Senior Healthcare Assistant

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Detailed job description and main responsibilities

For further details with regard to this vacancy opportunity, please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification.

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled Worker Visa sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. You can determine the likelihood of obtaining a Certificate of Sponsorship for the post by assessing your circumstances against criteria specified on the gov.uk website.

Person specification

Education and Qualifications

Essential criteria

• National Care Certificate

Desirable criteria

• Functional skills level 1 Maths and English or GCSE equivalent
• Previous experience of being a Health Care Support Worker in outpatients.

Knowledge, Training & Experience

Essential criteria

• Experience working in a healthcare, social care organisation/setting or service industry requiring people contact.
• Ability to work with staff from a diverse range of backgrounds

Desirable criteria

• Experience of working within a health care environment.
• To demonstrate a range of procedures and practices, base level of theoretical knowledge
• Demonstrate through previous experience the ability to escalate concerns
• Ability to work in a multi-agency team
• Ability to work alone or in small team

Skills and Abilities

Essential criteria

• Effective use of electronic solutions to support the delivery of patient care.
• Good IT skills

Desirable criteria

• Cannulation
• Venepuncture
• Obtaining patient vial signs

Communication and Interpersonal Skills

Essential criteria

• Well-developed communication & interpersonal skills
• Able to work as a team
• Able to work on own initiative, following direction/supervision by a Registered Healthcare Practitioner.
• Able to relate well with patients/relatives/visitors/ Colleagues/ the multi-disciplinary team and wider Trust staff

Special Attributes and other

Essential criteria

• Positive and enthusiastic
• self motivated
• reliable
• effective and capable
• perceptive and sensitive
• To be a good role model
• Committed to delivering high standards of patient care.
• Friendly, open, empathetic and compassionate.

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

• Band 3 JD (PDF, 1.0MB)
• Our Promise (PDF, 313.3KB)
• Remarkable People (PDF, 3.4MB)