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Job summary

Main area
Royal Preston Hospital
Grade
Band 3
Contract
Permanent
Hours
  • Full time
  • Part time
37 hours per week (3 x 12 hour shifts in a week with a make up shift in an 8 week roster period nights and days.)
Job ref
438-PB1602
Employer
Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type
NHS
Site
Royal Preston Hospital
Town
Preston
Salary
£22,816 - £24,336 per annum, pro rata
Salary period
Yearly
Closing
19/05/2024 23:59

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Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust logo

Senior Healthcare Assistant - Gynaecology Ward & Assessment Unit

Band 3

Job overview

The Gynaecology team are seeking additional Senior Healthcare assistants to join our team on the Gynae ward and assessment unit based at the Sharoe Green Unit within the Royal Preston Hospital. 

You will be a pivotal member of the clinical team who can champion the needs of women, you will be passionate and strive to make a difference for women and their families at an often difficult and stressful time of their lives.

We accommodate a diverse mixture of surgical and emergency patients within our 18 bedded area, offering a tertiary service for Gynae Oncology and Endometriosis patients including patients experiencing pregnancy loss.

You will be organised, visionary, a role model for high standards, be interested in patients experience in order to deliver excellent care with compassion

 

Interview date to be confirmed.

 

Main duties of the job

You will be responsible for providing a range of personalised care for patients under the guidance and supervision of the team leader/nurse in charge including:  assisting patients  with personal hygiene, toileting, use of continence aids, catheter care, measuring  patient output, moving and handling, use of mobility  appliances,  correct patient positioning, ensuring patient safety, taking specimens and observing patients for  changes in condition

You will support the productive operation of the clinical environment by undertaking a range of non-clinical activities which contribute to the maintenance of a safe and clean environment.

You will act at all times in a manner that upholds the Trust values working as part of the ward / Unit team to ensure that patients and relatives receive excellent care with compassion.

Working for our organisation

We have 10,000 fantastic people working hard to deliver quality services to our patients.  Whatever your role, you help look after 370,000 people in our local area & give specialist care to 2.1 million people across Lancashire & Cumbria.

Working with us gives you the knowledge and sense of pride that every activity you do genuinely does make a difference to support our patients & staff, ensuring we keep thriving & delivering outstanding healthcare right across our local towns.

You’ll have access to varied development opportunities, learn new skills, meet fab people & do things you’d never have done.  You’ll learn about working in a hospital, interacting with people from all different roles to build skills & enhance your career path. 

You’ll make an impact, be challenged to think differently, be bold & help innovate to keep improving things. Everything we do centres around patient care which means your role is pivotal and something really to be proud of.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Duties include, but will not be limited to:

  • Provide good quality personalised care in accordance with agreed local and national standards
  • Take samples from patients for testing or dispatching eg: Urine, sputum, faeces, MRSA swabs, blood sugars
  • Assist patients to meet nutritional needs in line with their individual care plan
  • Undertake clinical duties relevant to clinical area following achievement of competencies
  • Assist to maintain patient safety, conforming to health, safety and security legislation, policies, procedures and guidelines
  • Assist in maintaining standards of care to improve the patient experience and outcome of care
  • Promote equality in care and practice by recognising, respecting and meeting the needs and choices of individuals
  • Contribute to maintaining safe, clean, and productive care environment, compliant with standards for hygiene and cleanliness
  • Maintain and develop own competence
  • Actively try to resolve issues and complaints at local level and then Report the outcome to line manager
  • Record keeping

**Maths & English GCSE grade C or above or Functional Skills Level 2 AND NVQ level 2 in Health care is essential for this role. Please ensure you have the correct qualifications and will be able to provide evidence if you are successful.**

Person specification

Knowledge & Experience

Essential criteria
  • Previous experience of working in an acute health care or related setting
  • Understanding of health and safety issues within healthcare
  • Understanding of concept and application of confidentiality
  • Understanding of the role of a band 3 senior HCA

Qualifications & Education

Essential criteria
  • GCSE Maths & English grade C or above / Grade 4 - 9 OR Functional/Key skills level 2 numeracy and Functional/Key Skills level 2 literacy
  • BNCS or NVQ / Internal Level 2 training programme
Desirable criteria
  • Level 3 QCF diploma (Qualification Credit Framework) in healthcare / NVQ level 3

Employer certification / accreditation badges

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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.

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Further details / informal visits contact

Name
Jacqueline Westby
Job title
Ward manager
Email address
[email protected]
Telephone number
01772524700
Additional information

Ward Manager Jacqueline Westby 01772 524700

or any of the deputy ward managers on 01772 52 4878

David Styles - Matron - 01772 52 4911

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