Job summary
- Main area
- Additional Clinical Services
- Grade
- NHS AfC: Band 2
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time
- Part time
- Job ref
- 470-24-0017-FJ
- Employer
- Isle of Wight NHS Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- St Mary's Hospital
- Town
- Newport, Isle of Wight
- Salary
- £22,383 pro rata, per annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 04/07/2024 23:59
Employer heading
Healthcare Assistant
NHS AfC: Band 2
Job overview
Healthcare Assistant - Band 2
Planned Care Division
Full Time/Part Time roles available
Permanent
An opportunity has arisen for a new Health Care Assistant to join the nursing team on Level C.
On Luccombe ward side you will be caring for patients who have sustained orthopaedic injuries and may require surgery along with a mix of other emergency patient care.
On Alverstone ward will have the additional opportunity to care for elective orthopaedic patients that may have a planned hip or knee replacement.
As a valuable member of the ward team, you will need to have enthusiasm, an enquiring mind, willingness to learn, compassion and patience and a real commitment to helping us strive to achieve the best possible care for our service users.
Main duties of the job
Good communication, written and organisational skills are essential. You should also have a positive attitude to change and be flexible. If you think you have the personality and motivation to join our team, this may be the opportunity you have been waiting for. In return we will provide the necessary support to ensure your development within your role.
This post involves shift work including days, nights, weekends, and bank holidays and may involve you working flexibly to support cover across both sides.
Working for our organisation
We serve a population of approximately 150,000 residents, making the services we offer variable and personalised with a flexible approach to our service users.
Working for our Trust brings a variety of benefits, including an onsite day nursery, cycle-to-work scheme, discounts at local businesses and gyms, and the opportunity to hire Trust’s beach hut in Ryde. We offer many flexible working opportunities, speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement for you and if it works for the service, we will do our best to make it work for you.
The Isle of Wight is a unique and stunning gem located off the South Coast of England, a short ferry journey from Portsmouth and Southampton, with journey times taking from as little as 10 minutes. London can be reached in 90 minutes by rail from Southampton or Portsmouth. The island offers an amazing coastline with beautiful countryside, year-round events, festivals and award-winning attractions.
Our 2020-2025 strategy sets out to ensure that we continue to be a provider of excellent and compassionate care. As part of this strategy, we are proactively taking steps to ensure that we recruit and retain the highest quality of talent to provide CARE and we would welcome applications from under-represented groups to ensure our Trust is an inclusive and diverse employer.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
The post holder will provide a comprehensive service to the Trust with a focus to facilitate effective and timely collection of patient’s vital signs and bed side investigations. Assisting the Registered Nursing and Medical teams by using key skills, to acquire the data to allow diagnosis and treatment. The post holder is required to work collaboratively with the multidisciplinary team internal and external to the organisation, working under the direction of the Registered Nursing team and department Sister/Charge nurse to ensure efficient delivery of patient care.
Please see the attached job description and person specification for a full list of responsibilities
Person specification
Essential
Essential criteria
- Key skills – literacy and numeric
- NVQ II In Direct Care
- Physically capable of performing the role and responsibilities expected of the post holder e.g. manual handling of patients.
- Positive & enthusiastic attitude
- Ability to work as part of a multidisciplinary team.
- Commitment to Personal Development.
- Active listening skills.
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
- Becky Holland
- Job title
- Ward Manager
- Email address
- [email protected]
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