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Band 3 Healthcare Assistants - Critical Care Team 

An exciting opportunity has arisen for an experienced Band 3 Healthcare Assistant to join our busy Critical Care Team (ICU/HDU) at Epsom & St Helier University Hospital NHS Trust. 

The base site for this post is St.Helier Hospital ICU.

St .Helier Hospital ICU currently comprises of 13  beds incorporating specialities including; emergency/scheduled general surgery, acute medicine and, renal.

Epsom Hospital HDU/ICU comprises of 8  beds. It predominantly provides care for elective surgical and acute medical admissions.

As Critical Care provision is a 24 hours, 7 days a week service, applicants will be expected to undertake internal rotation, including weekends, night duties and bank holidays.

In order to fulfil the job role, learning and development requirements, and service needs applicants will be required to work across both hospital sites.

Main duties of the job

The HCA role supports the clinical team in caring for critically ill patients and their loved ones, and ensuring clean and organised clinical areas. You would be responsible for providing fundamental aspects of patient care at the direction of the qualified nursing team to ensure critically ill patients and their loved ones receive high quality, dignified and respectful care.

We are looking for someone who is “hands-on” with healthcare experience,  preferably in acute care, and who possess the following attributes;
• Excellent communication, interpersonal and organisational skills.
• Ability to work confidently and collaboratively across professional boundaries and use your initiative.
• Ability to work flexibly according to the day-to-day service needs.
• Willingness to develop within this role.

This post is not currently linked to a Band 4 Career Progression Pathway.

Are you compassionate, reliable, driven and ready for a challenge? If so, we look forward to welcoming you to join our dynamic, motivated and friendly team. 

The HCA role has been developed to support the clinical team in caring for critically ill patients and their loved ones, and ensuring clean and organised clinical areas. You would be responsible for providing fundamental aspects of patient care at the direction of the qualified nursing team to ensure critically ill patients receive high quality, dignified and respectful care.

Working for our organisation

We have a dedicated critical care education team. We will support you to develop your confidence and competence through a programme of supervised practice, bespoke critical care specific competencies and study days. 

Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals NHS Trust provides a range of medical services to approximately 490,000 people living across southwest London and northeast Surrey. In addition, we provide more specialist services, in particular renal and neonatal intensive care, to a wider area, covering parts of Sussex and Hampshire.

We serve an area that is rich in diversity, with a mix of urban and rural areas, and differing levels of quality of life. We cover some of the most prosperous postcodes in the country, as well as some poorer areas. Together with our colleagues at NHS Surrey and NHS Sutton and Merton, we work to make sure that we deliver the best possible care to the communities we serve.

The Trust employs approximately 5,000 staff across its hospitals and is supported by over 500 volunteers.