Health Care Assistant

6 months ago

Carlisle, United Kingdom North Cumbria Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust Full time

Health Care Assistant, Band 2, Cumberland Infirmary, Carlisle

An exciting opportunity has arisen to join the team on Elm A/HASU, we are seeking to recruit a highly enthusiastic and motivated team player who will assist the registered nurse/other healthcare professional in providing high quality patient care.

The department specialises in acute stroke care and stroke/neuro rehabilitation and compromises a 10 bedded hyper acute stroke unit, with 33 acute stroke and neuro rehabilitation beds. The Stroke Department is a friendly and caring environment providing care to the most critically / acutely ill patients. Our current Stroke wards regularly receive excellent feedback from patients and their families about our caring staff. The aim of HASU is to provide holistic care for acute stroke patients, utilising a co-ordinated multidisciplinary approach, resulting in optimal patient outcomes.

Your role will be to support nursing staff to provide high quality care to patients, providing personal care ensuring they are comfortable and assist with feeding and ensuring adequate hydration. You will be required to have excellent communication skills as we work within a highly motivated multidisciplinary team.

You will be expected to contribute to housekeeping and other ward / department duties as required, e.g. general tidiness, replenish stock and ensure clinical equipment is clean, working and stored correctly. You will also contribute to the work and improvement of the department by working under direct or indirect supervision of registered practitioners or assistant practitioners.

At NCIC, we have an ambition to deliver outstanding healthcare services to the population of North Cumbria. The Trust is committed to creating a centre of excellence in providing rural and remote healthcare and provides a wide range of community and acute services throughout our county.

Our 5 key principles demonstrate our belief in the delivery of ‘safe, high quality care every time’:

- Being a clinically led organisation
- Quality and safety at the heart of our Trust
- A positive patient experience every time
- A great place to work
- Managing our money well

As an organisation we are serious about supporting a diverse workforce that reflects our local community and are very much focused on being an inclusive and compassionate place to work.

Across the North East and North Cumbria we are working together to deliver our ambition to be the greenest region in England by 2030. All staff are expected to support sustainability.

Please see attached job description and person specification for further information regarding the role and the essential and desirable criteria required to be met by applicants.

Relocation assistance may be available for successful applicants moving to the region for certain posts. Please see our Policy for eligible vacancies.

The essential criteria for this role includes the requirement to have a care certificate or the willingness and ability to undertake this. For further information, please see the additional information link which can be viewed under the “read this before applying” section.

Please ensure that you document evidence of meeting all the essential criteria in the supporting information.

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As part of the one of the largest employers in the UK NCIC future employees will have also access to the following benefits.

A lease car may be available for this position; further details will be provided upon appointment if applicable.

27 day holiday scheme rising to 33 after 10 years

Flexible working Scheme

Excellent opportunities for development

Competitive NHS Pension scheme

Access to NHS discounts with retailers and leisure companies

EAP (Employee Assistance Programme) a free, confidential couns

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