Urgent care Healthcare AssistantinBrockworthinBrockworthPUBLISHED SAT 18 JAN 2025
Opportunity to make a positive difference in patients' lives by providing essential care at home, potentially avoiding hospital admissions.
Flexible working hours predominantly during the night, allowing for a unique work-life balance.
Collaboration with registered practitioners, enhancing professional development and teamwork skills.
Engagement in a variety of tasks such as clinical observations and phlebotomy, contributing to a diverse work experience.
Supportive organizational culture that prioritizes inclusivity, diversity, and a sense of belonging among staff.
High employee satisfaction as reflected in the NHS Staff Survey, with many colleagues recommending the organization as a great place to work.
Recognition and ranking as an Employer of Choice within the NHS, indicating strong leadership and commitment to staff welfare.
The Gloucestershire Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust is seeking dedicated Urgent Care Healthcare Assistants for its Rapid Response team in Brockworth. The role primarily involves working night shifts from 21:30 to 08:00, alongside a registered practitioner, but may also include day shifts as needed. Responsibilities include providing high-quality patient care at home to prevent unnecessary hospital admissions, conducting clinical observations and phlebotomy, and liaising with the Co-ordinator to document findings in SystmOne. The position requires working both as part of a team and independently, including performing basic patient assessments and supporting safe movement after falls.
The Trust values inclusivity and has received positive feedback from its staff, with a significant portion believing they make a positive difference and would recommend the organisation as a workplace. Interested candidates are encouraged to reach out for further details or informal visits.
The Trust values inclusivity and has received positive feedback from its staff, with a significant portion believing they make a positive difference and would recommend the organisation as a workplace. Interested candidates are encouraged to reach out for further details or informal visits.
Opportunity to make a positive difference in patients' lives by providing essential care at home, potentially avoiding hospital admissions.
Flexible working hours predominantly during the night, allowing for a unique work-life balance.
Collaboration with registered practitioners, enhancing professional development and teamwork skills.
Engagement in a variety of tasks such as clinical observations and phlebotomy, contributing to a diverse work experience.
Supportive organizational culture that prioritizes inclusivity, diversity, and a sense of belonging among staff.
High employee satisfaction as reflected in the NHS Staff Survey, with many colleagues recommending the organization as a great place to work.
Recognition and ranking as an Employer of Choice within the NHS, indicating strong leadership and commitment to staff welfare.
Rapid Response offer a 24/7 response to patients who are acutely unwell and can be managed at home to avoid a hospital admission. To ensure we deliver high levels of patient care, and can respond to patients across the county, we are expanding our night cover and looking for dedicated Health Care Assistants to join our team. The role will predominantly be working 21:30-08:00 working alongside a registered practitioner but will involve some day shift working to meet service needs.
We have in excess of 5000 staff working over 50 sites, providing a diverse range of services. We strive to support an organisational culture that is welcoming, builds and celebrates inclusivity and diversity and provides a sense of belonging and trust.
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The annual NHS Staff Survey gives our people the opportunity to tell us about their experience working at the Trust. For the 2023 survey just over 2800 colleagues gave us their views (58.5%). It was great to see from the results that colleagues are saying that:
For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Steve Daniel Job title: Modern Matron Email address: Telephone number:
- Supporting the registered practitioner to deliver high quality care to patients using the services.
- At times, working alone, visiting patients countywide to undertake clinical observations, phlebotomy and provide basic care to meet the needs of the patient.
- Liaising with the Co-ordinator to report on patient findings/observations and document clearly on SystmOne
- Expectation to work as part of the wider team when required.
- Providing a timely and effective response to patients under the care of either service.
- Responsible for providing a basic patient assessment at scene along with utilising basic manual handling procedures to assist the patient safely from the floor following a fall
We have in excess of 5000 staff working over 50 sites, providing a diverse range of services. We strive to support an organisational culture that is welcoming, builds and celebrates inclusivity and diversity and provides a sense of belonging and trust.
About
The annual NHS Staff Survey gives our people the opportunity to tell us about their experience working at the Trust. For the 2023 survey just over 2800 colleagues gave us their views (58.5%). It was great to see from the results that colleagues are saying that:
- 89.7% believe they are making a positive difference to patients/service users;
- 73.3% would recommend the organisation as a place to work;
- 82.4% agree that care of patients and service users is the organisations priority;
- 76.7% would be happy with the standard of care for a friend or relative
For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Steve Daniel Job title: Modern Matron Email address: Telephone number:
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