Health Care Assistant

3 weeks ago


Wishaw, United Kingdom NHS Scotland Full time

**The Role**:
We are looking to recruit a Health Care Assistant to join Ward 5 based at University Hospital Wishaw

The HCA will carry out routine personal care/assist with routine examination duties for patients, in support of a registered nurse/clinician. The HCA will also be responsible for carrying out assigned duties to maintain hygiene, order and safety within the ward/department environment.

**Contract type**:
Permanent / Full time / 37.5 hours / Band 2

**NHS Lanarkshire**:
Have you always wanted to work with NHS Lanarkshire? Then this might be the opportunity for you to join Team Lanarkshire

Here at NHS Lanarkshire, we put the patient at the heart of everything we do. Each colleague within the organisation plays a key role in how we deliver our healthcare services.

We proudly serve a population of 655,000 across rural and urban communities in both North and South Lanarkshire. NHS Lanarkshire is comprised of Acute Services (which currently provide hospital based services over 3 main sites), Corporate & Property & Support Services, North and South Lanarkshire Health and Social Care Partnerships which provide integrated primary healthcare and social care services to local communities and surrounding areas.

**Why join NHS Lanarkshire?**

Join us and you will discover a supportive environment where you will have the chance to add to your skills and further your career.

Some of NHS Lanarkshire benefits include:

- A minimum of 27 days annual leave increasing with length of service (pro-rata for part time staff)
- A minimum of 8 days of public holidays
- Membership of NHS Pension Scheme, with life insurance benefits (for more information on the NHS Pension Scheme visit the Scottish Public Pension)
- Paid sick leave increasing with length of service
- Occupational health services
- Employee Counselling services
- Work-life Balance policies and procedures

NHS Lanarkshire have a range of support services on topics that can impact both on your working and personal life including occupational health, spiritual care and independent counselling. This support can be accessed using the links on this page.

**What we'll need you to bring**:

- SVQII in healthcare or working towards, or equivalent experience working in a caring environment/role.
- Ability to work with people and as part of a multidisciplinary team.
- Effective written and verbal communication skills
- Ability to carry out assigned tasks effectively in a busy environment.

**It would be great if you also have**:

- SVQ, NVQ or associated health related study or working towards or willing to undertake SVQ training
- Evidence of training in Infection control and Prevention
- Evidence of recent study
- Current experience as a nursing assistant in a health care setting
- Experience in acute hospital environment preferably in medical wards or coronary care environment
- Experience in assisting with the patient admission, observation and discharge process
- Knowledge of Scottish Patient Safety programme and quality indicators
- Calm when under pressure
- Caring, compassionate and approachable
- Enthusiastic and motivated

**Looking to find out more?**

If you’re looking to find out a bit more, then we would love to hear from you

Please contact Lynn McTavish:

- Mob - 01698 366050

**Further Information**

For more information on the role, please refer to the Job Description. If you’re looking for more information on the recruitment process, organisation or the services we provide, please refer to our information pack, or our recruitment webpage.

Additional Information for Applicants
- Posts close at midnight on the indicated date
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**Additional Information for Applicants**
- Posts close at midnight on the indicated date
- We recommend using the Internet Browser "Google Chrome" or "Microsoft Edge" when using Jobtrain

In NHS Lanarkshire we are committed to recruiting a workforce that fully reflects the diverse make-up of our society. A place where every individual can thrive, develop and succeed based on skill, knowledge and talent, regardless of race, disability, gender, sexual orientation, care experienced* or any other dimension that can be used to differentiate people from one another.
- Care experienced applicants are people who live/have lived with foster parents/kinship carers or who live/have lived in a residential children’s setting/secure unit.

Whilst this advertisement may be for a specific post(s) in a particular location, applicants who are shortlisted for interview may be considered for similar vacancies in alternative locations.

Please note for all vacancies where a driving licence is required this, must be a full UK/EU/EEA licence.


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