Senior Nursing Assistant | Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
| Posting date: | 03 April 2024 |
|---|---|
| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | £19,737 - £21,142 per annum pro rata |
| Hours: | Part time |
| Closing date: | 03 May 2024 |
| Location: | Oxford, OX3 9DU |
| Company: | Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 6029361/321-NOTSSCAN-6029361-B3 |
Summary
Do you have experience working with children and young people? Do you have a childcare qualification (NVQ level 3) or other healthcare experience? If so, we could have the perfect job for you.
We are looking for someone who is enthusiastic and dynamic to join our busy Children’s Day Care team and our Outpatients department. Day Care is a 16 bedded unit with a mixture of surgical and medical patients. We care for patients from 3 months to 16 years under a variety of teams, therefore a flexible working approach is a valuable quality. Due to supporting the wider team within the Children’s Hospital, we are flexible with increasing the number of patients that pass through the unit. The unit also has patients who attend but do not require a bed for reviews, scans etc. Day Care is open from 07:15-19:45 Monday – Friday with adhoc weekend shifts to work as extra by choice.
We are also looking to recruit into our Outpatients Department, 08:00-18:00 Monday to Friday. Within our outpatients departments we have several clinics running that will need assisting with a variety of clinical needs for the patients. Full-time and part-time hours available.
This role will involve caring for children and teenagers with the support of a registered nurse and being responsible for some house-keeping duties. You will assist the multidisciplinary team in meeting the needs of patients and families. This includes preparing a patient for theatre and ensuring their safe recovery whilst providing relevant information and safety netting advice for a efficient discharge, closely supported by the nursing team.
Communicate effectively with patients, families/carers, recognising there may be a need to utilise alternative methods of communication. Where there are barriers to understanding, arranging access to information, support and other services may be required.
Prepare patients, families/carers and the environment for procedures. This includes supporting the wider team depending on the clinical need, for example distracting the child, helping with equipment and supporting/reassuring patients and their families/carers.
Be involved in the allocation of rooms, stock orders and how the department is organised. Several clinics run simultaneously that you will be required to assist working with the multidisciplinary team. This will involve taking heights and weights of the children, urinalysis, assisting with the doctors and phlebotomists.
We take pride in our duty of providing seamless care and having excellent and welcoming team.
Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is one of the largest NHS teaching trusts in the country. It provides a wide range of general and specialist clinical services and is a base for medical education, training, and research. Find out more here www.ouh.nhs.uk
The Trust comprises of four hospitals - the John Radcliffe Hospital, Churchill Hospital and Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre in Headington and the Horton General Hospital in Banbury. The care we deliver is based on the trust
Please see attached job description.
For informal visits or any other information, please contact Amy Dowson, Deputy Sister (amy.dowson@ouh.nhs.uk) or Lucy Knight, Ward SIster (lucy.knight@ouh.nhs.uk). Tel 01865 234148.
This advert closes on Wednesday 17 Apr 2024
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