Healthcare Support Worker
Job Description
Job summary
Band 2 Health Care assistant - Emergency Department
Reporting to Senior sister/Charge nurse.
Based at Queen Elizabeth Mother
Main duties of the job
- Work under the supervision of a registered nurse in implementing plans and care to ensure the patient physical, social and psychological needs are met
- Act as a patient advocate, assisting when required with examinations
- Minimise the risk of harm to patients, staff and visitors by working according to the Trust risk management policy
- Assist with the Trust's policy around referring patients to the Smoking Cessation service
- Work to eliminate avoidable infection by working according to Infection control policies
- Demonstrates consistent high standard of hand hygiene practice and promote standards to staff, patients and relatives
- Undertake clinical skills ensuring procedures are explained to patient first in order to gain informed consent and involvement in care decisions including undertaking and accurately recording vital signs
About us
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.
We are one of the largest hospital trusts in England, with fivehospitals and community clinics serving a local population of around 800,000 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.
Please be aware that if you require a Certificate of Sponsorship to work in the UK, you must declare this on your application form, even if you currently hold a Certificate of Sponsorship or a work permit for another role and are already working in the country. As of 9th April, we can only sponsor candidates for a Skilled Worker Visa for band 2/3 roles if we can demonstrate that we were unsuccessful in recruiting a candidate who does not require a visa. Given this change, it is unlikely that we will be able to sponsor any candidates for a Skilled Worker Visa for this role.
Job responsibilities
Please scroll down to access the full Job Description and Person Specification located in Documents to download.
If you have further queries please dont hesitate to contact the line manager using the contact details below.
Person Specification
Personal & Professional Attributes
Essential
- Well-developed verbal and written communication skills.
- Ability to develop good working relationships with others.
- Time management and personal organisational skills.
Qualifications & Training
Essential
- Good standard of secondary education.
- Willing to undertake NVQ level 2 in care
Desirable
- Educated to GCSE level with A-C grades in English and Maths or equivalent qualifications Willingness to undertake NVQ level 2 in care
Clinical Skills and Experience
Essential
- Experience of acting in a caring role.
- The ability to converse at ease with patients and relatives and provide advice in accurate spoken English is essential for the post.
- Good standard of literacy and numeracy
- Basic IT skills
- Ability to work flexibly and collaboratively as part of a team.
Desirable
- Experience of working in a hospital environment
Other requirements
Essential
- To be aware of and adhere to the Trust's Vision, Mission and Values.
- Current understanding of key issues facing the NHS both locally and Nationally
Desirable
- Experience of working with an electronic patient record system such as Allscripts/Sunrise
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
East Kent Hospitals University NHS Foundation Trust
Address
QEQM
St. Peters Road, Margate
Margate
CT9 4AN
Employer's website
https://www.ekhuft.nhs.uk/patients-and-visitors/ (Opens in a new tab)
