Senior Healthcare Support Worker - Critical Care
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If you are passionate about patient care and want to develop your skills and knowledge then we are keen to hear from you.
Job overview
An exciting opportunity has arisen for an experienced Healthcare Support Worker to join our Critical Care team at East Suffolk and North Essex Foundation Trust based at Colchester General Hospital.
This post is offered full time or part time
You will be highly motivated, and willing to work within our well-established team of nurses and healthcare assistants to provide excellent support to our patients and their families, as well as contribute to the smooth running of our Critical Care Unit.
Depending on your level of experience, you will develop your competence and confidence through a programme of supervised practice, critical care specific competencies and a series of development days specifically for Band 3 staff. You will already have completed your Care Certificate.
You must be able to work a variety of shifts, including days, nights and weekends. We are unable to offer set shifts patterns.
Main duties of the job- You will have excellent communication skills, be able to work well in a team and be able to work flexibly according to the day-to-day needs of the unit.
- You will work within a Clinical Specialist team and contribute to activities and projects with the goal of professional and practice development.
- The Critical Care Units form part of the East of England Critical Care Delivery Network and both sites utilise a paperless clinical information system.
- Do you possess excellent interpersonal and communication skills with the ability to work confidently and collaboratively across professional boundaries? Are you keen and motivated to learn?
- If so then we are looking for highly motivated healthcare assistants who are passionate about the care of patients to join our well-established critical care team, in delivering a 24/7 service.
- Applicants will be expected to undertake internal rotation and weekend duties
If we receive sufficient number of applications this vacancy may close early.
Working for our organisation
We are ESNEFT and we provide hospital and community health services to almost one million people across east Suffolk and north Essex. Our dedicated staff deliver care from acute hospitals in Colchester and Ipswich, community hospitals, surgeries, community clinics and in patients’ own homes.
We are the largest NHS organisation in East Anglia, employing more than 12,000 staff.
We pride ourselves on supporting our staff. We offer a wide range of training and development opportunities, as well as flexible working options.
Along with supporting you to achieve your career goals we offer a generous pension scheme, unsocial hours payments (where applicable), 27 days annual leave on commencement (pro rata) and access to a range of NHS discounts. Our Staff Health and Wellbeing programme offer a variety of services.
Our philosophy is that Time Matters to everyone. Across the Trust, we concentrate on improving the things we do and removing those which cause time delays for our staff and patients.
We are investing in our commitment to Time Matters with a partnership with leading electronic patient record (EPR) supplier Epic. This digital transformation will bring what’s widely regarded as the world’s best EPR system to ESNEFT, transforming life in hospital for staff and patients.
If you are passionate about patient care and want to develop your skills and knowledge, then we want to hear from you.
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Detailed job description and main responsibilities
For full details of the responsibilities and duties of this role please see the attached job description.
Person specification
Experience
Essential criteria- Currently working within the acute care hospital setting
- Insight into critical care environment
- Previous critical care experience
Qualifications
Essential criteria- Care Certificate (with evidence)
- Good standard in basic education qualifications
- Evidence of completed competencies, including professional portfolio
- Evidence of further development
- Willingness to undertake further study / education / development
- Critical Care HCA Competency Programme
Knowledge
Essential criteria- Awareness of needs of patients, relatives and carers in the Critical Care environment
- Awareness of the differences in HCA role in CCU
- Good level of computer literacy
- Competence in Basic Life Support
Please note that where response levels are exceptional we may close the post before the specified date, therefore early application is recommended.
Please make sure that you read the Job Description and Person Specification attached and that your statement in support reflects this as your application will be judged against these criteria.
Secondment - if you are interested in undertaking a role on a secondment basis, please ensure that you have discussed this with your current line manager prior to submitting your application. Please note if you are already an employee of ESNEFT fixed term roles will only be offered on a secondment basis.
When providing reference details please provide email addresses so references can be sought promptly to cover the last 3 years of employment.
Successful candidates may be charged for their DBS check. Please ensure you read the information found in the attached DBS Information document
The Trust is committed to its staff and their development and to equal opportunities and diversity. Applications are welcomed from all sections of the community.
Whilst we welcome applications from all and your application will be considered on individual merit, if you are offered a position and require a Skilled Worker Certificate of Sponsorship we may not be able to process your application to the final stage due Home Office eligibility.
In submitting an application form, you authorise East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust to confirm any previous NHS service details via the Inter Authority Transfer (IAT) process should you be appointed to the post.
We would like to take this opportunity to thank you for your interest in East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust; we look forward to receiving your application for employment.