Flexible Healthcare Assistant

Job overview

FLEXIBLE HEALTHCARE ASSISTANT - ALL 5 SITES

Zero hours per week - As and When Required Working Arrangements

Standard Working Arrangements are £22,369.00 Whole Time Equivalent pro-rated.
Derby Health Staffing aims to match suitably skilled workers with the staffing requirements of University Hospitals of Derby and Burton NHS Foundation Trust. 

We are looking for enthusiastic, caring individuals to join our bank, supporting our nurses in all aspects of Patient Care. You will have the opportunity of working in a variety of clinical areas across the Trust.

THIS VACANCY COVERS ALL 5 UHDB TRUST SITES:

• Royal Derby Hospital
• Florence Nightingale Community Hospital
• Queens Hospital Burton 
• Samuel Johnson Hospital
• Sir Robert Peel Community Hospital

It is essential that you have a qualification in Care.

Shortlisted applicants will undertake a literacy and numeracy assessment on   . Please ensure you are available to attend, no alternative dates will be offered. You will be required to provide evidence of 6 months paid Healthcare Support Worker employment, please bring payslips and care qualification to your assessment on 9th&10th January 2025.  If you are unable to provide evidence in the form of payslips/timesheets/Care Qualification Certificate unfortunately we will have to turn you away on the day of assessment 

If successful, interviews will be held on 16th January 2025

Previous applications in the last 3 months need not apply

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Successful candidates must be reliable, motivated and enthusiastic, be able to demonstrate excellent communication skills and work within a multidisciplinary team. We are committed to the training and development of our workers; therefore, you will need to be able to attend training days required for your role.

It is essential that you have a qualification in Care.

Working for our organisation

As a trusted organisation at the heart of our communities, we recognise the important role we can play in supporting the public, patients, our own people and local partners in achieving the best of health for the local population and the communities in which they live by providing Exceptional Care Together

Our fundamental Values of Compassion, Openness and Excellence underpin how we intend to work as a Trust and the associated behaviours are becoming embedded in all aspects of how we work.

In return we will offer:

• Development opportunities, including both professional and leadership development
• On-going support through every step of the way from recruitment to when you join our team and beyond.
• A variety of other staff benefits including employee assistance programme, discounted gym membership, onsite fitness classes, car schemes

Key Facts about our Trust:

• We see on average 4810 OP appointments per day.
• We are the 4^th busiest Trauma & Orthopaedic outpatients department in England – an average of 2077 per week.
• An average of 1115 patients are seen in A&Es across our network every day – 3rd largest in the country.
• Our hospitals admit an average of 195 emergency patients daily.
• Last year we undertook almost 33,700 planned surgical operations in our 57 operating theatres.
• We are one of only 7 Trusts nationally with more than 50 operating theatres.
• We carry out more than 140 elective procedures each working day.