Healthcare Assistant Gynaecology

Job responsibilities

• Perform patient care maintaining the safety of the patient, under the supervision of a registered practitioner.
• Anticipate the needs of the patient to ensure comfort, safety, and dignity always.
• Assist patients in preparation for and whilst undergoing routine and specialised gynaecological procedures and examinations, always attending to the patients welfare.
• To check patient identification and documentation in accordance with departmental protocols and clinical requests. Ensure that patient demographics are accurate.
• Establish and maintain a good communication channel to support patient confidence.
• Demonstrate respect, courtesy, and diplomacy in dealing with professional colleagues and members of the public. Adopting a friendly and helpful approach towards staff, patients, their relatives and friends in all clinical areas and on the telephone.
• Receive patients, relatives, and colleagues into the department and direct to the appropriate area and ensure that they have been informed of waiting times.
• Ensure patients property is kept in line with Trust Policy Preparing for clinics.
• Management of patient information to ensure compliance with information governance.
• Ensuring patients data is effectively inputted on to the computer system.

Please note that this list is not exhaustive, for further information please see the attached Job Description and Personal Specification.

Person Specification

Experience and Knowledge

Essential

• Understanding of Safeguarding issues
• Awareness of Health and Safety issues
• Knowledge and understanding of data protection confidentially

Desirable

• Previous experience of working with members of the public
• One year's formal care experience in a hospital
• Experience of using hospital patient record system
• Experience of working in an acute hospital setting
• Experience of providing high quality care

Qualification(s) and Professional Training

Essential

• GCSE Maths and English Grades A-C, Levels 4-9, Functional Skills Level 2 or equivalent
• GCSE Maths and English Grades A-C, Levels 4-9, Functional Skills Level 2 or equivalent
• Commit to undertake in-house training

Desirable

• Foundation Degree Maternity Pathway
• Care certificate

Skills and Abilities

Essential

• Approachable manner with good interpersonal skills
• Effective written and verbal communication skills
• Ability to prioritise workload
• Ability to work without direct supervision
• Able to identify when to escalate issues/concerns
• Ability to work as part of team
• Demonstrate attention to detail
• IT / computer skills

Desirable

• Understanding of the role and own professional boundaries

Personal Qualities

Essential

• Adaptable and flexible approach to work
• Positive attitude to training and development
• Ability to work 24-hour shift pattern, including weekends and bank holidays

Desirable

• Ability to travel

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

Employer details

Employer name

George Eliot Hospital NHS Trust

Address

George Eliot Hospital Gynae outpatients

College Street

Nuneaton

CV10 7DJ

Employer's website

http://www.geh.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)