24 Oct
NHS Foundation Trust
Scunthorpe
Job description
Job overview
Looking for a career in Healthcare but don’t have any experience.
At NLaG we do not require you to have any formal qualifications as you will be supported to achieve these once in post. What we require is enthusiasm to learn, a desire to help safely care for our patients and that you align with our values of Kindness, Courage and Respect.
Our Senior Healthcare Assistant (SHCA) roles are focused on ensuring that high quality patient centred care is delivered in a safe clinical environment.
We are committed to developing our staff through training and education, supporting you to learn new skills.
We have a dedicated Practice Development team focused on ensuring our staff have the right skills to care for our patients, this includes a weeklong induction for new starters where clinical skills are taught and practiced preparing you for your new role.
There will be opportunities to develop and gain transferable skills for your future career which for some may include a pathway into registered nursing.
We have posts available within the Surgical Division
Main duties of the job
SHCA roles are recruited to centrally and if you are successful in securing a role after the interview process, you may be placed in a pool whilst your employment checks are being completed and a suitable allocation is being secured for you.
The majority of ward areas require shift working, which includes days and nights over 7 days, however consideration will be given to requests for more flexible working options.
Main duties of the job
- To maintain the highest possible standards of compassionate and professional patient centred care with particular attention to privacy and dignity.
- Assist patients with personal care,
hygiene and sanitary needs, ensuring privacy and dignity is maintained at all times.
- Assist in meeting patients’ nutritional needs, including non-oral nutritional and fluid intake. Ensure that patients who require assistance at mealtimes have an appropriately coloured tray to identify they need help and are assisted with eating and drinking.
- Where identified in the plan of care, ensure that food and fluid intake and output are accurately documented on appropriate patient charts
Working for our organisation
NLAG is part of one of the largest acute and community Group arrangements in the NHS, seeing well over one million patients every year and managing a budget of over £1.3 billion.
Made up of two Trusts - Northern Lincolnshire and Goole NHS Foundation Trust (NLAG) and Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust (HUTH) - our Group has significant ambitions and is committed to delivering world-class hospital and community services for the 1.
65 million people we serve.
Together we employ nearly 20,000 staff. Our five main hospital sites are Diana, Princess of Wales Hospital, Scunthorpe General Hospital and Goole and District Hospital, for NLAG and Hull Royal Infirmary and Castle Hill Hospital for HUTH.
As Teaching Hospitals working with the Hull York Medical School, we both lead and contribute to research in many areas - biomedical research, primary care, palliative medicine, cardiovascular and respiratory medicine, vascular surgery, cancer surgery and oncology.
We believe that by developing a diverse, inclusive, innovative, skilled and caring workforce, we can deliver excellent care to our patients and a great future for our employees, our Group and our community.
When you are completing your application form please ensure that you read the job description and person specification carefully and relate your answers to these.
If you are a Student Nurse we will not be able to offer you one of the above posts but would welcome your application for consideration to work on our bank.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
We are committed to creating and maintaining a fair and supportive working environment and culture,
where contributions are fully recognised and valued by all and staff feel empowered to carry out their duties to the best of their abilities.
As employers we are committed to promoting and protecting the physical and mental health and well-being of all our staff.
This underpins our values as set out in the NHS Constitution, supports us to be an Employer of Choice and ultimately enables our employees to support the effective care of our patients.
We strongly value the different perspectives and ideas a diverse workforce brings to deliver better outcomes for our patients.
We welcome applications irrespective of people’s age, disability, sex, gender identity and gender expression, race or ethnicity, religion or belief, sexual orientation, or other personal circumstances.
Person specification
Education & Qualifications
Essential criteria
Basic literacy and numeracy skills
Desirable criteria
- An NVQ / QCF Level 2 Diploma in Clinical Healthcare Support or a commitment to undertaking and successfully completing available training and education once in post and within an agreed timeframe.
- IT skills
- Has undertaken some recent study
- Level 2 in English and Mathematics or equivalent
Occupational Experience
Essential criteria
- Understanding of the needs of patients in a care setting
- Has a sound understanding of the need for confidentiality
- Confident people skills
Desirable criteria
- Experience of working in a care setting or transferable skills, demonstrable keenness and passion for the role
- Working in a team
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