Health Care Support Worker

Job overview

• To provide high quality of care to all patients.
• Supporting and assisting all members of the multidisciplinary team and working to ensure that Birmingham Women’s is the best place to be cared for.
• To maintain at all times a caring and professional attitude towards the needs of patients.
• To liaise closely with medical and nursing staff and medical secretaries, to ensure clinics are conducted effectively and efficiently.
• Rotation to other departments within Gynaecology may be required.

This job outline highlights the main areas of reasonability for the post and it is not exhaustive. It is expected that on line with the development of the trust, additional responsibilities that are commensurate to the role will be added to this role outline to reflect the changing environment of the trust as an NHS organisation.

Main duties of the job

The role will include:-

To set up clinical rooms daily/sessions for clinics appropriately

To check equipment prior to clinics commencing.

To assist in the daily cleaning and preparation of equipment and the processing of dirty equipment and linen disposal correctly.

Assist the department manager in ensuring stock levels are maintained.

Chaperone nurses and doctors as required with examinations and minor procedures, support patient  throughout the procedure emotionally.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please refer to the attached job description and person specification to view the full details for this opportunity at Birmingham Women’s and Children’s NHS Foundation Trust.

When completing your application, please ensure you have evidenced how you meet the job description and person specification to include transferable experience, qualifications, skills along with professional registration details (if applicable).

Occasionally we receive a large number of applications for our roles and when that happens we sometimes bring the closing date forward, so please apply promptly to avoid disappointment.