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Job OverviewAs a valued member of the team you will work alongside a multi-disciplinary team of Doctors, Nurses, Emergency Care Assistants and Admin Staff and be responsible for the assessing, planning, implementing, and evaluating of nursing care within Ambulatory Emergency Care.
You will work with a team of doctors, nurses, specialist teams and other Healthcare Support Workers to care for SDEC (Same Day Emergency Care) patients on a busy Day Unit.
The unit is open Monday - Friday 8am-9pm, weekends and bank holidays 9am-9pm. You must be able to work shifts across all days.
Main duties of the job
- It is an essential requirement that you take reasonable care of the cleanliness of your working environment and always adhere to infection control policies and procedures ensuring you use hand cleaning agents appropriately.
- The post holder is expected to promote and implement the Trust’s equal opportunities policy.
- The post holder is responsible for the management of risk in all the areas for which s/he is responsible. S/he is also responsible for ensuring compliance with the Trust’s Health and Safety Policy.
- The post holder must ensure that duties are carried out in accordance with health and safety regulations. The post holder should not endanger the health and safety of him/herself or others whilst at work.
- The post holder is expected to always behave in a professional manner, comply with Trust policies and to act as an ambassador of the Trust.
- Infection prevention is the responsibility of everyone. Employees are required to strictly adhere to the infection control policy and should actively encourage other staff and visitors to comply.
- Work in other areas of the Trust when required.
- The post holder must perform any other duties as reasonably requested by the Unit Matron.
- The post holder will be subject to performance review in appraisal and in developing his/her own objectives
Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust provides NHS hospital services for around 900,000 people across Berkshire, Hampshire, Surrey and south Buckinghamshire.
As well as delivering excellent general hospital services to local people, we provide specialist heart attack, vascular, stroke, spinal, cystic fibrosis and plastic surgery services across a much wider area.
We have three main hospitals - Frimley Park in Frimley near Camberley, Heatherwood in Ascot and Wexham Park near Slough.
Our three core values, and the behaviours that support them, guide everything we do and set out what we expect of our staff in the way they treat patients, visitors, service users and each other, Committed to Excellence, Working Together and Facing the Future.
We are also proud to host the Defence Medical Group South East at Frimley Park with military surgical, medical and nursing personnel working alongside the hospital's NHS staff providing care to patients in all specialties.
Detailed Job Description And Main Responsibilities
Please refer to the attached Job Description for full details:
- Undertake all mandatory training as per Trust Policy as well as participate in ongoing training and updates as appropriate to demonstrate level of competency.
- Ensure excellent communication skills are used when documenting care, taking messages, or passing on information when appropriate, considering data protection and use of sensitive information.
- Taking responsibility for ordering of stock and equipment and ensuring stock levels are maintained within the unit.
- To always act in a courteous and professional manner within the unit and when assisting with patient needs and care.
- Undertake initial assessments of patients attending Ambulatory Emergency Care under supervision of a Registered Nurse and document findings.
- Perform Venepuncture & Cannulation when required.
- Perform ECGs when required.
- Run urines, BHCG when required.
- Make decisions based on set parameters and protocols within a competency-based framework to instigate appropriate investigations when deemed competent to do so.
- Organise and manage workload flexibly and effectively to meet the needs of the patients and service.
- Ensure patient confidentiality is always maintained and compliance with data protection act and trust policies related to patient care.
- To work flexibly to meet the needs of the service and cover a range of shift times to ensure service delivery is maintained.
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Educated to GCSE (or equivalent) level
- Enthusiastic and motivated to learn
- Willing to undertake training to carry out extended duties
- NVQ or Equivalent
Essential criteria
- Able to manage time effectively and prioritise tasks
- Able to work to a consistently high standard within a team and independently
- Sound written English and verbal communication skills and ability to communicate verbally with all levels of personnel within the organisation
- Courteous and polite
- Good administration and organisational skills
- Have good computer skills
- Competent in: Venepuncture, Cannulation, and be able to perform ECGs
Essential criteria
- Experience in Acute Medicine, Surgery or Emergency Department
Essential criteria
- We will expect your values and behaviours to mirror those of the Trust
Essential criteria
- Ability to work shifts including long days and weekends
We are proud of the ambitions laid out in our strategy, Our Future FHFT, including our vision to be a leader in health & wellbeing, delivering excellence for our communities.
Job Overview
As a valued member of the team you will work alongside a multi-disciplinary team of Doctors, Nurses, Emergency Care Assistants and Admin Staff and be responsible for the assessing, planning, implementing, and evaluating of nursing care within Ambulatory Emergency Care.
You will work with a team of doctors, nurses, specialist teams and other Healthcare Support Workers to care for SDEC (Same Day Emergency Care) patients on a busy Day Unit.
The unit is open Monday - Friday 8am-9pm, weekends and bank holidays 9am-9pm. You must be able to work shifts across all days.
Main duties of the job
Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust provides NHS hospital services for around 900,000 people across Berkshire, Hampshire, Surrey and south Buckinghamshire.
As well as delivering excellent general hospital services to local people, we provide specialist heart attack, vascular, stroke, spinal, cystic fibrosis and plastic surgery services across a much wider area.
We have three main hospitals - Frimley Park in Frimley near Camberley, Heatherwood in Ascot and Wexham Park near Slough.
Our three core values, and the behaviours that support them, guide everything we do and set out what we expect of our staff in the way they treat patients, visitors, service users and each other, Committed to Excellence, Working Together and Facing the Future.
We are also proud to host the Defence Medical Group South East at Frimley Park with military surgical, medical and nursing personnel working alongside the hospital's NHS staff providing care to patients in all specialties.
Detailed Job Description And Main Responsibilities
Please refer to the attached Job Description for full details:
Qualifications
Essential criteria
Essential criteria
Essential criteria
Essential criteria
Essential criteria
We are proud of the ambitions laid out in our strategy, Our Future FHFT, including our vision to be a leader in health & wellbeing, delivering excellence for our communities.
As a valued member of the team you will work alongside a multi-disciplinary team of Doctors, Nurses, Emergency Care Assistants and Admin Staff and be responsible for the assessing, planning, implementing, and evaluating of nursing care within Ambulatory Emergency Care.
You will work with a team of doctors, nurses, specialist teams and other Healthcare Support Workers to care for SDEC (Same Day Emergency Care) patients on a busy Day Unit.
The unit is open Monday - Friday 8am-9pm, weekends and bank holidays 9am-9pm. You must be able to work shifts across all days.
Main duties of the job
- It is an essential requirement that you take reasonable care of the cleanliness of your working environment and always adhere to infection control policies and procedures ensuring you use hand cleaning agents appropriately.
- The post holder is expected to promote and implement the Trust’s equal opportunities policy.
- The post holder is responsible for the management of risk in all the areas for which s/he is responsible. S/he is also responsible for ensuring compliance with the Trust’s Health and Safety Policy.
- The post holder must ensure that duties are carried out in accordance with health and safety regulations. The post holder should not endanger the health and safety of him/herself or others whilst at work.
- The post holder is expected to always behave in a professional manner, comply with Trust policies and to act as an ambassador of the Trust.
- Infection prevention is the responsibility of everyone. Employees are required to strictly adhere to the infection control policy and should actively encourage other staff and visitors to comply.
- Work in other areas of the Trust when required.
- The post holder must perform any other duties as reasonably requested by the Unit Matron.
- The post holder will be subject to performance review in appraisal and in developing his/her own objectives
Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust provides NHS hospital services for around 900,000 people across Berkshire, Hampshire, Surrey and south Buckinghamshire.
As well as delivering excellent general hospital services to local people, we provide specialist heart attack, vascular, stroke, spinal, cystic fibrosis and plastic surgery services across a much wider area.
We have three main hospitals - Frimley Park in Frimley near Camberley, Heatherwood in Ascot and Wexham Park near Slough.
Our three core values, and the behaviours that support them, guide everything we do and set out what we expect of our staff in the way they treat patients, visitors, service users and each other, Committed to Excellence, Working Together and Facing the Future.
We are also proud to host the Defence Medical Group South East at Frimley Park with military surgical, medical and nursing personnel working alongside the hospital's NHS staff providing care to patients in all specialties.
Detailed Job Description And Main Responsibilities
Please refer to the attached Job Description for full details:
- Undertake all mandatory training as per Trust Policy as well as participate in ongoing training and updates as appropriate to demonstrate level of competency.
- Ensure excellent communication skills are used when documenting care, taking messages, or passing on information when appropriate, considering data protection and use of sensitive information.
- Taking responsibility for ordering of stock and equipment and ensuring stock levels are maintained within the unit.
- To always act in a courteous and professional manner within the unit and when assisting with patient needs and care.
- Undertake initial assessments of patients attending Ambulatory Emergency Care under supervision of a Registered Nurse and document findings.
- Perform Venepuncture & Cannulation when required.
- Perform ECGs when required.
- Run urines, BHCG when required.
- Make decisions based on set parameters and protocols within a competency-based framework to instigate appropriate investigations when deemed competent to do so.
- Organise and manage workload flexibly and effectively to meet the needs of the patients and service.
- Ensure patient confidentiality is always maintained and compliance with data protection act and trust policies related to patient care.
- To work flexibly to meet the needs of the service and cover a range of shift times to ensure service delivery is maintained.
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Educated to GCSE (or equivalent) level
- Enthusiastic and motivated to learn
- Willing to undertake training to carry out extended duties
- NVQ or Equivalent
Essential criteria
- Able to manage time effectively and prioritise tasks
- Able to work to a consistently high standard within a team and independently
- Sound written English and verbal communication skills and ability to communicate verbally with all levels of personnel within the organisation
- Courteous and polite
- Good administration and organisational skills
- Have good computer skills
- Competent in: Venepuncture, Cannulation, and be able to perform ECGs
Essential criteria
- Experience in Acute Medicine, Surgery or Emergency Department
Essential criteria
- We will expect your values and behaviours to mirror those of the Trust
Essential criteria
- Ability to work shifts including long days and weekends
We are proud of the ambitions laid out in our strategy, Our Future FHFT, including our vision to be a leader in health & wellbeing, delivering excellence for our communities.
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To work as a Healthcare Assistant (HCA) in the UK, you need a combination of practical skills, personal qualities, and a basic understanding of healthcare principles. While specific requirements might vary depending on the employer or the care setting, here are the key skills and attributes typically required:
Essential Skills:
1. Communication Skills:
- Ability to communicate effectively with patients, families, and healthcare professionals.
- Good listening skills to understand patients' needs and concerns.
2. Empathy and Compassion:
- Understanding and sensitivity to the feelings of patients.
- Ability to provide emotional support and reassurance.
3. Basic Clinical Skills:
- Understanding of basic health and hygiene standards.
- Ability to assist with daily living activities (bathing, dressing, feeding, etc.).
- Monitoring vital signs (blood pressure, temperature, pulse) can also be necessary.
4. Teamwork:
- Ability to work collaboratively with other healthcare professionals.
- Being a supportive team player.
5. Time Management:
- Ability to prioritize tasks efficiently in a fast-paced environment.
- Managing time effectively to ensure all patients receive appropriate care.
6. Attention to Detail:
- Being meticulous in following care plans and documenting changes in patients’ conditions.
- Paying close attention to patient safety.
7. Problem Solving Skills:
- Ability to respond to a variety of situations and challenges quickly and effectively.
- Competence in recognizing changes in a patient's condition and taking appropriate action.
8. Physical Stamina:
- Capability to perform physically demanding tasks, such as lifting and moving patients.
- Maintaining energy and stamina for long shifts.
Personal Qualities:
- Patience: Working in healthcare can be challenging; patience is crucial when dealing with patients who may be distressed or unwell.
- Reliability: Being dependable and trustworthy is essential for providing good patient care.
- Adaptability: Flexibility to handle varying work environments and situations.
- Respectfulness: Maintaining dignity for patients and treating them respectfully.
Training and Qualifications:
While formal qualifications may not always be required, having a relevant qualification, such as a Level 2 or Level 3 Diploma in Health and Social Care, can be beneficial. Some employers provide on-the-job training, and courses in first aid, safeguarding, or infection control may also be useful.
Experience:
Any previous experience in healthcare, customer service, or caring environments can greatly enhance your application. Volunteering in hospitals, care homes, or community services can provide valuable experience and skills.
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