Healthcare Assistant - Leopard Ward • London Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children NHS Foundation Trust
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{"interviewQueryText":"What are some good interview questions in British English for the job description below?\n\n-------------------------------------------\n\nHealthcare Assistant - Leopard Ward with Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children NHS Foundation Trust in London, England, United Kingdom\n\nAre you looking to join a team who are passionate about caring for children and young people? Do you want to develop within an exciting speciality providing world class, cutting-edge treatment? Leopard Ward cares for patients with acute and chronic respiratory disease. We see a wide variety of different patients which include those with cystic fibrosis, those requiring long term and non-invasive ventilation. As a Healthcare Assistant in our team, you will play an integral part in ensuring patients are provided with a healthy, safe and secure environment. With the support of the wider nursing team, you will have a mixture of daily duties some which will be supervised and some autonomous. You will have the chance to develop and enhance your patient care skills through an established educational programme (including comprehensive specialist workbooks linked to tracheostomies, ventilation, and nasopharyngeal airways), which will enable you to provide a high standard of holistic family centred care to children, young people and their families. With progression through training and experience you will also be involved in caring for children and young people who have tracheostomies, ventilated and with nasopharyngeal airways. To work as a member of the healthcare team, to provide a high standard of holistic family centred care to the children, young people and families To work within agreed ways of working, under indirect supervision of a registered health care professional (usually a Registered Nurse), following relevant standards, policies and protocols and always acting within the limits of your training and competence. Ability to promote family centred care and establish good relationships with children, young people and their families. To demonstrate effective communication skills. To carry out clinical and non-clinical duties on the ward in line with the relevant standards, policies and protocols as required. To follow and demonstrate the Trust Values, Expected Behaviours and Core Values of Compassion in Practice (NHS Commissioning Board Dec 2012), and adhere to the GOSH Code of Conduct for Healthcare Support Workers (2013). GOSH is committed to recruiting the best person for the job, based solely on their ability and individual merit as measured against the criteria for the role; through a process that is fair, open, consistent and free from bias and discrimination. We are committed to being a diverse and inclusive employer and foster a culture where all staff are valued, respected and acknowledged. All applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, colour, national origin, religion, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, age, disability status or length of time spent unemployed. We particularly welcome applications from BAME communities, people with disabilities and/or long-term health conditions and LGBT+ community members. We have policies and procedures in place to ensure that all applicants and employees are treated fairly and consistently. We are proud to be accredited as a Disability Confident Employer, a member of Business Disability Forum and a Stonewall Diversity Champion. We have active and Executive supported BAME, LGBT+ and Allies, Disability and Long-Term Health Conditions and Women’s staff networks. Staff networks are employee-led groups formed around interests, issues and a common bond or background. Staff network members create a positive and inclusive work environment at Great Ormond Street Hospital by actively contributing to the Trust’s mission, values and efforts specific to inclusion. All of our staff networks are open to any employee. For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Carmen Killingley Job title: Ward Manager Email address: carmen.miller@gosh.nhs.uk Telephone number: 02074059200 Hafwen Thomas, Ward Manager Hafwen.Thomas@gosh.nhs.uk 02074059200 ext. 5402/1713"}