Bank Senior Healthcare Assistant - Goole and District Hospital

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Job overview

Are you looking for your flexible working?

We are recruiting Healthcare Assistants to work on our Healthcare Bank at Goole and District Hospital. You will be supporting the teams on the Medical, Surgical, Neuro rehab and Outpatient departments.

As a Bank Healthcare Assistant, you will provide high quality patient centered care in a safe clinical environment. You will learn new skills while being supported by the practice development team, the bank team and have the ongoing support of the area you are working in. If you are new to the Trust you will undertake a week-long induction There will be opportunities to develop and gain transferable skills for your future career - which may include a pathway into nursing.

Northern Lincolnshire and Goole NHS Foundation Trust takes pride in enabling continuous professional development and advocates lifelong learning,

A level 2 qualification in Clinical Healthcare Support is desirable but not essential as you will be supported to achieve this once in post via an apprenticeship, you will remain on band 2 salary while undertaking this qualification.

The majority of areas require shift working, which includes days and nights over 7 days, working on the bank will allow you more flexibility around your working patterns.

Main duties of the job

• To maintain the highest possible standards of compassionate and professional patient centred care with particular attention to privacy and dignity.
• Assist patients with personal care, hygiene and sanitary needs, ensuring privacy and dignity is maintained at all times.
• Assist in meeting patients' nutritional needs, including non-oral nutritional and fluid intake. Ensure that patients who require assistance at mealtimes have an appropriately coloured tray to identify they need help and are assisted with eating and drinking.
• Where identified in the plan of care, ensure that food and fluid intake and output are accurately documented on appropriate patient charts.
• Assist in skin and pressure area care to prevent pressure ulcers developing. Under the supervision of registered nurses, ensure patients are helped to move position to prevent discomfort and / or pressure ulcers developing.
• Assist patients with safe mobilisation according to their plan of care and where appropriate seek help from other members of the multidisciplinary team.
• Utilise appropriate moving and handling equipment to reduce the risk of injury to the patient and themselves.
• Assist in supporting rehabilitation and therapeutic activities for patients as appropriate.
• Assist registered nursing staff in the taking and recording of vital signs as per the patient's plan of care.
• Communicate any changes in the patient's condition to the nurse / midwife in charge

Working for our organisation

Northern Lincolnshire and Goole NHS Foundation Trust is part of one of the largest acute and community Group arrangements in the NHS, seeing well over one million patients every year and managing a budget of over £1.3 billion.

Made up of two Trusts - Northern Lincolnshire and Goole NHS Foundation Trust (NLAG) and Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust (HUTH) - our Group has significant ambitions and is committed to delivering world-class hospital and community services for the 1.65 million people we serve.

Together we employ nearly 20,000 staff. Our five main hospital sites are Diana, Princess of Wales Hospital, Scunthorpe General Hospital and Goole and District Hospital, for NLAG and Hull Royal Infirmary and Castle Hill Hospital for HUTH.

As Teaching Hospitals working with the Hull York Medical School, we both lead and contribute to research in many areas - biomedical research, primary care, palliative medicine, cardiovascular and respiratory medicine, vascular surgery, cancer surgery and oncology.

We believe that by developing a diverse, inclusive, innovative, skilled and caring workforce, we can deliver excellent care to our patients and a great future for our employees, our Group and our community.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

For more detailed information, please read the job description linked below.

As a Trust we are keen to offer and encourage flexible working opportunities to address health and wellbeing and work-life balance for our employees, this will have a positive impact on the care we provide.

Flexible working is part of a wider commitment to improve the quality and experience of working life and we recognise that it is a key contributor for the recruitment and retention of our employees.

We therefore support and encourage open conversations around a specific working pattern to suit your work-life balance or a multi-role career, if it works for you and works for the role, we'll do our best to make it happen.

Local flexible working arrangements are developed in partnership between the line manager and employee in order to ensure equality of access to flexible working, as far as practicable, regardless of role, shift pattern, team or pay, based on: patient/service user and staff experience, service delivery and work-life balance of colleagues.

We are committed to creating and maintaining a fair and supportive working environment and culture, where contributions are fully recognised and valued by all and staff feel empowered to carry out their duties to the best of their abilities. As employers we are committed to promoting and protecting the physical and mental health and well-being of all our staff. This underpins our values as set out in the NHS Constitution, supports us to be an Employer of Choice and ultimately enables our employees to support the effective care of our patients.

We strongly value the different perspectives and ideas a diverse workforce brings to deliver better outcomes for our patients. We welcome applications irrespective of people's age, disability, sex, gender identity and gender expression, race or ethnicity, religion or belief, sexual orientation, or other personal circumstances.

In line with the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), the Recruitment & Workforce team will use and hold your personal data for the intended purpose and in line with the Recruitment & Workforce Privacy Statement.

"We are committed to safeguarding the welfare of children/vulnerable adults and expect the same commitment from all staff and volunteers".

Please be aware that all new employees starting work with us will be charged for the cost of their DBS check, if it is required for their role.

To learn more about Northern Lincolnshire and Goole NHS Foundation Trust, and discover the unique benefits on offer to employees, view our latest videos, plus more, please visit our recruitment website at https://joinnlag.co.uk/

Person specification

Education and Qualifications

Essential criteria

• An NVQ/QCF Level 2 Diploma in Clinical Healthcare Support or a commitment to undertaking and successfully completing available training and education once in post and within an agreed timeframe.

Desirable criteria

• IT skills
• Has undertaken some recent study
• Level 2 in English and Mathematics or equivalent

Occupational Experience

Essential criteria

• Understanding of the needs of patients in a care setting
• Has a sound understanding of the need for confidentiality
• Confident people skills

Desirable criteria

• Experience of working in a care setting or transferable skills, demonstrable keenness and passion for the role
• Personal Qualities
• Good communication skills
• Must be able to demonstrate a clear understanding of the Trusts values and be able to articulate in practice
• Reliable and flexible
• Enthusiasm and motivation
• Ability to work in a team and independently when required
• Helpful nature
• Committed to high personal and professional standards
• Flexible to meet the needs of the service and be able to work a variety of shifts including days and nights

Employer certification / accreditation badges

Applicant requirements

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.

Documents to download

• Job Description (PDF, 624.3KB)
• Person Specification (PDF, 368.6KB)