Senior Healthcare Support WorkerNHS

Job summary

H C A [Happy Caring Amazing]

Are you a happy, caring and amazing healthcare assistant?

Would you like to join our amazing team?

If yes, then this role is for you!

• Learn new skills and develop within a vibrant and dynamic department
• Work autonomously with the support and guidance of a superb team of Nurses
• Be proactive to the day's workload and reactive when that workload increases

You need to:

• be calm and also able to work under pressure.
• Work within a supportive team, yet work independently.
• Ideally have had health care experience which will enable you to support the patients that you assess.

We will provide training in the following areas if you are not competent in them:

• Taking Blood Samples
• MRSA Screening
• ECG's and vital observations

Main duties of the job

We want you to join our team and if you are the successful candidate you will be involved in enhancing the patient's pathway from referral to surgery, on to Pre-operative Assessment and then their surgical procedure.

The Pre-operative Assessment Unit assesses bothIn-PatientsandDay Surgery Patients. You will use your assessment skills and clinical competencies daily and develop many new ones too!

We are looking to cover 5 days per week. Shift hours vary daily and the Unit is operational between 08.00 and 19:30 Monday - Friday.

For further information please contact Nikola Robinson (Senior Sister) or Nadine Cooper on 01793 646014 or 607167

We encourage you to arrange a visit to see for yourself what it is we do.

Job description

To undertake investigations and provide patient information to elective surgical patients, in support of and supervised by registered Nurses. This includes Inpatient and Day Surgery pre assessment.

Please see the attached job description for full information

About us

We are proud to be part of BSW Hospitals Group - a formal partnership between Great Western Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust and Salisbury NHS Foundation Trust. With a combined workforce of over 17, 600 colleagues, and budget of 1.6 billion the Group is united by a common purpose to deliver the best possible care to over 1 million people.

We are creating a heath and care system that works with the people we care for, reducing the differences people currently face in access, experience and outcomes, improving the experience of our colleagues and tackling shared challenges like sustainability and finances. Every improvement we make across our Group will be guided by what creates the greatest benefit for our colleagues, our patients, our communities and our partners.