Job summary
- Main area
- Child Health
- Grade
- Band 3
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time
- Part time
- Job ref
- 188-HCA021124
- Employer
- University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- CHI Bursledon House
- Town
- Southampton
- Salary
- £24,071 - £25,674 Per annum - Pro rata
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 06/12/2024 23:59
- Interview date
- 18/12/2024
Employer heading
Senior Healthcare Assistant - Child Health
Band 3
Job overview
We are looking for a vibrant, compassionate, intuitive, friendly and hardworking candidtate to join our nursing team. You will have experience of working within a care setting and will understand the importance of ensuring patients recieve a positive experience during their stay. You will have excellent communication skills, integrity and value working within a dedicated team.
If this is you, then this is a really fantastic opportunity to work in our very unique service at Bursledon House, a ten bedded paediatric inpatient unit which is part of Southampton Children's Hospital. We care for children (0-16yrs) and their families who are experiencing limitations of managing a chronic condition such as long standing constipation and soiling, sleep disorders, selective eating, anxiety, diabetes, obesity, chronic fatigue, rehabilitation following brain injury whom are wanting to get their lives back on track and with a multi-disciplinary team approach our aim is to do just that.
Main duties of the job
Attached you will find the person specification document which provides more detail about the essential and desirable skills and experience needed for this role. We highly recommend you review this document and use it when completing your application as these criteria are used by hiring managers as guidance during shortlisting.
For an overview of the main duties of the role please see the ‘Job Description and Main Responsibilities’ section below. To understand the day-to-day responsibilities in more detail please read the full job description document attached.
Working for our organisation
As one of the largest acute teaching Trusts in England, we offer learning and development opportunities to help you achieve the career you aspire to.
All non-clinical roles may involve a mixture of on site and remote working, Specific details and flexible working options can be discussed as part of the interview process. UHS employees are able to access a range of NHS discounts, are entitled to a minimum of 35 days paid holiday (pro rata), and we offer a generous pension scheme.
Southampton is an attractive place to live and work situated on the south coast, with an international airport and direct trains to London. The New Forest National Park and beaches of the Jurassic coast are also right on our doorstep. The city offers living costs 20% lower than London and 14 schools rated outstanding by Ofsted.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
The successful candidate will:
Display compassion towards children and young people
Have experience and understanding of children and young people with neurodivergence
Have excellent communication skills
Work well within a multi-disciplinary team
Person specification
Qualifications / training required
Essential criteria
- NVQ 3 in health and social care or equivalent
- Numeracy and Literacy skills at level 1 or 2 or equivalent
Desirable criteria
- Experienced and competent in additional clinical skills, as per job description.
Previous or relevant experience necessary
Essential criteria
- Proven experience in a caring role
- Understanding of acute hospital environment and the role of a Senior Healthcare Assistant
Desirable criteria
- Previous HCA experience
- Previous experience of working with the general public.
- Experience of using a computer.
Aptitudes and skills required
Essential criteria
- Literacy and numeracy skills.
- Ability to communicate with wide range of people.
- Ability to work as a team member.
- Ability to work under own initiative and prioritise workload
- Ability to adjust to pressures of job.
- Good interpersonal skills.
- Willingness to undertake further training.
- Patience, dependability and motivation shown.
- Be able to take instruction / directions.
- Aware of personal limitations.
Desirable criteria
- Able to question appropriately.
Values and behaviours
Essential criteria
- Patient First
- Working Together
- Always Improving
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Shelley Vaughan
- Job title
- Staff Nurse
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 02381206916
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