Senior Healthcare Support Worker, Surrey Surgical Centre

Job overview

Ashford and St Peter's Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is recruiting Senior Healthcare Support Workers (Band 3) to join our Adult Orthopaedic Wards within Surrey Surgical Centre.

The post is primarily based at Ashford Hospital's Elective Centre, with a requirement to work across both Ashford Hospital and St Peter's Hospital, Chertsey, depending on service needs.

This is a full-time position requiring flexibility to work long days, nights, weekends and bank holidays.

Applicants must demonstrate:

• At least 6 months' recent NHS experience as a Healthcare Support Worker.
• Completion of the Care Certificate within an NHS setting.

Only candidates meeting these essential criteria will be considered.

Successful candidates will also have:

• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
• Good IT skills.
• The right to work in the UK.
• A caring, compassionate and patient-centred approach.

We offer a comprehensive 4-week induction programme, ongoing training and development, and opportunities for career progression.

Important: Only applicants currently living in the UK will be considered. Remote interviews and alternative interview dates cannot be offered. Visa sponsorship is not available for this post, and applications requiring sponsorship will not be considered.

For further information, please contact:

Alphy Philip Matron, Trauma & Orthopaedics via email : alphy.philip@nhs.net

Main duties of the job

Our Healthcare Support Workers are at the heart of providing direct patient-centred care, supporting the Registered Nurses and Nursing Associates as well as the wider Multi-Disciplinary Teams.

The role is varied, equally challenging and rewarding, and offers the opportunity to really make a difference to our patients' experience. The role includes:

• Providing direct patient care including meeting hygiene, continence, nutrition, pressure area care and mobility needs.
• Taking and recording patients' vital signs, identifying and escalating changes to a patient's condition
• Providing one-to-one observation for patients who present a high risk of harm and vulnerable patients
• Undertaking training and competencies related to the role such as undertaking ECGs, Venepuncture and cannulation, and other competencies related to the specific department.
• Escorting patients to different departments such as X-ray.
• Keeping the department and equipment clean, tidy and restocking equipment.
• Training and supporting new and junior team members.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Working as a Senior Healthcare Support Worker will involve carrying out assigned tasks involved with direct patient care whilst maintaining the privacy and dignity of patients. This will be whilst demonstrating excellent care, compassion and communication, and in support of and supervised by a Registered Nurse or Nursing Associate, incorporating:

• Continence Management.
• Nutrition & Hydration
• Undertaking and recording of Vital Signs
• Moving & Handling of patients to support independence
• Infection Prevention and Control
• Safeguarding of adults and children

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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.