Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust
Job overview
This is an exciting opportunity on the Head and Neck Unit which is renowned for delivering care excellence to its patients. We support you through a healthcare assistant induction and support you to complete the national Care Certificate.
We are looking forward to meeting candidates with high levels of care and compassion and who demonstrate the values of team NUH.
In addition to the below summary you need to familiarise yourself with full job description and person specification documents attached to the advert
Main duties of the job
We are looking for an enthusiastic, dynamic and committed Healthcare Assistants to join our modern Head and Neck unit . We will welcome any forward thinking, caring individual who is committed to providing a high standard of safe quality patient care.
You must display excellent communication skills and be confident to deal with members of the public and the hospital multidisciplinary team
You will be delivering hands on patient care within ward C25.
Working for our organisation
Since 1st April 2015, NUH has been complying with the National Care Certificate Standards. You will undertake a two-week skills academy and following that must successfully complete the Care Certificate within 12 weeks. Many of these standards will require assessment in the clinical area.
Whilst previous experience of caring for acutely ill patients would be advantageous, we are also interested in hearing from exceptional individuals without this experience. We want to hear from people with a special talent for caring and compassion, who would be able to go the extra mile to help our patients feel valued and cared for and at all times to treat them with dignity and respect.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
At NUH we take great pride in having in place a team of highly trained Healthcare Assistants to provide quality and compassionate patient care. These roles are essential to the experience of our patients and their relatives and carers and they complement the clinical care provided by our doctors, nurses, midwives and therapists.
Before submitting your application, please read the attached Person Specification (PS) document to ensure you can comply with the essential criteria for this position.
As part of the interview process, if you are successful at shortlisting, you will be expected to complete the Numeracy and Literacy Assessment.
If you are successful at this stage you will then be attending a formal panel interview.
These are highly sought after training opportunities with the prospect of a long-term and rewarding career in the health service.
Person specification
Qualifications and Experience
Essential criteria
- Good standard of written and spoken English to an equivalent standard of GCSE grade C or above Good standard of numeracy and basic calculation skills to an equivalent standard of GCSE grade C or above
Desirable criteria
- Experience in an acute care setting
Values and Behaviours
Essential criteria
- Must be able to demonstrate behaviours consistent with the Trust’s “We are here for you” behavioural standards (2)