[ref. h08815217] Healthcare Support Worker | Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Come and join us in Dermatology Outpatients at the Churchill Hospital
Full-time Band 2 Healthcare Support Worker Post
We are looking for an enthusiastic Healthcare Support Worker to join our friendly and supportive team of nurses and Doctors in the Dermatology Outpatients Department. This is a busy department that sees in excess of 50,000 outpatients and day cases, with a wide range of dermatology conditions.
As a team we endeavour to help staff learn and develop their knowledge and skills so as to enable individuals to feel confident in their role and achieve job satisfaction. We work in a friendly team-orientated environment and have good working relationships with multidisciplinary team members.
Working hours will be 37.5 hrs per week and will be in line with service needs between 8am to 6pm on a Monday to Friday basis, with opportunities to work at weekends. We currently do not work bank holidays or night duty and days off are allocated on a flexible basis.
Previous experience is not essential as training will be provided however an interest in the skin and skin conditions is essential. The applicant must enjoy working within a team, have a sympathetic, caring nature and sound communication skills.
Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trustis one of the largest NHS teaching trusts in the country. It provides a wide range of general and specialist clinical services and is a base for medical education, training and research.The Trust comprises four hospitals - the John Radcliffe Hospital, Churchill Hospital and Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre in Headington and the Horton General Hospital in Banbury.For more information on OUH please viewOUH At a Glance by OUHospitals - Issuu
Our values, standards and behaviours define the quality of clinical care we offer and the professional relationships we make with our patients, colleagues and the wider community.
We call this Delivering Compassionate Excellence and its focus is on our values of compassion, respect, learning, delivery, improvement and excellence.
These values put patients at the heart of what we do and underpin the quality healthcare we would like for ourselves or a member of our family. Watch how we set out to deliver compassionate excellence via theOUH YouTube channel.
The successful applicant will be required to participate in patient care by assisting clinicians in Dermatology clinics and our day case procedure suite. Duties include ensuring patient comfort and alleviating patient anxiety, undertaking patient observations, assessment and investigations, communication with patients and their relatives, assisting surgeons in our procedure suite as well as administrative tasks.
This advert closes on Thursday 24 Oct 2024