Healthcare Support Worker | East Kent Hospitals University NHS Foundation Trust
| Posting date: | 16 April 2024 |
|---|---|
| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | £22,383 per annum |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 16 May 2024 |
| Location: | Ashford, TN24 0LZ |
| Company: | East Kent Hospitals NHS Trust |
| Job type: | Contract |
| Job reference: | 6048295/344-8295WHH |
Summary
Kings A2 is a 23 bedded, specialising in surgical care through
elective and emergency patients .
The Ward is extremely busy rewarding and exciting and will provide excellent experience for anyone interested in surgical nursing. Our patient turnover is high and discharge planning is paramount to our success.
This is a 12 month Mat Cover post.
• Communicate effectively with patients and their relatives/carers, ensuring accurate and seamless
information is conveyed and documented.
• Assist in the maintenance and monitoring of agreed standards, ensuring that any shortfall is brought to the
attention of the line manager.
• Ensure that all quality initiatives within the nursing environment are adhered to and that the highest
standards of care are maintained at all times.
• Promote and maintain effective working relationships and communications with consultants, medical staff,
nursing colleagues and other multi-agency professionals.
We are one of the largest hospital trusts in England, with five hospitals and community clinics serving a local population of around 695,000 people.
Our vision is 'great healthcare from great people'. Everything we do is guided by our values: ‘People feel cared for, safe, respected and confident that we are making a difference’.
We have a new way of working at East Kent Hospitals, called ‘We care’. It’s about empowering frontline staff to lead improvements day-to-day. We’re looking for compassionate people to be part of our improvement journey for the patients, families and carers we care for every day.
NHSEI have always been clear that staff have a professional duty to get vaccinated and it remains our best line of defence against COVID-19. As such NHS organisation including Primary Care, are encouraged to continue engaging with and supporting their staff to inform their decisions in order to drive vaccine confidence, protect themselves, patients, and everyone else. NHSEI has produced COVID-19 vaccine communication materials.
Applications for this role should be written by the applicant. If artificial intelligence (AI) programmes are used then the application may be rejected due to this document being an important part of the assessment process. This does not prevent applicants seeking appropriate support with applications should they need to for the purposes of any declared disability.
Please scroll down to access the full Job Description and Person Specification located in 'supporting documents'.
This advert closes on Tuesday 23 Apr 2024