Emergency Care Technician

1 month ago


West Bromwich, United Kingdom Sandwell and West Birmingham NHS Trust Full time

Job summary

We are seeking enthusiastic, driven Emergency Care Technicians with excellent clinical and communication skills to join the Medical Same Day Emergency Care Unit ( MSDEC ) at SWBH NHST Trust . The MSDEC department, this is an acute area currently based across our 2 existing sites, which aims to provide specialised acute service to treat those with varying medical conditions, enabling a significant number of our patients who require emergency care to be managed safely the same day and without the need to admit into hospital.

We are redesigning our services to ensure they are streamlined and consistent with safe, effective patient centred care, Medicine Same day Emergency care (MSDEC) forms an integral part of the redesign.

We would welcome applicants who hold a Level 2 in H&SC qualification who would be prepared to or continue with progression to Level 3.

Main duties of the job

The successful candidate will be responsible for supporting the nursing team ensuring that patients have timely investigations by carrying out specific skills to include amongst others; cannulation, phlebotomy, collection of blood cultures, electrocardiogram (ECG).

Supporting all fundamentals of care required, ensuring all patients have a positive experience of the MSDEC process. The successful candidate will have proven interpersonal skills and acute medicine experience.

You will be able to demonstrate clinical expertise and knowledge to support the team to deliver a high quality, effective and safe patient journey. Cross site working is pivotal to this role.

About us

At Sandwell and West Birmingham Hospitals NHS Trust we want to deliver truly brilliant, integrated care. Just like you, were ambitious and passionate about what we do. Were always seeking ways to do more and provide the best compassionate care for our patients and be supportive to our staff.

We Have three newly emerging strategic objectives:

Our People - to cultivate and sustain happy, productive and engaged staff

Our Patients - to be good or outstanding in everything we do

Our Population - to work seamlessly with our partners to improve lives

Job description

Job responsibilities

Please see the attached Job description and personal specification for full details of what this role entails

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

NVQ level 2 Direct care NVQ level 3 Direct care Literacy and Numeracy Qualification

Desirable

Basic First Aid Certificate Food Handling Certificate

Experience

Essential

Relevant experience working in a hospital or other heath care environment, in the NHS. Experience of working as part of a team.

Desirable

Working in a health care setting or demonstrable experience of undertaking a caring role

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