Band 2 Ward Assistant

1 week ago


Romford, Greater London, United Kingdom Barking Havering and Redbridge Univ Hospitals NHS Trust Full time
Are you passionate about ensuring that all older persons people have the opportunity to live fulfilled and respected lives as well as providing care with dignity that meets their needs? Are you ready to support nursing staff with admin tasks and responsibilities as well as maintaining effective communication with patients' families?

If the answer to this questions is yes - we are looking for you

Clementine A is an elderly welcoming ward, caring for patients with complex medical and social needs. This is a full time position, but you will be required to work predominantly late shifts only.


As a Ward Assistant you will be making a valuable and important contribution to the delivery of high quality healthcare in the Trust.

Your role is to support the registered professional in the delivery of person-centred, safe, effective, compassionate care to patients and their relatives.

This will include support for administrative actions from following up referrals through to, chasing outstanding patient care actions to participating ward/departmental huddles to ensure continuity of care.

Where necessary, help and support will be provided and development opportunities agreed in line with service provision. The experiences gained within this fixed term position will provide healthcare skills and practical knowledge for future roles.


To provide effective and quality support in the care and management of patients and relatives, under the direction of a registered nurse or healthcare practitioner.


Patients, service users and families come from a variety of cultural backgrounds and Ward Assistant will be expected to communicate effectively with all patients and families effectively.

To work with clinical teams to deliver required care.


Under the leadership of our Chair Jacqui Smith and Matthew Trainer, our Chief Executive, we provide care for the residents of three of the most diverse London boroughs.

More than half of our 7,500 strong workforce are from black, Asian and minority ethnic groups and most live in Barking and Dagenham, Havering and Redbridge.

We also provide healthcare services to people in south west Essex, and specialist neurosciences services to the whole of the county.


Our services include all the major specialties of large acute hospitals, operating from two main sites - King George Hospital in Goodmayes and Queen's Hospital in Romford.

We also provide outpatient services at Brentwood Community Hospital, Barking Hospital, Loxford Polyclinic, and Harold Wood Polyclinic. We have two of the busiest emergency departments in London.


As we recover from Covid-19, we're proud to be leading the way nationally in reducing the time our patients wait to get the treatment they need.

The pandemic provided the drive for our teams to innovate and change.


We know we have more work to do to improve waiting times for urgent and emergency care, and our performance against the four-hour emergency access standard remains challenged, in comparison to many other London trusts.


We are particularly proud of our regional Neurosciences Centre; Radiotherapy Centre; Hyper Acute Stroke Unit; and dedicated breast care service at King George Hospital.

We're also pleased to be part of the NEL Cancer Alliance.

For further information on this role, please see the attached detailed Job Description and Person Specification.

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