Band 2 Healthcare Assistant inBirmingham inBirmingham PUBLISHED 11 MAY 2024

Job Summary


Are you a compassionate, caring and considerate person? Are you looking for a sense of achievement in your job? Are you motivated by helping others? If so, then our Teams at University Hospitals Birmingham want to hear from you and others like you.

Our Team are united in bringing quality care to the people and communities within Birmingham and Solihull. To do this; we need like-minded people who want to work with us to deliver the very best care to our patients. The rest we can support you with.

As a Trust we invest in our applicants by ensuring you have a full induction to the Trust, on-going training and development initially by completing the care certificate if you have not already done so, that will allow you access to colleagues and our School of Nursing who will support and guide you in your career aspirations. The Healthcare Assistant role is the first step on a career ladder that could progress you to future career opportunities in nursing such as our well-established Trainee Nursing Associate programme. Our Team have told us what they need from their employer- and we've listened. If you are looking for hours to fit around your family, or maybe your lifestyle does not fit the traditional 5 out of 7 -- in most areas staff work 12.5 hour shifts 3 or 4 days a week, this can include days, nights and weekends, giving you more days off.

Please highlight your preferred site when applying. Unfortunately, we are not able to offer sponsorship.


Main Duties, Tasks & Skills Required


As a HCA, your workload will be varied and at times challenging -- however, being able to multi-task in an efficient manner whilst maintaining a caring and helpful attitude, will support everything you do - to make a difference to your team and the patients and relatives that rely on us to care for them. You will need to have excellent communication and organisational skills.


Within Your Role You Will Be Asked To

• Greet all patients and visitors to the department with courtesy and compassion.
• Observe and report to the registered nurse all changes in a patient's physical and psychological condition.
• Support families and carers following a patient bereavement or when bad news has been shared.
• Assist and as required provide patients with personal care- assisting them when in pain or distressed.
• Assist patients with feeding and drinking when necessary and maintaining patient notes.
  
  

With that, candidates will be required to have a good standard of Maths and English, GCSE grade C or above, or equivalent.

As part of the invaluable Team, you will be a reliable and committed candidate who will help ensure we are continually adhering to our Trust values of Kind Connected and Bold. We are confident we can offer you not just your next job but your next career.

In return you can expect a permanent contract with one of the NHS largest Trusts, NHS pension, along with other benefits such as overtime, shift allowance and access to the Blue light discount card.


About Us


We are recognised as one of the leading NHS Foundation Trusts in the UK. Our vision is to Build Healthier Lives, and we recognise that we need incredible staff to do this.

Our commitment to our staff is to create the best place for them to work, and we are dedicated to:

Investing in the health and wellbeing of our staff, including a commitment of offering flexible working where we can;

Offer our staff a wide variety of training and development opportunities, to support their personal and career development objectives.

UHB is committed to ensuring that our staff are treated fairly and feel that they belong, by creating a kind and inclusive environment. This is about equity of opportunity; removing all barriers, including discrimination and ensuring each individual member of staff reach their true potential, achieve their ambitions and thrive in their work. This is more than words. We are taking action. Our commitment to an inclusive culture is embedded at all levels of the organisation where every voice is heard, driven by our diverse and active staff networks, and at Board level by the Fairness Taskforce led by our CEO. We nurture a culture which empowers staff to challenge discriminatory behaviours and to enable people to bring their 'whole self' to a kinder, more connected and bold place to work.

University Hospitals Birmingham is a Smoke-Free premises hospital.


Job Description


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Person specification


Qualifications


Essential

• None
  
  

Desirable

• Functional skills Level 2 English Language and Maths Qualification or GCSE Grade C or above in Maths and English Language
• Care Certificate or evidence or Training & Development associated with Health Care Support Worker role
• Level 2/3 NVQ/ Diploma in Health
  
  

Experience


Essential

• Experience of working / participating as part of a team.
• Evidence of ability to work using own initiative and under minimal supervision (
• Ability to demonstrate an understanding of the role and tasks involved
• Can articulate the reasons for training/ standards of practice and behaviour and how these may be demonstrated / relate to patient care and safety
  
  

Desirable

• Minimum of 6 months experience in a care environment in the last 12 months
  
  

Additional Criteria


Essential

• Good standard of spoken and written English
• Basic computer skills
• Good communication skills -- written and oral
• Good time keeping
• Ability to work with competing priorities
• Flexible approach to shift patterns and place of work this may include working in different practice settings in different locations dependent upon service need
  
  

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.