Senior Healthcare Assistant- Dialysis in Guernsey
Closed for applications on: 19-Jul-2024 00:02
Vacancy status: Closed
Closed for applications on: 19-Jul-2024 00:02
Key details
Location
- Site
- Guernsey Renal Satellite Unit
- Address
- Princess Elizabeth Hospital, Le Vauquiedor, St Andrew's
- Town
- Guernsey
- Postcode
- GY4 6UU
- Major / Minor Region
- London
Contract type & working pattern
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week
Salary
- Salary
- £27,950 - £30,996 (based on the Guernsey Agenda for Change 2024)
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Grade
- (Guernsey AfC: Band 3)
Specialty
- Main area
- Dialysis
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
Senior Healthcare Assistant in the Haemodialysis service in Guernsey
We are looking to employ a hardworking, self-motivated, reliable individual to support our team. This role will allow you to develop and gain a wide range of additional skills which will enhance your own personal development while contributing to our high standards of care.
Important: Do you not apply if you do not meet the criteria - Do you have permission to live and work (Housing Permit) in Guernsey?
Advert
You will be supporting our service users and the nursing team in the provision of dialysis treatments in the Renal Unit at the Princess Elizbeth Hospital. The role involves direct contact with patients who are on treatment, organising unit supplies and managing specimens collected for testing in the laboratory. There is opportunity to expand the role to do phlebotomy in the kidney clinics. Training and support will be provided for the successful candidate towards the the completion of competencies.
Working for our organisation
Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust comprises five of the UK’s best known hospitals – Guy’s, St Thomas’, Evelina London Children’s Hospital, Royal Brompton and Harefield – as well as community services in Lambeth and Southwark, all with a long history of high quality care, clinical excellence, research and innovation.
We promote best practice and clinical excellence, and you will become part of this dynamic team where you will have the opportunity to enhance your clinical skills with our comprehensive training package.
We are a friendly, diverse and dynamic team. Dialysis experience is highly desirable and preferred however, consideration will be given to candidates with extensive clinical skills in other areas who wish to pursue a career in dialysis.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Duties and Responsibilities
- Maintains a high standard of personal behaviour, and ensures effective communication with other members of the team, staff and relatives, maintaining confidentiality at all times.
- To ensure that all clinical areas are clean, safe, tidy and fully supplied with necessary equipment, paperwork and leaflets
- Performs and records accurately observations of temperature, pulse, blood pressure, blood glucose monitoring, intake and output and weight, demonstrating an understanding of normal results, and of the importance of reporting deviations from the normal. Reports abnormalities to nursing or medical staff.
- To procure and safely send off clinical specimens as instructed by the nurse or doctor.
- Perform basic nursing care for patients i.e. general hygiene, assisting patients if necessary.
- Ensures that all Trust and Unit policies and procedures are followed. Acts according to the Health & Safety Act and manual handling practice.
- Informs nurse in charge all accidents or incidents. Informs manager when changes in circumstances occur which affect safe and competent practice
- To bring any patient who is unwell or who has a problem to the attention of qualified staff.
- Understands the dietary requirements of patients and ensure the patient has appropriate food and drink.
- Obtain blood samples from patients according to Trust policy when required
- Obtain bodily samples from patients when requested and label and record accordingly.
- Transfer and escort patients as required safely to areas within the Trust for operations, investigations and procedures, ensuring they are in a place of safety with adequate handover to the relevant staff.
- In the context of own knowledge, experience and sphere of responsibility, assist colleagues and those less experience to develop competence in accordance with their needs. Acts as a resource and as a support to all new Health Care assistants within the directorate.
- Is aware of the Health Care Assistant’s role in delivering and documenting care and recording essential patient information.
- Takes account of the customs, values and spiritual beliefs of patients. Has regard to the environment of care and its physical, psychological and social effects on patients.
- Carries out any other duties as required and of which Sister/Charge Nurse or nurse in charge deems she/he capable.
- Acts in a responsible manner in emergency situations, in accordance with unit and Trust policies and following direction from the nurse-in-charge.
- As requested, works within other clinical areas within the directorate
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
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
Trust Values & Behaviours
Essential criteria
- Values & Behaviours - Put patients first | Take pride in what we do | Respect others | Strive to be the best |Act with integrity
Desirable criteria
- Evidence of willingness to learn and acquire skills throughout one's career
Experience
Essential criteria
- Experience as a Health Care Assistant in a healthcare facility
Desirable criteria
- Previous experience of working in Renal or medical ward and/or outpatient haemodialysis setting
Skills
Essential criteria
- Good communication skills written & oral
- Good basic computer skills using hospital software, MS Excel and Word
- Ability to develop good working relationships with medical and other hospital staff at all levels
Desirable criteria
- Venepuncture and cannulation training and sign-off
- Previous dialysis experience or training
Knowledge
Essential criteria
- Evidence of NVQ 3 Qualification or completion of a recognised Care Certficate
Desirable criteria
- Some familiarity with the dialysis process
Additional Information
Essential criteria
- Team worker Willingness to learn
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Mac de Guzman
- Job title
- Renal Matron
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 01481711495
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