Healthcare Assistant | The Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust
| Posting date: | 26 September 2024 |
|---|---|
| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | £23,615 pro rata |
| Hours: | Part time |
| Closing date: | 26 October 2024 |
| Location: | Wolverhampton, WV10 0QP |
| Company: | Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 6676749/225-DIV1-6118653-A |
Summary
This new role is to support surgical clinics at OPD1, New cross hospital, Wolverhampton the post holder will be able to work without direct supervision.
The post holder will be responsible for completing simple health assessments of vital signs in preparation to see the specialist, frequently chaperone during consultation.
OPD1 has an assortment of surgical and medical clinics that require dedicated Health Care Assistant support. We are a dedicated team who pride ourselves in providing a high standard of care to all who visit our department.
You should be a motivated and dedicated nurse. You should be able to demonstrate good organisation skills. You will be able to work well as part of a team, but also able to take responsibility for your own workload when required.
Your hours will be worked flexibly between 8.30am to -1800 Monday, to Friday
The successful candidate must be a compassionate and caring person. Experience of previous work in a Health Care setting is essential.
The Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust is one of the largest NHS trusts in the West Midlands providing primary, acute and community services and we are incredibly proud of the diversity of both our staff and the communities we serve. We are building a workforce that can help us to fulfil our values, improve quality of care for patients, and solve the health care problems of tomorrow. We’re passionate about the value that diversity of thinking and lived experience brings in enabling us to become a learning organisation and leader in delivering compassionate care for our patients.
We are delighted that we have been rated as “Good” by CQC. We have achieved numerous awards; The Nursing Times Best Diversity and Inclusion Practice and Best UK Employer of the Year for Nursing Staff in 2020.
The Trust is a supportive working environment committed to creating flexible working arrangements that suit your needs and as such will consider all requests from applicants who wish to work flexibly.
Good verbal and written communication skills. With a kind and compassionate nature.
You will be required to undertake patient observations of blood pressure, temperature and record clearly on clinic documentation. You will be required to assist patients during consultation, with frequent chaperone duties.
This advert closes on Friday 27 Sep 2024