Job summary
- Main area
- Outpatients
- Grade
- Band 3
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- 37.5 hours per week (Full time hours available. Shifts between 8am and 6pm Currently Mon-Fri)
- Job ref
- 362-A-24-6437060-A
- Employer
- Stockport NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Stepping Hill
- Town
- Stockport
- Salary
- £22,816 - £24,336 per annum pro rata
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 14/11/2024 23:59
Employer heading
Healthcare Assistant Marjory Warren Day Hospital and OPD
Band 3
Stockport NHS Foundation Trust
There are lots of good reasons to choose to come and work at Stockport NHS Foundation Trust. A dynamic integrated Trust with integrity and vision. Exactly the same qualities you’ll see in yourself. Stockport NHS Foundation Trust aims to be the organisation of choice for patients and an employer of choice for staff. In order to continually improve all aspects of our patient experience, we rely upon having a highly skilled, motivated, diverse, productive and patient focused workforce.
Stockport Foundation Trust is one of four ‘specialist’ hospital sites in Greater Manchester. Being a ‘specialist’ hospital will enhance our general surgery, anaesthetics, critical care and emergency medicine for the benefit of people in Stockport, High Peak, Cheshire and across Greater Manchester.
Our values ‘We Care, We Respect, We Listen’ are at the heart of everything we do, and come from our promise: ‘Making a difference every day.’ They drive the behaviour and actions for everyone in our organisation.
In your application for this post, please describe how your experience and skills align with 'Our values-based behaviours' ( see additional documentation) and provide examples.
Greater Manchester Continuous Service Commitment
As well as recognising previous NHS service, Stockport NHS Foundation Trust is a member of the Greater Manchester Continuous Service Commitment. If you are currently employed by Greater Manchester Local Authority, Combined Authority, GMFRS, TfGM as well as other public service organisations, Stockport NHS Foundation Trust will recognise your previous service for sickness and maternity/paternity/adoption entitlement and also for annual leave purposes (providing there has been no break in service). If you currently work for one of the above organisations and successfully apply for a post with Stockport NHS Foundation Trust, please ensure the Recruitment team are aware so that this service is reflected in your contract of employment.
Our Values:
We Care
About each other
Our patients and their families
The communities we serve
The environment
We support them and deliver on their promises
We Respect
Each other
Our patients and their families
Our partners
We are kind and helpful, and we expect the same in return
We Listen to
Each other
Our patients and their families
Our partners
We act and learn from what we hear
Job overview
The Senior Healthcare Support Worker within the Marjorie Warren day hospital and outpatient clinic setting, provides high quality, caring, compassionate and personal care to patients and their families/carers, under the direction of the registered healthcare professionals and senior colleagues, both independently and as part of the multi- disciplinary team.
Successful applicants must possess a high level of professionalism and confidence, and a positive commitment to service improvement.
We are committed to supporting our staff to achieve their full potential and there will be opportunities for ongoing CPD.
You will be expected to meet all the values and behaviours set out by The Trust, act as a role model for junior staff and go that extra mile to provide the high standard of service required at all times in our small unit.
Main duties of the job
As well as administrative preparation, communication with the public and delivering personal care, this senior role includes undertaking venepuncture, measurement of vital signs (temperature, pulse, respirations, Blood Pressure) & ECG recording . Ongoing training will be given to ensure your competencies and skills are kept up to date.
Working for our organisation
We hold a unique position in the Stockport community as the provider of healthcare and we are one of its largest employers.
Our mission is to make a difference every day. Our values are that we care, we respect, and we listen
We believe that the best organisations are those that reflect the communities they serve. We are therefore seeking to improve the diversity of our workforce to make it truly representative of our local population.
We actively encourage applications irrespective of race, age, disability, sex, gender reassignment, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, religion or belief, marriage & civil partnership, or pregnancy or maternity. Recognising those communities that are underrepresented within our workforce, we would particularly welcome applications from you.
We recognise that flexible working is important. We take requests for flexible working seriously, consider any request we receive and try to work with you, so we can explore if your request may fit with the needs of the service.
The salary for the role is only one part of the excellent package of benefits we offer to you:
- Between 27-33 days of annual leave plus bank holidays
- NHS pension scheme membership
- Salary sacrifice schemes for lease cars, home electronics and more, to make your salary go further
- NHS Staff discounts
- Cycle to work scheme
- Salary finance – for loans, savings, budget planning and tips on managing debt
- Stockport Credit Union– for local financial advice
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please refer to the job description attached.
Please contact a member of leadership team (contact details below) for further information or to arrange a visit.
The Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment and promote safeguarding by implementing the Trust’s policies and procedures, acting promptly on concerns, communicating effectively and sharing information appropriately.
If successful this vacancy will require an enhanced DBS check at a cost of £41.50. This cost will be deducted from your first Trust salary
In addition to this it will be a condition of your employment that you will join the DBS update service and pay the annual subscription fee of £13.
COVID-19 vaccination remains the best way to protect yourself, your family, your colleagues and of course our patients from the virus when working in our healthcare settings. Whilst COVID-19 vaccination is not a condition of employment at this time, we do encourage our staff to get vaccinated. We will be checking the vaccination status of all new starters so that we can manage individual and environmental risks, and so that we can support those who may be undecided about vaccination. If you are unvaccinated and you would like some advice or information, including how to get vaccinated, please email [email protected]. There is a current Government consultation underway which will determine whether some new starters may need to be vaccinated.
Person specification
Education & Qualifications
Essential criteria
- NVQ 3 or demonstration of equivalent experience as described in JD
- Care certificate (or demonstrate willingness to undertake)
- maths and English GCSE or equivalent
Knowledge
Essential criteria
- Data protection, caldicott and confidentiality principles
- Principles of Infection Prevention
Desirable criteria
- NHS Healthcare and challenges faced by NHS, and knowledge of health challenges faced by the local community
Experience
Essential criteria
- Working within a relevant healthcare setting (please see advert for a list of speciality clinics hosted)
- Supporting junior staff by training
- Caring for patients
- Worked as a Band 3 HCA in a healthcare setting
Desirable criteria
- Supporting quality improvement within a similar setting though (for EG) audits / research and development activities
- Assisting with clinical procedures
- Working within an outpatient setting
Skills and ability
Essential criteria
- Able to work on own initiative
- Able to participate effectively in team work
- Good communication skills (both written and verbal) , able to adapt style according to audience
- Able to carry out routine duties, adapting and reprioritising according to patient service need
- Basic computer skills with ability or willingness to develop more advanced IT skills
- Clinical skills such as venepuncture / phlebotomy, ECGs, measurement of vital signs as described in JD
Work related circumstances
Essential criteria
- Clean and tidy presentation of self
- Capable of undertaking patient and non-patient manual handling
- flexible to meet the needs of the service (late finishes, evening clinics, weekends)
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
- Alex Gosling
- Job title
- Unit Manager
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 0161 419 2118
- Additional information
Sister Helen Steele 0161 419 2117 [email protected]
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