Band 2 Healthcare Assistant

1 month 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 want people like you to work across all four sites, in our specialist and generalist areas.

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 and 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, with the support of educators, mentors and clinical supervisors.

We are a 24/7 service you will need to work days, Nights and weekend shifts. Most shifts start at 0730hrs for day time and 2000hrs for nights. Whilst most staff choose to work long shifts there are opportunities to work shorter days and to join the Bank for additional hours if wanted.

Interviews will be 2 weeks from advert, you will need to present evidence of qualifications without these you will need to undertake and pass the BKSB functional skills test before Interview

**Main duties, tasks & skills required**:
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 and will be exposed to bodily fluids.

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.

Healthcare assistants new to Trust will be automatically enrolled on the Care Certificate on commencing employment. You will also have access to clinical Educators in the department, who can help you build on your skill and direct you to available training programmes and professional development. Read the Job Description for details of the role.

**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 detailed job description for this vacancy, please see attached Job Description*

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

**Experience**:
**Essential**:
Experience of working /

participating as part of a team.

Evidence of ability to work using

own initiative and under mínimal

supervision

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

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