Healthcare Support Worker | Royal Cornwall Hospitals NHS Trust
A position has become available in our pregnancy counselling service. This is a part time role of 24 hours per week over three days. We are looking for a dynamic, compassionate and motivated person, who is able work well within a small team and support patients through an emotional time
- To assist in the smooth running of The Pregnancy Counselling Service.
- To actively work as a member of the multi-disciplinary team to provide a high quality of nursing/clinical care to patients.
- To maintain the dignity and confidentiality of all service users.
- To operate as ‘first point’ of contact for patients. Triaging to the correct team member (doctor, nurse, emotional support or administrator).
- Decision making and performing correct clinical tests independently (urine tests, blood tests, baseline observations, chlamydia testing).
- To ensure that privacy and dignity is respected at all times.
- To have a good understanding of the complex needs of this group of patients.
- To assist the team in always providing an excellent service by ensuring a good knowledge of the patient and service requirements.
- Chaperoning patients undergoing sensitive procedures within a clinical setting.
The Royal Cornwall Hospitals NHS Trust (RCHT) is the main provider of acute and specialist care services in Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly. We serve a population of around 500,000 people - a figure that can increase significantly with
visitors during the busiest times of the year. We employ approximately 6,700 staff and have a budget of approximately £580 million.
We are a teaching hospital in partnership with the University of Exeter Medical School, University of Plymouth School of Nursing and Midwifery, and Peninsula Dental School.
The Knowledge Spa on the Royal Cornwall Hospital site is the base for medical and nursing as well as ongoing education for health professions in clinical and non-clinical roles.
Keeping at the forefront of medical advances, we are continually developing our clinical services as well as our facilities and are committed to maximising the range of specialist care that can be offered locally. Allied to this is a growing reputation for research and innovation.
Sustainability is integral to the Trust achieving the NHS Net Zero target. All staff are therefore actively encouraged and supported to implement new ways of working within their field of expertise.
PLEASE NOTE: To view the full Job Description and Person Specification, please click the supporting document on the right-hand side.
To be an employee of the NHS you need to successfully complete the following:- Identity Checks
- Professional registration and qualification checks
- Employment history and reference checks
- Work health assessments
- Criminal record check standards
- Right to work checks
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Many of our staff work flexibly in many different ways. Please talk to us at interview about any flexible working arrangements you would prefer or require. While we may not be able to fully accommodate all requests, such requests will not be referenced during the interview scoring process, and we will fully consider and try to accommodate them for successful applicants.
We reserve the right to close this advert early, or when the allocated number of applications has been reached. Please submit your application at the earliest opportunity.
This advert closes on Wednesday 9 Oct 2024