Flexible Healthcare Assistant

Derby Health Staffing manages and provides flexible work in a variety of settings. We are committed to providing experienced healthcare professionals across multiple staffing disciplines and are an integral part of the workforce.

Why join Derby Health Staffing?

Are you looking for a change of area, or simply need more flexibility to manage your work/life balance? Then working for Derby Health Staffing may be just the answer.

If you are looking for flexible work that can fit around your other commitments, and are dedicated to providing the very best care for patients then we would like to hear from you. We offer competitive rates of pay and provide ongoing professional support to meet your registration needs giving you the opportunity to work in a variety of settings which will inevitably strengthen your skills as a practitioner.

Job overview

FLEXIBLE HEALTHCARE ASSISTANT - ALL 5 SITES

Zero hours per week - As and When Required Working Arrangements

Derby Health Staffing aims to match suitably skilled workers with the staffing requirements of University Hospitals of Derby and Burton NHS Foundation Trust.

We are looking for enthusiastic, caring individuals to join our bank, supporting our nurses in all aspects of Patient Care. You will have the opportunity of working in a variety of clinical areas across the Trust.

THIS VACANCY COVERS ALL 5 UHDB TRUST SITES:

• Royal Derby Hospital
• Florence Nightingale Community Hospital
• Queens Hospital Burton
• Samuel Johnson Hospital
• Sir Robert Peel Community Hospital

It is essential that you have a qualification in Care.

If you are unable to provide evidence in the form of payslips/timesheets/Care Qualification Certificate unfortunately we will have to turn you away on the day of assessment

If successful, interviews will be held on 12th February 2025

Previous applications in the last 3 months need not apply

Main duties of the job

Successful candidates must be reliable, motivated and enthusiastic, be able to demonstrate excellent communication skills and work within a multidisciplinary team. We are committed to the training and development of our workers; therefore, you will need to be able to attend training days required for your role.

It is essential that you have a qualification in Care.

Working for our organisation

As a trusted organisation at the heart of our communities, we recognise the important role we can play in supporting the public, patients, our own people and local partners in achieving the best of health for the local population and the communities in which they live by providing Exceptional Care Together

Our fundamental Values of Compassion, Openness and Excellence underpin how we intend to work as a Trust and the associated behaviours are becoming embedded in all aspects of how we work.

In return we will offer:

• Development opportunities, including both professional and leadership development
• On-going support through every step of the way from recruitment to when you join our team and beyond.
• A variety of other staff benefits including employee assistance programme, discounted gym membership, onsite fitness classes, car schemes

Key Facts about our Trust:

• We see on average 4810 OP appointments per day.
• We are the 4^th busiest Trauma & Orthopaedic outpatients department in England – an average of 2077 per week.
• An average of 1115 patients are seen in A&Es across our network every day – 3rd largest in the country.
• Our hospitals admit an average of 195 emergency patients daily.
• Last year we undertook almost 33,700 planned surgical operations in our 57 operating theatres.
• We are one of only 7 Trusts nationally with more than 50 operating theatres.
• We carry out more than 140 elective procedures each working day.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

If you are a student nurse at one of the following universities: University of Derby, University of Nottingham and University of Wolverhampton and have completed at least one placement at UHDB please apply on our Student Nurse vacancy 320-DHS-STN-0165.

You will need to provide evidence of this placement by providing your professional values outcome during pre-employment checks. Please ensure you include all information on your UHDB placement history in your application form along with your University site and study dates or your application will not be considered.

Previous applications in the last 3 months need not apply

Person specification

Qualifications

• A recognised care qualification, for example NVQ or Diploma

Experience

• A minimum of 6 months recent paid experience working in a care environment within the UK
• Understands the role of a Healthcare Support Worker and can evidence this in the application form

Supporting Informtion

• Good details in supporting information highlighting key skills, knowledge and experience

Derby Health Staffing Ltd is a wholly owned subsidiary company of University Hospitals of Derby and Burton NHS Foundation Trust.

If you wish to apply for this post, please click apply and complete your application.

IMPORTANT INFORMATION

Where a DBS check has been identified as essential payment will be required prior to submission of the DBS application.

All correspondence relating to your application will be sent to you via our trac.system account. Please ensure that you regularly check your emails; this includes junk/spam, as your security settings may not recognise the sender.

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