Health Care Assistant • Wolverhampton The Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust
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{"interviewQueryText":"What are some good interview questions in British English for the job description below?\n\n-------------------------------------------\n\nHealth Care Assistant with The Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust in Wolverhampton, England, United Kingdom\n\nAn exciting opportunity has arisen for a Band 2 Health Care Assistant to join the Day case Surgery unit. Day case consists of two areas at New Cross Hospital, Beynon with 16 beds and Appleby with 19 beds and lounges. We also admit patient’s that are coming in for more complex surgery that require a longer admission. We provide Pre and post-operative care to surgical patients across several specialities including, Orthopaedic, ENT, Maxillo Facial, General Surgery, Urology, Gynaecology, Plastic Surgery and Pain Management. The post holder will play an important role in this dynamic team. Your role will include assisting to admit patients using appropriate paperwork and support the patient in the post-operative period in order to facilitate a safe discharge. The post holder will also be expected to undertake any other duties as may be required to meet the needs of the service within the limitations of the grade for the post. The successful candidate will be hardworking, motivated team player, including flexibility to respond rapidly, working under the direction of senior nurses within the team. You will need to work flexibly to meet the demands of the service and be able to work effectively with partnership departments and Surgeons across a 5 day working week. Ideally, you will have Surgical experience however, this is not essential as training will be given. The unit is currently open 7am to 8pm, Monday to Friday. Please see Job description and person specification, but in summary: To support the nursing team with carrying out care for a diverse group of patients for planned Surgery. Completing paperwork with the patients on admission Taking Patient observations and escalating to trained staff. Carrying out various testing i.e urinalysis, pregnancy testing, blood glucose monitoring Ensuring stock is kept to an acceptable level and ordering more supplies if required. Ensuring patient property is safe and transferred to other areas if required. The Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust is one of the largest NHS trusts in the West Midlands providing primary, acute and community services and we are incredibly proud of the diversity of both our staff and the communities we serve. We are building a workforce that can help us to fulfil our values, improve the quality of care for patients, and solve the health care problems of tomorrow. We’re passionate about the value that diversity of thinking and lived experience brings in enabling us to become a learning organisation and leader in delivering compassionate care for our patients. We are delighted that we have been rated as “Good” by CQC. We have achieved numerous awards; The Nursing Times Best Diversity and Inclusion Practice and Best UK Employer of the Year for Nursing Staff in 2020. The Trust is a supportive working environment committed to creating flexible working arrangements that suit your needs and as such will consider all requests from applicants who wish to work flexibly. For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Karla King Job title: Senior Sister Email address: karlaking@nhs.net Telephone number: 01902 695588 If Senior sister is not available then please request to speak to the Sister in Charge."}