Healthcare Support Worker

Job overview

An exciting opportunity has arisen in our Cardiac department for highly motivated, confident and forward thinking individuals to work as band 3 healthcare assistants.

We have full time and part time positions available with a mixture of long days and nights, Monday - Sunday within our cardiac wards - A7/CCU, C8 ward, and A9 ward at Hammersmith Hospital.

A7 is a 25-bedded inpatient cardiology ward incorporating a 5-bedded coronary care unit (CCU) and 20 step-down beds including monitoring and telemetry. A7 is the predominant receiving unit for patients admitted via our Heart Assessment Centre running the 24/7 primary PCI and arrhythmia service that covers North West London.

C8 comprises of 18 mixed cardiology and care of elderly beds caring for pulmonary hypertension patients requiring assessment and ongoing treatment, heart failure patients needing stabilisation of their condition and TAVI patients' pre/post procedure are all cared for within this setting.

A9 ward is a 20-bedded Cardiothoracic Surgical ward caring for patients with complex cardiac and thoracic needs both pre and post-surgery. As well as taking step downs from ITU following extensive Cardiac surgery our service is evolving and Enhanced Recovery for Thoracic Surgery has been introduced.

You should have excellent communication and interpersonal skills with a genuine enthusiasm for providing high quality, individualised patient centered care.

Main duties of the job

• Maintain a professional appearance in line with the Trust professional appearance policy and infection control policy.
• Uphold the Trust’s values and behaviours and behave in a manner fitting with the responsibility this brings to maintain the public confidence.
• Maintain professional and courteous working relationships with staff, patients and families, and respect the equality and diversity of each and every person they come into contact with.
• Uphold the privacy, dignity and confidentiality of the client group and respect equality and diversity of everyone at all times.
• Work collaboratively with others in the care setting to ensure that patients’ needs are met.
• Use social media as per Trust policy and procedures.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

The full job description provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience and knowledge required. For both overviews please view the Job Description attachment with the job advert.