Healthcare Assistant Care of the Older Person Clifton Hospital Ward 2 - Blackpool - ref. f19238819

Blackpool Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is situated on the west coast of Lancashire, with services covering the local authority areas of Blackpool, Fylde and Wyre. The Trust is part of the Lancashire and South Cumbria Integrated Care System (ICS) supporting a population of around 1.6 million people.

Plus, we provide urgent and emergency care services to an estimated 18 million people who visit the seaside resort each year. We employ over 7000 people from 68 different countries.

We welcome and encourage application from anyone with protected characteristics, as well as supporting reservists and Veterans who are looking for a rewarding and challenging career within the NHS.

Blackpool Teaching Hospitals encourages flexible working in all our roles to support staff in maintaining healthy home-life balance. Working patterns such as: part time working, self-rostering, compressed hours, annualised hours, term time, reverse term time and flexitime working can be explored.

Job overview

Band 2 Healthcare assistant for Ward 2 Clifton hospital

Are you a Health Care Assistant looking for a new challenge? Are you interested in becoming a Health Care Assistant at Clifton hospital?

Main duties of the job

We work closely as a multidisciplinary team to provide the best outcomes for each individual and their families.

In return you will be supported to progress in your career; through opportunities of training, Care Certificate completion and appraisals.

This is a fully rotational position, covering all shifts all days of the week.

This vacancy will close as soon as we have sufficient numbers so Please apply as soon as possible.

Working for our organisation

Blackpool Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is ideally situated just a forty-five-minute drive from Manchester. The Trust provides services to the 440,000 residents of Blackpool, Fylde & Wyre and North Lancashire, as well as specialist tertiary care for Cardiac and Haematology patients.

Blackpool also offers a number of scenic cycling routes round our local parks and across the surrounding countryside, as well as boasting panoramic views of the coast on its picturesque Promenade. Further afield, Blackpool also benefits from less than three-hour connections via rail to Edinburgh in the north and London in the south.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please ensure you have read through the attached Job Description & Person Specification before submitting your application.

Person specification

Qualifications

• Willingness & ability to undertake NVQ Level 2
• Basic level of general education
• Excellent command of English – particularly in verbal communication

• NVQ Level 2 in care

Experience & Knowledge

• Experience of working within a team
• Experience of working with people

• Experience of working in an acute hospital trust
• Experience as a Healthcare Assistant

Skills & Abilities

• Understanding of quality and change in the clinical setting
• Ability to communicate in a variety of settings with patients of varying levels of understanding
• Able to present factual information and refer questions to others where appropriate
• Able to deal with sensitive issues with tack and diplomacy
• An understanding of organisation of nursing care
• Basic IT skills in email
• Basic understanding of NHS issues
• Ability to develop effective interpersonal relationships with colleagues in the health care setting
• Carry out clinical interventions as delegated by a RN as agreed by local protocols
• Good attendance record
• Able to perform a wide range of duties

• Ability to perform ECGs
• Ability to undertake venepuncture
• Ability to monitor basic observations (Blood Pressure, Heart Rate, Oxygen Saturations etc)

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Any invitation to interview will be sent to the email account stated on your application form.

You can choose whether to pay this over 1-3 months from your salary or as a one-off payment on commencement in post. The level of check required depends on the role that you have been offered. Currently the charges are - Basic DBS check £25.50, Standard DBS check £25.50 and Enhanced DBS check £53.50.

You are encouraged where possible, to register for the DBS update service. This is an annual registration fee of £16. By registering for the update service you will not have the additional cost of repeated disclosures.

Should you withdraw your application, you may be required to reimburse the cost of the DBS check.

DBS checks remain free of charge for volunteer positions.

By submitting an application for this vacancy you are confirming your agreement to the above in the event you are successfully appointed.

The DBS Code of Practice can be accessed here.

Please ensure that you read the Person Specification attached below as your application will be judged against this.

Please note that every effort will be made to keep the vacancy live until published closing date, though there may be instances where such interest is generated, that for administrative reasons the post may close earlier.

Please note that in line with national NHS guidelines this Trust operates a strict non-smoking policy. Members of staff are not permitted to smoke on Trust premises or grounds at any time nor take breaks during working hours for the purposes of smoking.

The Trust does not offer interview expenses to shortlisted candidates unless indicated in the advert.