Job summary
- Main area
- Care Assistant
- Grade
- NHS AfC: Band 2
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week
- Job ref
- 151-SVE002
- Employer
- Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Wexham Park Hospital
- Town
- Slough
- Salary
- £23,575 per annum, incl. HCAS
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 04/08/2024 23:59
Employer heading
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Care Assistant
NHS AfC: Band 2
Job overview
A new and exciting opportunity has arisen for an enthusiastic Care Assistant to join our dynamic and specialist Anticoagulation team.
The successful candidate will be expected to complement the existing team and contribute significantly to the ongoing development within our field.
Applicants must have exceptional inter-personal skills, be self motivated and able to work on their own initiative as well as within a small team. Liaison and communication with other professional groups, agencies and the user group, both within the hospital and in the community, will be an essential component of the role.
This vacancy is linked to a Level 2 Apprenticeship. This will support you to gain relevant knowledge, skills and experience that will help you achieve your potential in this role. Working alongside the Trust’s experienced staff you will be supported to gain the apprenticeship qualification and functional skills in maths and English if required. This is a great opportunity to gain a national recognised qualification while you are working and earning, which will support you in both this role and in your future career at Frimley Health.
You will not be required to undertake an apprenticeship if you have previously completed a relevant apprenticeship, NVQ or similar qualification.
For an informal discussion, please contact Consuelo Amigo on:
0300 615 5358 or Harminder Sangha on 0300 615 3313.
Main duties of the job
- Carry out duties in support and under supervision of Anticoagulation pharmacist specialist/ Anticoagulation nurse specialist in the planning, implementation and evaluation of anticoagulation care.
- To work collaboratively with inpatient areas as a member of the anticoagulation team.
Working for our organisation
Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust provides NHS hospital services for around 900,000 people across Berkshire, Hampshire, Surrey and south Buckinghamshire.
As well as delivering excellent general hospital services to local people, we provide specialist heart attack, vascular, stroke, spinal, cystic fibrosis and plastic surgery services across a much wider area.
We have three main hospitals - Frimley Park in Frimley near Camberley, Heatherwood in Ascot and Wexham Park near Slough.
Our three core values, and the behaviours that support them, guide everything we do and set out what we expect of our staff in the way they treat patients, visitors, service users and each other, Committed to Excellence, Working Together and Facing the Future.
We are also proud to host the Defence Medical Group South East at Frimley Park with military surgical, medical and nursing personnel working alongside the hospital's NHS staff providing care to patients in all specialties.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
For full details, please refer to the attached Job Description and Person Specification:
- Participate in care of patients under the direction and supervision of Anticoagulation pharmacist specialist/ Anticoagulation nurse specialist
- To assist in the outpatient clinics when necessary and provide escort and transfer for patients if necessary.
- To complete and record investigations and observations as appropriate including, reporting any abnormalities to Anticoagulation pharmacist specialist/ Anticoagulation nurse specialist.
- Able to demonstrate an empathetic and caring approach to patients and relatives and work so that patients’ dignity & respect
is maintained at all times
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Good General Education
- Good General Knowledge
Desirable criteria
- NVQ
Skills
Essential criteria
- Good communication skills (written and verbal)
- Ability to work under supervision
- Good organisational skills
- Good interpersonal skills
- Ability to adapt to change within working situations
Experience
Essential criteria
- Previous experience of working in Primary or Secondary care
- Experience of working within a team
Desirable criteria
- Previous experience in an Anticoagulant clinic
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
- Consuelo Amigo
- Job title
- Principal Pharmacist
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 03006155358
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