Healthcare Assistant

2 days ago

Cirencester, United Kingdom Gloucestershire Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust Full time

Job summary

Our passion is for delivering care services of the highest quality to our local communities. Developing new working arrangements across health and social care we are striving to deliver new models of service, inspiring innovation, liberating talent and delivering best value for money. To help us achieve our ambitions we are seeking to recruit motivated Healthcare Assistants to join our team here on Windrush Ward, Cirencester Hospital. The hospital supports 49 inpatient beds across two wards. It sub acute medical care and general rehabilitation.

The post provides an excellent opportunity for personal development with a very supportive Training and Development Sister to guide you. You will be expected to complete the Care Certificate within the first year of your employment, and you will also have opportunities to attend regular training sessions held within the hospital and at our selected sites.

You will be enthusiastic, motivated and dedicated to providing only the very best in-patient care. You will also be able to work confidently in a team.

Ideally, you will have previous experience in a healthcare role but for the right candidate this is not essential.

Good IT skills are a must, together with a commitment to developing innovative ways of delivering integrated services.

We welcome potential candidates to come for a look around and get a feel for what we do by prior arrangement.

Main duties of the job

As a Health Care Assistant/ Support Worker you will be responsible for participating and assisting in the delivery of care / services to patients

You will be expected to provide safe and compassionate care of a high standard under supervision of registered nurses.

You will be expected to assist patients with activities of daily living including personal care and nutritional and dietary support.

You will be expected to take and record observations and undertake additional supportive tasks as directed by registered nurse eg venepuncture , catheter care , ECG recording etc.

Please note that this role does not meet the criteria for sponsorship and therefore we are only able to consider applicants with unrestricted right to work in the UK due to the role not currently meeting the UK Government's Visa's & Immigration's requirements for a Skilled Worker Visa.

The qualification, training & experience requirements for the role are underlined in the Job Description/Person Specification.

About us

We have in excess of 5000 staff working over 50 sites, providing a diverse range of services. We strive to support an organisational culture that is welcoming, builds and celebrates inclusivity and diversity and provides a sense of belonging and trust.

The annual NHS Staff Survey gives our people the opportunity to tell us about their experience working at the Trust. For the 2023 survey just over 2800 colleagues gave us their views ( It was great to see from the results that colleagues are saying that:

believe they are making a positive difference to patients/service users; would recommend the organisation as a place to work; agree that care of patients and service users is the organisations priority; would be happy with the standard of care for a friend or relative

Our results put us as 5th nationally as a Community, Mental Health and Learning Disabilities NHS Employer of Choice and 1st equal amongst all NHS Provider Trusts in the South West. However, we know we have more to do and will continue to drive forward our commitment to making GHC a Great Place to Work.

Job description

Job responsibilities

As a Health Care Assistant/ Support Worker you will be responsible for participating and assisting in the delivery of care / services to patients and service users as part of a Mental Health and Social Care Health Service.

Gloucestershire Health and Care is committed to embedding and providing personalised care through all of its services as part of our high-quality care strategy. The purpose of personalised care is to empower people to lead the lives they want to live. Personalised care starts with a conversation with people about what matters to them. It builds on what people can do, as well as addressing their health needs. Including new ways of working and delivering care, emphasising that we need to make effective use of the full range of our peoples skills and experience to deliver the best possible patient care. So we want to know What Matters to You and that you will share our values and join us on this very important journey.

Please refer to the Additional Information attachment before submitting your application.

Person Specification

QUALIFICATIONS

Essential

C and above in GCSE English and Maths or level 4 and above (or equivalent Adult Literacy and Numeracy).

Desirable

Minimum of 5 GCSE's (or equivalent) including English, Mathematics, and a Science or Health and Social care based subject ? NVQ level 2 ? Care Certificate

NATURE OF EXPERIENCE

Essential

No previous experience is required although it would be desirable that the individual is able to demonstrate some prior experience and understanding of caring for others on a voluntary basis.

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