Band 2 Health Care Assistant

5 days ago

Birmingham, United Kingdom University Hospitals Birmingham Full time

**Job overview**:
Are you compassionate, caring and want to make a difference to those about you. Do you have a passion for working with people and helping to improve the patient experience whilst in hospital. We are looking for people like you to work at our Trust.

As a Healthcare Assistant you will work as part of the ward/department team, under the supervision of the Registered Nurse, providing support and feedback on care provided. You will participate in the delivery of patient centred care, with a compassionate and professional attitude at all times, to your patients, carers and colleagues.

Working as part of the Multi-disciplinary team you will build relationships through safe effective and non-discriminatory communication, maintain high standards of professionalism with members of the team, patients, carers and relatives. You will develop key life skills and have opportunity to build your career.

Caring is a 24/7 service, so you will need to work days, Nights, weekend and some Bank Holidays. Most shifts start at 0730hrs for day time and 1930hrs for nights. There are opportunities for flexible working within limits.

We would like to meet you and ensure that you are supported through the process. You will be invited to attend an introductory welcome session and number of supported activities, with an informal Interview, this will be held on Saturday 19th November at various times, you will be informed of your specific arrival time

**Main duties, tasks & skills required**:
You will be enrolled on the Care Certificate on commencing employment. Which will provide you with fundamental knowledge and skills to perform your role. Ongoing support will be provided by clinical Educators, who will help you build on your skills and direct you to available Educational programmes and professional development. You will complete both a local and trust induction in your first few weeks.

As a HCA you will act as the patient advocate and voice. You will be expected to chaperone and support patients of all genders, during examinations and treatments, responding swiftly to patients needs both physical and mental. You will provide assistance with activities of daily living, nutrition, fluids, mobilisation and repositioning as required by the patient.

You will undertake basic patient observations following appropriate training and supervision, understanding their implications and report these back to the registered nurses in a clear and concise manner.

You will work within your scope of practise maintaining the safety of your patients, colleagues and visitors. Maintain confidentiality at all times with patient, colleagues and relatives data.

You will observe Health and Safety processes and actively participate in ensuring Infection Prevention measures are followed at all times. Above all you will uphold the Trusts Values of Kind, connected and Bold in everything you do.

**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.

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

**Person specification**:
**Qualifications**:
**Essential**:
Care Certificate or evidence or Training and Development associated with Health Care Support Worker role

**Desirable**:
Functional skills Level 2 English Language and Maths Qualification or GCSE Grade C or above in Maths and English Language
Level 2/3 NVQ/ Diploma

**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**:
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