23 Oct
The Royal Marsden
Chelsea
Job description
Job overview
Senior Health Care Assistant / Phlebotomist Band 3
The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust
Outpatients, Sutton
Permanent
Full-time
There are many new and exciting educational opportunities for Health Care Assistants within the Royal Marsden Trust. This is a great opportunity to develop your existing skills and knowledge, but also to learn new one’s in caring for cancer patients at all points of their cancer pathway.
You will assist caring for patients with cancer as well as working in a variety of different clinics caring for chemotherapy, radiotherapy, and surgical patients.
You will provide supervision, support, and training of Band 2 Health Care Assistants.
The successful candidate will be a Health Care Assistant / Phlebotomist with experience within a healthcare setting. Experience of working in an Outpatients and diagnostic setting will be advantage in this post.
The post holder will work in Our new state-of-the-art Cancer centre opened in Sutton in July 2023. The post holder will be aligned to the Outpatients service which will encompass all NHS Outpatient including haematology.
There will be a requirement to work shift patterns between the operating hours of 08 : 00 18 : 00 Monday to Friday.
Main duties of the job
The Heath Care Assistant (HCA) is an integral member of the team in the Outpatients department (OPD) caring for a variety of patients who attend OPD for clinical review.
The post-holder will be responsible for supporting the nursing staff by assisting with clinical duties as well as administrative duties as directed by the registered nursing staff.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
- Checking patients MRSA status on arrival to OPD,
under the supervision of senior nursing colleagues and screening patients if required.
- Checking patient’s identification on arrival to unit and allergy status.
- Performing venepuncture, venous blood sampling and cannulation
- Undertakes clinical tasks relevant to the patients in OPD, following competency sign off, for example, ECG, urinalysis, MRSA screening swabs, recording of allergies on EPR, venepuncture and cannulation.
- Assists the nursing staff with the smooth running of clinics. Escorting and chaperoning patients where applicable.
Person specification
Qualification
Essential criteria
- NVQ in Health & Social Care
- GCSE / equivalent
- Cavendish Care Certificate or equivalent
Knowledge / Experience
Essential criteria
- Knowledge of NEWs score
- Previous experience of working in a hospital setting or care setting
Desirable criteria
Skills
Essential criteria
- Good communication skills (verbal and written)
- Good organisational skills
- Phlebotomy experience
- IT skills (ability to enter patient data onto computer records)
- Flexibility to meet service needs (eg shift work, covering other departments)
The Royal Marsden values diversity and is committed to the recruitment and retention of underrepresented minority groups.
We particularly welcome applications from Black, Asian and minority ethnic candidates, LGBTQ+ candidates and candidates with disabilities.
As a Disability Confident Employer, we are working to create a workplace that enables all staff to reach their full potential.
We are committed to this because we know that greater diversity and inclusion will lead to an even greater positive impact for the people we serve.
Due to the high volumes of applications we receive, we reserve the right to close any adverts before the published closing date once we have received a sufficient number of applications.
We advise you to submit your application as early as possible to prevent disappointment.
Flu Vaccination What We Expect of our Staff
At The Royal Marsden we have an immune compromised patient population who we must protect as much as we can against the flu virus.
Each year, seasonal flu affects thousands of people in the UK. Occurring mainly in winter,
it is an infectious respiratory disease capable of producing symptoms ranging from those similar to a common cold, through to very severe or even fatal disease.
The wellbeing of our staff and patients is of the upmost importance to us, and it is the expectation of The Royal Marsden that all patient-facing staff have an annual flu vaccination, provided free of charge by the Trust.
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
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