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- Address
- Trust Offices
- St Thomas' Street
- London
- SE1 9RT
- Contact Number
- 020 7188 7188
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Band 3 Healthcare Assistant Outpatients Harefield Hospital
Closed for applications on: 12-Sept-2023 00:01
Vacancy status: Closed
Closed for applications on: 12-Sept-2023 00:01
Key details
Location
- Site
- Harefield Hospital
- Address
- Hill End Road
- Town
- Harefield
- Postcode
- UB9 6JH
- Major / Minor Region
- London
Contract type & working pattern
- Contract
- Fixed term: 6 months
- Hours
- Part time - 28.5 hours per week
Salary
- Salary
- £27,129 - £28,649 p.a. inc Outer HCA (pro rata)
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Grade
- (NHS AfC: Band 3)
Specialty
- Main area
- Healthcare Assistant
Guy’s and St Thomas’ is among the UK’s busiest and most successful NHS foundation trusts. We provide a full range of hospital and community services for people in south London and as well as specialist care for patients from further afield including cancer, renal, orthopaedic, respiratory and cardiovascular services.
Guy’s is home to the largest dental school in Europe and a £160 million Cancer Centre opened in 2016. As part of our commitment to provide care closer to home, in 2017 we also opened a cancer centre and a kidney treatment centre at Queen Mary’s Hospital in Sidcup. St Thomas’ has one of the largest critical care units in the UK and one of the busiest emergency departments in London. It is also home to Evelina London Children’s Hospital.
Evelina London cares for local children in Lambeth and Southwark and provides specialist services across south east England including cardiac, renal and critical care services. We lead a number of specialist service networks aiming to ensure children are treated locally where possible, but have access to specialist expertise when they need it. Our community services include health visiting, school nursing and support for families of children with long-term conditions.
Our adult community services teams deliver care at the heart of the local communities we serve, working in partnership with GPs, local authorities and other healthcare and voluntary sector organisations. Working with our partners in Lambeth and Southwark, we are focusing on new ways of working to improve care for local patients.
In February 2021 the Royal Brompton and Harefield joined Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust, bringing together world-leading expertise in the care and research of heart and lung disease. Our merger provides a once in a generation opportunity to build a lasting, world-renowned heart and lung centre, providing the highest quality care for patients and conducting world-leading research.
We have a reputation for clinical excellence and high quality teaching and research. We are part of King’s Health Partners, one of eight accredited UK academic health sciences centres. In partnership with King’s College London we have dedicated clinical research facilities including an MHRA accredited Phase I clinical trials unit.
Patients are at the heart of everything we do and we pride ourselves on ensuring the best possible patient experience as well as safe, high quality care. We are proud to have one of the lowest mortality rates in the NHS. Following a comprehensive Care Quality Commission (CQC) inspection in 2019 we maintained our overall rating of ‘good’. Our adult community services achieved a rating of ‘outstanding’.
The commitment of our 23,500 staff is key to our success. We are one of the largest local employers and we aim to develop and support all our staff so they are able to deliver high quality, safe and efficient care. The 2019 NHS staff survey results show that we have one of the most engaged and motivated workforces in the NHS. We know this has a positive impact on the care provided to our patients.
We have one of the most ambitious capital investment programmes anywhere in the NHS.
Job overview
Outpatients has a unique role for Healthcare assistants. Although a clinical role is necessary, the role has evolved since covid and is now both clinical and clerical. The role is:
To provide and maintain excellent standards of nursing care to an allocated group of patients, under the supervision of a registered nurse.
To carry out care and treatment tasks, delegated from professionally qualified staff, requiring a wide range of technical ability, numeracy and literacy skills as well as an excellent level of interpersonal skills.
To supervise, less experienced/new Health Care Assistants in the clinical area ensuring patient focused care is provided.
To provide any administrative and clerical support to the team.
To be flexible in the approach to the clinical area and provide cover for any areas specified.
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To ensure the efficient running of the outpatient department continues. To work within the outpatient team to perform clinical and clerical work, including venopuncture, observations, ECGs, administrative duties and clinic preparation for future clinics.
Working for our organisation
On 1st February 2021 the Royal Brompton and Harefield Hospitals became part of Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust – a truly once-in a generation development. Together, we are taking our first steps towards our vision of creating a brand-new centre of excellence, which will be the global leader in the research into and treatment of heart and lung disease in patients from pre-birth to old age. We are developing some exciting plans and we want you to join us – so come and help to change the shape of healthcare for our heart and lung patients world-wide.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Carry out tasks in delivering and supporting direct patient care with the support of a registered nurse. Able to demonstrate abilities and competencies gained to enable tasks to be delegated from professionally qualified staff.
Able to perform more complex aspects of patient care, some with indirect supervision, eg, taking and recording or observations, taking of venous blood samples and cannulating as directed, in checking and preparing equipment and preparing patients for treatment.
Preparing clinics for Clinicians ensuring all tests results are available and clinics are in good order.
Keep clinical areas clean and tidy and maintain a safe, pleasant environment.
Adhere to departmental and Directorate procedures for the use of supplies and equipment in order to promote the effective and efficient use of resources.
Assist in the restocking of supplies and maintenance of equipment.
Be aware of and adhere to the Trust Policies and Procedures.
Under supervision contribute to and participate in the process of setting of goals and benchmarking standards of care.
Identify and report clinical risks to the ward manager so that appropriate action can be taken in accordance with the Trust risk management policy.
Record and report all incidents/complaints involving staff, patients and visitors in accordance with Trust policies and assist in any investigations as required.
To actively promote a healthy lifestyle for patients.
Guy’s and St Thomas’ celebrates, respects and values the diversity of its staff and patients. We review our policies, procedures and practices to ensure that all employees, patients and carers are treated equitable according to their needs. We are actively committed to ensuring that no one who applies for a job, works or study’s at the Trust, or accesses our services is discriminated against on the grounds of race, ethnicity, nationality, disability, religion or belief, age, gender identity , gender reassignment, sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity/paternity, or marital/civil partnership.
Applications are welcomed from applicants with a disability. We can make reasonable adjustments and offer support and advice in a variety of ways throughout the application process. Equality of opportunity is our policy.
As an organisation we are committed to developing our services in ways that best suit the needs of our patients. This means that some staff groups will increasingly be asked to work a more flexible shift pattern so that we can offer services in the evenings or at weekends.
Flexible working
We are committed to supporting all employees to achieve a healthy work life balance and to work in a way that is best for them and our patients. We will consider all requests to work flexibly, taking in to account the individual’s personal circumstances as well the needs of the service. We encourage all prospective applicants to discuss their individual circumstances with the recruiting manager as part of the on-boarding process.
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Applicant requirements
Person specification
Knowledge/Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Good basic level of English through written language
- Healthcare Certificate
Desirable criteria
- NVQ
Experience
Essential criteria
- Experience working with patients
- Abilty to work as part of a team
- venopuncture
- Ability to use own initiative
- Computer experience
Desirable criteria
- cannulation
Skills
Essential criteria
- Reliable work record
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Clare Denny
- Job title
- Sister
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 01895823737
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