Band 2 Health Care Assistant

6 months ago

Solihull, United Kingdom University Hospitals Birmingham Full time

**Job summary**:
We are looking for individuals with or without health and care experience to join our small nurse lead haemodialysis team. As a Health Care Assistant your role would be to work closely with the other Health Care Assistants and the nurses to care and support our haemodialysis patients.

No experience? No problem as we will teach you everything that you will need to know for this role as well as offering 6 weeks supernumerary whilst your training is being completed. It is important that you are kind and caring person with a desire to help both patients and staff in the running of the unit. If this sounds like you then you may already have the attributes that are needed for a great health care assistant.

From the time you join us you will have access to learning, development and training opportunities. As you progress in your NHS career you will quire knowledge, skills and confidence that you will need to provide safe and compassionate care. With the right support, those who want to can also undertake the necessary training to become our future nursing associates and nurses

Solihull Renal Unit is a great place to work and from the moment you join you will be made to feel part of the team.

**Main duties, tasks & skills required**:
The main duties of the role include;
- working as part of the multidisciplinary team in supporting colleagues
- The setting up of the haemodialysis machines
- Assisting patients to weigh pre and post dialysis.
- Assisting patients with their mobility
- Delivering refreshments to the patients
- Stocking up of dialysis consumables
- liaising with West Midlands Ambulance Service
- To undertake clinical observation
- To provide and assist patients with personal care
- To respect people at all times regardless of age, gender, disability, race or religion

The list is of course not exhaustive and you may be asked to complete numerous tasks by both nurses and patients. You would be expected to act in a professional manner at all times and act in a way as to promote a positive image of UHB Foundation Trust.

**About us**:
We are recognised as one of the leading NHS Foundation Trusts in the UK. Our vision is to Build Healthier Lives, and we recognise that we need incredible staff to do this.

Our commitment to our staff is to create the best place for them to work, and we are dedicated to:
Investing in the health and wellbeing of our staff, including a commitment of offering flexible working where we can;
Offer our staff a wide variety of training and development opportunities, to support their personal and career development objectives.

UHB is committed to ensuring that our staff are treated fairly and feel that they belong, by creating a kind and inclusive environment. This is about equity of opportunity; removing all barriers, including discrimination and ensuring each individual member of staff reach their true potential, achieve their ambitions and thrive in their work. This is more than words. We are taking action. Our commitment to an inclusive culture is embedded at all levels of the organisation where every voice is heard, driven by our diverse and active staff networks, and at Board level by the Fairness Taskforce led by our CEO. We nurture a culture which empowers staff to challenge discriminatory behaviours and to enable people to bring their 'whole self' to a kinder, more connected and bold place to work.

University Hospitals Birmingham is a Smoke-Free premises hospital.

**Job description**:
*Please Note : For a detailed job description for this vacancy, please see attached Job Description*

**Person specification**:
**Qualifications**:
**Essential**:

- Care Certificate or evidence or Training & Development associated with Health Care Support Worker role
- Level 2/3 NVQ/ Diploma

**Desirable**:

- Functional skills Level 2 English Language and Maths Qualification or GCSE Grade C or above in Maths and English Language

**Experience**:
**Essential**:

- Minimum of 6 months experience in a care environment in the last 12 months
- Experience of working / participating as part of a team.
- Evidence of ability to work using own initiative and under mínimal supervision

**Additional Criteria**:
**Essential**:

- Ability to demonstrate an understanding of the role and tasks involved
- Can articulate the reasons for training/ standards of practice and behaviour and how these may be demonstrated / relate to patient care and safety
- Good time keeping
- Ability to work with competing priorities
- Flexible approach to shift patterns and place of work

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