Healthcare Assistant North Cotswold Hospital

Job overview

We are looking for an experienced Health Care Assistant with a passion and commitment to the care they deliver & who holds the patient experience and care at the heart of their practice.  You will need to be pro-active and enthusiastic in your role, share our organisational values & be looking for an opportunity to join our highly skilled team of Emergency Practitioners and qualified staff in our Practitioner Led Unit.

We are therefore looking for a Healthcare Assistant with experience of working in an Acute health care setting and with a NVQ Level 3 in Healthcare.

Applications from experienced HCAs with extended skills such as venepuncture and ECGs would be welcome. You must be a team player, have the ability to plan and organise your workload under the direction of the Practitioners and trained staff.

The North Cotswold Hospital has a dedicated minor injury & illness unit (MIiU) open 7 days a week & the post holder will be required to work a full range of shifts.  Our hours of service are  0800-2000hrs.

Based in the MIiU, you will be required to provide a high standard of care to Adult & Paediatric patients and applicants will also be expected to contribute to housekeeping and other department duties including some administration and Reception duties.

Main duties of the job

To assist in the delivery of high quality patient care, promoting rehabilitation and independence for those patients attending the MIiU under the supervision of the qualified unscheduled care practitioner (ENP/EP) and Band 5 Staff.

Maintain stock levels and ensure timely ordering of consumables and assist in keeping the clinical environment clean and tidy on a daily basis.

Support patients from the point of registration through to  treatment and discharge.

Work alongside a clinician to facilitate planned returns dressings.

The qualification, training & experience requirements for the role are underlined in the Job Description/Person Specification.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

The North Cotswold Hospital  Minor Injury and Illness Unit (MIiU)  is one of 6 units within GHC.

We see on average 25 - 40  patients per day from all age groups with a variety of presentations.

We manage a mixture of planned returns, booked appointments via our telephone triage service and walk in patients.

We work as a cohesive team with everyone's role holding equal value.

There are training and development opportunities both inhouse and externally for all staff.

Health Care Assistant, Social Care Workers and other Healthcare Support Workers employed by the Trust are required to follow the guidance set out in Code of Conduct for Health Care Assistants/ Health Care Support Workers to provide safe and compassionate care of a high standard, and to challenge others who are not.