Healthcare Assistant - Leopard Ward
Job overview
Are you looking to join a team who are passionate about caring for children and young people? Do you want to develop within an exciting speciality providing world class, cutting-edge treatment?
Leopard Ward cares for patients with acute and chronic respiratory disease. We see a wide variety of different patients which include those with cystic fibrosis, those requiring long term and non-invasive ventilation.
As a Healthcare Assistant in our team, you will play an integral part in ensuring patients are provided with a healthy, safe and secure environment. With the support of the wider nursing team, you will have a mixture of daily duties some which will be supervised and some autonomous.
You will have the chance to develop and enhance your patient care skills through an established educational programme (including comprehensive specialist workbooks linked to tracheostomies, ventilation, and nasopharyngeal airways), which will enable you to provide a high standard of holistic family centred care to children, young people and their families.
With progression through training and experience you will also be involved in caring for children and young people who have tracheostomies, ventilated and with nasopharyngeal airways.
Main duties of the job- To work as a member of the healthcare team, to provide a high standard of holistic family centred care to the children, young people and families
- To work within agreed ways of working, under indirect supervision of a registered health care professional (usually a Registered Nurse), following relevant standards, policies and protocols and always acting within the limits of your training and competence.
- Ability to promote family centred care and establish good relationships with children, young people and their families.
- To demonstrate effective communication skills.
- To carry out clinical and non-clinical duties on the ward in line with the relevant standards, policies and protocols as required.
- To follow and demonstrate the Trust Values, Expected Behaviours and Core Values of Compassion in Practice (NHS Commissioning Board Dec 2012), and adhere to the GOSH Code of Conduct for Healthcare Support Workers (2013).
Working for our organisation
GOSH is committed to recruiting the best person for the job, based solely on their ability and individual merit as measured against the criteria for the role; through a process that is fair, open, consistent and free from bias and discrimination.
We are committed to being a diverse and inclusive employer and foster a culture where all staff are valued, respected and acknowledged. All applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, colour, national origin, religion, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, age, disability status or length of time spent unemployed.
We particularly welcome applications from BAME communities, people with disabilities and/or long-term health conditions and LGBT+ community members.We have policies and procedures in place to ensure that all applicants and employees are treated fairly and consistently. We are proud to be accredited as a Disability Confident Employer, a member of Business Disability Forum and a Stonewall Diversity Champion.
We have active and Executive supported BAME, LGBT+ and Allies, Disability and Long-Term Health Conditions and Women’s staff networks. Staff networks are employee-led groups formed around interests, issues and a common bond or background. Staff network members create a positive and inclusive work environment at Great Ormond Street Hospital by actively contributing to the Trust’s mission, values and efforts specific to inclusion.All of our staff networks are open to any employee.
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 documents, please view the attachment/s below.
Person specification
Values
Essential criteria- Gosh Values
Academic/Professional qualification/Training
Essential criteria- GCSE (Grade 4 – 9) in English and Mathematics or Functional Skills level 2 pass in English and Mathematics or equivalent recognised qualification
- NVQ Level 2 in Health and Social Care (e.g. University Certificate of Competence in Principles of Children & Young People Healthcare, advanced diploma, Higher apprenticeship Level 3) or Healthcare Support Worker Level 2
- Care Certificate
- Willingness to develop and undertake in-house study
Experience/Knowledge
Essential criteria- Has the ability to recognise situations that require reporting and demonstrates the ability to escalate to a senior person where appropriate
- Knowledge and understanding of the health service
- Knowledge and understanding of the needs of child/young person and their families.
- Nutrition and hydration
- Dignity and respect
- Infection control
- Safeguarding vulnerable people
- Health promotion Confidentiality
- Experience of contributing to an inclusive workplace culture.
- Able to provide essential care to patients as directed
- Experience of working as part of a diverse team
- Understanding of working with children/young people and their families who are critically or chronically ill
- Demonstrable previous experience of providing direct patient care in a hospital or experience in caring for children/young people in a child/young person community healthcare/hospice setting
- Previous experience of working with children/young people
- Experience of working within a team
- Previous experience in participating in audits, clinical trial programmes and training
Skills/Abilities
Essential criteria- Able to carry out administrative and clerical duties appropriate to their work area
- Demonstrates a caring and compassionate approach to patients, families and colleagues
- Able to organise and work autonomously
- Work in a professional manner and in accordance with the Code of Conduct for Healthcare Support workers
- Able to contribute to service improvement
Please be advised that:
The recruitment process for all admin and clerical roles at Bands 2-4 will be a two stage recruitment process whereby shortlisted candidates will undertake an online literacy, numeracy, ICT and typing test. Only those candidates who pass the competency test will proceed to a formal interview.
The closing date given is a guide only. There may be some occasions where we have to close a vacancy once sufficient applications have been received. It is therefore advisable that you submit your application as early as possible to avoid disappointment.
Only those candidates who clearly demonstrate how they meet the person specification criteria for this post will be shortlisted. Please note that where high volumes of applicants have been received, additional criteria may on occasion be used to determine the final shortlist.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
We are an accredited Living Wage Employer.