Urology Specialist Healthcare Support Worker
Calderdale and Huddersfield NHS Foundation Trust (CHFT) are committed to equal opportunities and welcome applications from all sections of the community, regardless of any protected characteristics.
We are committed to recruiting to our values. Leading One Culture of Care underpins our values by creating an environment, tone and behaviours across all parts of the Trust that are fundamentally rooted in compassionate care.
We are open to considering a wide range of flexible working arrangements. There are opportunities to flex the days of the week, hours and times of work and place of work including: part-time, job-share, flexible working hours and the possibility to work from home when appropriate.Please talk to us during the interview process to discuss any flexibility that you may require.
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The Department of Health and Social Care has awarded capital funding to invest in local health services at both Calderdale Royal Hospital and Huddersfield Royal Infirmary. This is a significant investment and an opportunity to enhance services for our populations in Calderdale and Huddersfield and West Yorkshire for generations to come.To find out more, please visit https://future.cht.nhs.uk/
Job overview
The Urology Diagnostics Unit is a newly set up specialist unit, primarily concerned with the investigation and treatment of patients with Urological conditions, both benign and malignant.
This role will support with the new clinics that are run on the unit, whilst also carrying out the more established clinics of uroflowmetry and urodynamics.
The successful candidate will have a variety of extended skills including being able to assist with cystoscopy, venepuncture, catheterisation, with an ability to work as part of a team but to also run their own clinic independently.
Main duties of the job
We are looking for a highly motivated individual with good organisational skills to join Urology team as a Health Care Support Worker with specialist skills in Urology.
The post holder will be required plan, organise, and book urological investigations, completing electronic records to assist you. You will be expected to proactively manage aspects of patients' pathways, intervening & escalating where necessary.
You will be an integral part of the Urology Diagnostics Unit team, based at Huddersfield Royal Infirmary, but you will also need to go over to Calderdale Royal Hospital to cover as required.
The post holder will also provide clerical and administrative support including sending out appointment letters and reminder text messages, booking appointments on EPR, and sending out investigation requests.
You must have considerable experience of working in an NHS environment including the use of clinical systems i.e. EPR/iCRIS/NHS e-referral, but also especially working within the speciality of Urology as you will often need to work independently.
You will be required to have excellent communication skills as this post requires liaison across the many multidisciplinary services and the ability to work independently.
An ability work to a high degree of accuracy and attention to detail is essential.
Working for our organisation
We employ more than 6,500 staff who deliver compassionate care from our two main hospitals, Calderdale Royal Hospital and Huddersfield Royal Infirmary as well as in community sites, health centres and in patients’ homes. We also are incredibly proud to have almost 150 volunteers here at CHFT.
We provide a range of services including urgent and emergency care; medical; surgical; maternity; gynaecology; critical care; children’s and young people’s services; end of life care and outpatient and diagnostic imaging services.
We provide community health services, including sexual health services in Calderdale from Calderdale Royal and local health centres. These include Todmorden Health Centre and Broad Street Plaza.
We continue to modernise and invest in our health services to build on our strong reputation. Foundation trusts are public leaders in improving quality in health services. They are part of the NHS – yet decisions about what they do and how they do it are driven by independent boards.Boards listen to their Council of Governors and respond to the needs of their members – patients, staff and the local community.
Foundation trusts provide what the health service wants, yet are also free to invest quickly in the changes to the local community needs, in striving to be the best, and in putting their patients first.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities- To assist the multi-disciplinary team to provide exemplary and compassionate care within the Urology setting.
- To actively assist in the delivery of individual programmes of care under direction of qualified nursing staff, but also to work independently.
- To pro-actively support the provision of high standards of nursing care in the Urology department by performing diagnostics test, and to aid clinicians where appropriate.
- Carry out urology investigations and interpret the results, escalating and/or intervening where necessary.
Person specification
QUALIFICATIONS / TRAINING
Essential criteria- English and Math GCSE grade 9-2 (A*-E) or equivalent or high level of literacy and numeracy skills demonstrated within application
- Competence based level 3 Qualification e.g. NVQ or Diploma in Care or The Care Certificate issued by an employer
- Willingness to undertake any training or development relevant to the role
- Competent in cannulation /venepuncture/plaster training and specialist dressings.
- Moving and Handling
- Infection Control
- Customer Care
- Competent / able to evidence the completion of Health Care Assistant core competencies
- ECG training and competency
- Signed off as competent for HCSW in flexible cystoscopy
KNOWLEDGE, EXPERIENCE & EXPERTISE
Essential criteria- Previous employment with a healthcare setting (18 months)
- Insight into the roles of responsibilities of the post
- Demonstrate a commitment to a caring profession
- Understand the importance of record keeping
- Literacy Skills
- IT skills
- Experience of record keeping
- Experience in undertaking point of care testing
- Experience in application of basic dressing techniques
- Relevant experience working within Urology
COMMUNICATION AND RELATIONSHIPS (INCLUDING MANAGEMENT RESPONSIBILITIES)
Essential criteria- Ability to work as a team member
- Ability to work in a busy environment
- Able to use own initiative
- Aware of own limitations/ level of competence
- Good communication Skills
- Plan delegated workload
We take pride in the diversity of our workforce that’s why we encourage applications from all. Reasonable adjustments will be made for disabled applicants.
Please ensure your application is submitted with referees who can verify your employment/education history over the last three years and include valid email addresses for them. We will request electronic Factual Employment References from your previous employers.These references will be requested before you are issued with an unconditional offer of employment letter.
If you are appointed to a post, information will also be transferred into the NHS Electronic Staff Records system. The Inter-Authority Transfer (IAT) process is a critical and beneficial component of ESR and following interview your previous NHS employment data, if applicable will be transferred from your current / most recent employer.
You may be required to undertake a DBS. The Trust will administer the DBS check on your behalf and will recover the cost (Enhanced £54.40, Standard £26.40 or Basic £26.40) from your salary when you commence in post (including Internal staff).You will also be required to participate in the DBS Update Service and pay the £16 cost per year. This is a condition of your employment.
CHFT is part of the West Yorkshire Association of Acute Trusts (WYAAT), a collaborative of the NHS hospital trusts from across West Yorkshire and Harrogate working together to provide the best possible care for our patients.
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