Healthcare Assistant - Ward D1

Job overview

Stockport NHS Foundation Trust have an exciting opportunity for Clinical  Support Workers to become part of of our D1 Gastroenterology  team. Ward D1  is a very busy 25 inpatient clinical speciality ward.

We have 3 positions all full time (37.5 hrs) permanent Band 3 Clinical Support Worker posts (part time will be considered).  The position includes internal rotation to nights and includes weekends.

Are you a caring and motivated individual? Do you have a passion for delivering high standards of care  to our patients? Do you have the required skills for this role?

Main duties of the job

The post holder will be required to work collaboratively and co-operatively with others to meet the individual needs of patients and their families. The post holder is responsible for carrying out assigned tasks involving direct patient care in support of and supervised by an Assistant Practitioner/Registered Nurse, maintaining a high standard of quality patient care and staff morale through personal example, good conduct and appearance.

The successful applicant will have excellent communication and organisational skills gained from  previous experience / roles and ideally be familiar with hospital computer systems or equivalent (training will be provided) and have good IT skills.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Work within the ward setting providing high quality, caring, compassionate and personal care to patients and their families/carers.

Work under the direction of the Registered Healthcare professionals and senior colleagues, both independently and as part of the multi- disciplinary team.

Under the direction of a Registered Health Care Professional ensure a high standard of service provision on the ward, by practicing effective clinical and administrative preparation, effective communication and care delivery, prioritising workload appropriately and contributing to service improvements

Participate in giving compassionate high quality personal care to patients prioritising appropriately and developing competencies that safeguard practice.

Develop competencies appropriate to the role.

Act always in a manner, which illustrates respect for privacy, dignity, equality, diversity, and confidentiality.

Exhibit professional attitude and behaviour and always demonstrate excellent customer care skills.

Contribute to effective team working by being fully involved, committed, and participating, to achieving own and others full potential.

The Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment and promote safeguarding by implementing the Trust’s policies and procedures, acting promptly on concerns, communicating effectively and sharing information appropriately.

If successful this vacancy will require an enhanced DBS check at a cost of £54.50. This cost will be deducted from your first Trust salary

In addition to this it will be a condition of your employment that you will join the DBS update service and pay the annual subscription fee of £16.