Job summary
- Main area
- Place Based Care
- Grade
- Band 3
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week
- Job ref
- 384-AGB-EMF15161
- Employer
- Royal Surrey NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Haslemere Hospital
- Town
- Haslemere
- Salary
- £25,329 - £26,958 per annum pro rata for part time INC HCAS
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 17/01/2025 23:59
Employer heading
Heightened Surveillance Healthcare Assistant
Band 3
Job overview
We are looking for an enthusiastic, committed and hardworking person to join our team at Haslemere Hospital. This environment will provide the successful candidate with opportunities to develop new skills and knowledge in a rehabilitation setting. This role will give a candidate a fantastic opportunity to be involved in developing the use of newly designed dementia corners. This role will support the ward with providing 1:2:1 care for patients with complex needs. Candidate will be expected to support the ward in clinical capacity with HCA duties.
Main duties of the job
Successful candidate will have a pivotal role in setting up group and individual activities for patients and much more. The post holder will receive support from our dedicated team and have access to our community practice development sister.
Suitable candidates will ideally have:
. Excellent communication skills
. Passionate about older person care and driving change
• Effective interpersonal skills with staff and patients
• Desire to develop new skills and knowledge
Working for our organisation
Royal Surrey is a compassionate and collaborative acute and community Trust. Recognising that our 5000 colleagues are our greatest strength, we offer a comprehensive health and wellbeing program along with a commitment to developing and advancing your career. Our diverse and welcoming Royal Surrey family will ensure you that you feel valued from your initial interview through your entire tenure.
We are clinically led and provide joined up care by bridging the gap between hospital and community services alongside regional specialist cancer care. Our main acute hospital site is in Guildford with community hospital sites at Milford, Haslemere and Cranleigh. We provide adult community health services in homes across Guildford and Waverley.
The Care Quality Commission (CQC) have given us an overall rating of Outstanding.
Royal Surrey has a strong reputation and history to build on. We are proud of our achievements and we are investing in our colleagues through our commitment to supporting professional development as well as investing more than £45 million in our physical environment and new equipment in the next few years. There has never been a better time to join us.
Although it isn't the Trusts normal practice, adverts may close early, so you are encouraged to submit an application as soon as possible.
A video about the Royal Surrey - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R96pMboIYdo
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
The purpose of this role is to enhance patient experience for individual patients or groups of patients who require enhanced care or supervision during their stay in hospital. This will be achieved through close multidisciplinary team working
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- NVQ 3 or equivalent training essential
Knowledge and Skills
Essential criteria
- Previous NHS experience
- Working knowledge of medical terminology & patient confidentiality
- Experience of working with vulnerable people
- Experience in working in dementia care
Desirable criteria
- Ability to express an understanding of audit
- Experience of working with vulnerable people
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
- Ewa Stacey
- Job title
- Senior Sister
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 01483 571122
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