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Job summary

NLAG are looking to recruit Senior healthcare assistants across the medicine division based at Scunthorpe general hospital and Diana Princess of Wales hospital.

The Medicine division is made up of;

17 medical wards, 8 at Scunthorpe and 9 at Diana Princess of Wales Hospital covering a range of medical specialties

2 Emergency Departments

2 Day treatment units

Within medicine we strive to ensure our patients receive the best possible care and treatment and as a health care assistant you will be vital in ensuring this is achieved. You will have the opportunity to work alongside members of the multi-disciplinary team and you will be at the forefront of delivering patient care.

We are proud of the work done within the division to deliver outstanding patient care, one of our wards at Scunthorpe and two at Grimsby have achieved a rating of outstanding in our 15 steps challenge reviews, while 6 wards at Scunthorpe and 5 wards at Grimsby have achieved a rating of good.

To help develop knowledge skills and experience you may also have the opportunity to work across several wards within the Division.

Main duties of the job

We will provide training and support to help you achieve our aim of ensuring patients receive the best possible care and treatment. All successful applicants will attend the NLAG care camp and receive a period of supernumerary. You will be given access to our ESR learning portal to enable you to book and complete mandatory training. You will also have access to our online clinical skills portal to further enhance your skills and knowledge

You will be supported by our practice development team. We have HCSW's trained in the HCSW buddy system who will be able to provide one to one support within your area of work to help you settle in and feel part of the team.

Main duties of the job

To maintain the highest possible standards of compassionate and professional patient centred care with particular attention to privacy and dignity.
Assist patients with personal care, hygiene and sanitary needs, ensuring privacy and dignity is maintained at all times.
Assist in meeting patients' nutritional needs, including non-oral nutritional and fluid intake. Ensure that patients who require assistance at mealtimes have an appropriately coloured tray to identify they need help and are assisted with eating and drinking.
Where identified in the plan of care, ensure that food and fluid intake and output are accurately documented on appropriate patient charts

About us

We are a large organisation with three hospitals located in Scunthorpe, Grimsby and Goole. We also provide community services in North Lincolnshire. Our 6,500 members of staff care for and support a population of more than 400,000 people.

We encourage all our staff to be innovative and adopt 'best practice' for us to deliver excellent care to our patients.

We are committed to recruiting the best people to work with us. You could be one of them.

When you are completing your application form please ensure that you read the job description and person specification carefully and relate your answers to these.

If you are a Student Nurse we will not be able to offer you one of the above posts but would welcome your application for consideration to work on our bank.

Date posted

03 May 2024

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 2

Salary

£22,383 a year pro rata

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time, Part-time

Reference number

208-101-24-1

Job locations

Grimsby

DN33 2BA

Job description

Job responsibilities

We are committed to creating and maintaining a fair and supportive working environment and culture, where contributions are fully recognised and valued by all and staff feel empowered to carry out their duties to the best of their abilities. As employers we are committed to promoting and protecting the physical and mental health and well-being of all our staff. This underpins our values as set out in the NHS Constitution, supports us to be an Employer of Choice and ultimately enables our employees to support the effective care of our patients.

We strongly value the different perspectives and ideas a diverse workforce brings to deliver better outcomes for our patients. We welcome applications irrespective of peoples age, disability, sex, gender identity and gender expression, race or ethnicity, religion or belief, sexual orientation, or other personal circumstances.

Job description

Job responsibilities

Person Specification

Education & Qualifications

Essential

oBasic literacy and numeracy skills

Desirable

oAn NVQ/QCF Level 2 Diploma in Clinical Healthcare Support or a commitment to undertaking and successfully completing available training and education once in post and within an agreed timeframe.
oIT skills
oHas undertaken some recent study
oLevel 2 in English and Mathematics or equivalent

Occupational Experience

Essential

oUnderstanding of the needs of patients in a care setting
oHas a sound understanding of the need for confidentiality
oConfident people skills

Desirable

oExperience of working in a care setting or transferable skills, demonstrable keenness and passion for the role
oWorking in a team

Person Specification

Education & Qualifications

Essential

oBasic literacy and numeracy skills

Desirable

oAn NVQ/QCF Level 2 Diploma in Clinical Healthcare Support or a commitment to undertaking and successfully completing available training and education once in post and within an agreed timeframe.
oIT skills
oHas undertaken some recent study
oLevel 2 in English and Mathematics or equivalent

Occupational Experience

Essential

oUnderstanding of the needs of patients in a care setting
oHas a sound understanding of the need for confidentiality
oConfident people skills

Desirable

oExperience of working in a care setting or transferable skills, demonstrable keenness and passion for the role
oWorking in a team

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.