Health Care Assistant. Band 3
Closed for applications on: 5-Jan-2024 00:01
Vacancy status: Closed
Closed for applications on: 5-Jan-2024 00:01
Key details
Location
- Site
- Blackpool Teaching Hospitals
- Address
- Whinney Heys Road
- Town
- Blackpool
- Postcode
- FY38NR
- Major / Minor Region
- Lancashire
Contract type & working pattern
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week (working Days, nights and weekends via a self rostering system.)
Salary
- Salary
- £22,816 - £24,336 Per Annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Grade
- (NHS AfC: Band 3)
Specialty
- Main area
- Critical Care.
Blackpool Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is situated on the west coast of Lancashire, with services covering the local authority areas of Blackpool, Fylde and Wyre. The Trust is part of the Lancashire and South Cumbria Integrated Care System (ICS) supporting a population of around 1.6 million people.
We have three main hospitals providing acute services to around 330,000 local residents. The organisation also provides specialist tertiary care for cardiac and haematology services, delivers community health services to over 445,000 residents including those in North Lancashire and hosts the National Artificial Eye Service across England. Plus, we provide urgent and emergency care services to an estimated 18 million people who visit the seaside resort each year. We employ over 7000 people from 68 different countries.
We welcome and encourage application from anyone with protected characteristics, as well as supporting reservists and Veterans who are looking for a rewarding and challenging career within the NHS.
Blackpool Teaching Hospitals encourages flexible working in all our roles to support staff in maintaining healthy home-life balance. Working patterns such as: part time working, self-rostering, compressed hours, annualised hours, term time, reverse term time and flexitime working can be explored.
Job overview
An exciting opportunity to join our team, where you will be working within a large critical care multi disciplinary team. You will also deliver safe, effective patient care to our patients, with opportunities for further development and career progression throughout your career.
You will support and work closely alongside both Critical Care staff and our Allied health professionals, to identify, prioritise and meet the individual needs of patients. You will demonstrate high standards of care and set examples of best practice when delivering care.
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You will be working within your standard of practice, (SOP) to assist in the planning, delivery and monitoring of Level 0 to Level 2 patient care, within the critical care environment. You will be working alongside and under the direct supervision of Critical Care registered Staff. As an example, but not exclusive to, you will be assisting with the admission and discharge process of patients within the Critical Care Unit. Monitoring and recording of basic observations, documenting all aspects of care delivery, 12 lead ECG recording, providing pressure area care as per Trust policies and procedures, assisting with moving and handling of all critical care patients, suctioning, tracheostomy care and safety, mouth care, maintaining accurate fluid balance recording, supporting medical staff with line insertion, removal of lines when directed to, and participating in critical care handovers.
- To priorities and deliver Level 0 to Level 2 patient care as needed within the scope of the Band 3 HCA role; report and feedback to CC staff directly the ongoing care delivery and patient response to interventions; reporting immediately to the Nurse in Charge any adverse events/incidents.
Working for our organisation
An exciting opportunity for staff to join our positive, friendly, dynamic and passionate Critical care team, where you will work shifts of nights, weekends and days. A good work life balance is essential for working in such an acute environment, and with this in mind we offer a fair self rostering option to the team.
Working for this trust and the Critical care team you can expect to be well lead, supported and have opportunities for development. The staff are dedicated to delivering safe harm free care to all our patients.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
You will be working within your standard of practice, (SOP) to assist in the planning, delivery and monitoring of Level 0 to Level 2 patient care, within the critical care environment. You will be working alongside and under the direct supervision of Critical Care registered Staff. As an example, but not exclusive to, you will be assisting with the admission and discharge process of patients within the Critical Care Unit. Monitoring and recording of basic observations, documenting all aspects of care delivery, 12 lead ECG recording, providing pressure area care as per Trust policies and procedures, assisting with moving and handling of all critical care patients, suctioning, tracheostomy care and safety, mouth care, maintaining accurate fluid balance recording, supporting medical staff with line insertion, removal of lines when directed to, and participating in critical care handovers.
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Any invitation to interview will be sent to the email account stated on your application form.
If the role you have applied for requires a Disclosure and Barring Services (DBS) check we will administer this as part of your pre-employment checks. Please note, you will be required to repay the cost on appointment. This will be collected via a salary deduction. You can choose whether to pay this over 1-3 months from your salary or as a one-off payment on commencement in post. The level of check required depends on the role that you have been offered. Currently the charges are - Basic DBS check £22.00, Standard DBS check £22.00 and Enhanced DBS check £42.00.
You are encouraged where possible, to register for the DBS update service. This is an annual registration fee of £13. By registering for the update service you will not have the additional cost of repeated disclosures.
Should you withdraw your application, you may be required to reimburse the cost of the DBS check.
DBS checks remain free of charge for volunteer positions.
By submitting an application for this vacancy you are confirming your agreement to the above in the event you are successfully appointed.
The DBS Code of Practice can be accessed here.
Please ensure that you read the Person Specification attached below as your application will be judged against this.
Please note that every effort will be made to keep the vacancy live until published closing date, though there may be instances where such interest is generated, that for administrative reasons the post may close earlier.
Please note that in line with national NHS guidelines this Trust operates a strict non-smoking policy. Members of staff are not permitted to smoke on Trust premises or grounds at any time nor take breaks during working hours for the purposes of smoking.
The Trust does not offer interview expenses to shortlisted candidates unless indicated in the advert.
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.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Qualifications Care Certification
- Qualifications Willingness to undertake level 3 apprentiship
Desirable criteria
- Qualifications Level 3 Health and social care.
Experience
Essential criteria
- Transferable skills.
- Experience of health care assistant.
- Team Working
Desirable criteria
- Critical care experience.
Skills/Attributes
Essential criteria
- Understanding of quality and change in the clinical setting.
- Ability to communicate in a variety of settings with patients of varying levels of understanding in English.
- Able to present information and refer questions to others where appropriate.
- Able to deal with sensitive issues with tact and diplomacy.
- An understanding of organisation of nursing care
- Basic IT skills and able to operate Microsoft Outlook
- Basic Understanding of NHS issues
- Ability to develop effective interpersonal relationships with colleagues in the health care setting.
- Understand confidentially and how it impacts patient care.
- Carry out clinical interventions as delegated by a RGN as agreed by local protocols.
Desirable criteria
- An understanding of rehabilitation and why it is implemented in patient care
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Corinne Greenhalgh
- Job title
- Critical care ward manager
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 01253 956867
No longer accepting applications
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