Health Care Assistant, Special Care Baby Unit

Health Care Assistant, Special Care Baby unit, Carlisle, Band 3 - 30 hours available
- This is a wonderful opportunity to work with families and their preterm or sick babies during the period directly following delivery. The Role of the HCA will be to assist the registered nurses (or other healthcare practitioners) in providing high quality patient care. You will be expected to complete all relevant training in line with the trust, regional and national guidelines, you will be supported in this by the Special Care Baby unit. We are a small welcoming team who will support you in your professional development.
To work alongside registered nurses to ensure the highest quality of patient care. Ensuring individualised care is provided to baby's and their families.
Extend scope of practice when trained and deemed competent autonomously undertake appropriate clinical procedures relevant to the clinical area ensuring documentation is completed appropriately following procedure.
Post holder will be expected to contribute to housekeeping and other ward / department duties as required, e.g. general tidiness, re-determined stock levels are met and clinical equipment is clean, working and stored correctly.
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.
- 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 counselling and information service to assist with personal or work-related problems