Job overview

We are looking for a full time Health Care Assistant to join our friendly team that is passionate to enhance the patient's surgical journey and really make a difference.

A medical and surgical background is desirable to support a streamline nurse-led pre-surgery admission, post-operative nursing care and nurse-led discharge. 

The environment is fast paced with a high patient turnaround. 

A willingness to learn is a must due to supporting in-patient and high dependency areas when required.

Venipuncture, Cannulation and ECG recording skills desirable however training will be provided.

Shadowing opportunities and MDT working alongside Pre-Op Assessment, Theatres, Theatre Recovery, Endoscopy and Intensive Care readily available.

Main duties of the job

• To undertake any other duties, required by line manager appropriate to the grade and relevant to the post.
• To assist the registered nurse in the delivery of direct and indirect patient care
• To report any concerns to the registered nurse relating to standards of cleanliness, hazards and patient safety within the clinical area
• To ensure the registered nurse is regularly updated on patients’ condition and progress
• To ensure the equipment is clean and in good working order
• To ensure the environment is clean and tidy.
• To participate with the induction of staff new to the clinical area.
• To minimize hazards in the working area and report any identifiable hazards to the line manager. To adhere to all safe systems of work applicable to the work area.                           
• To demonstrate effective communication, both orally and in writing, to ensure dissemination of information.
• To maintain confidentiality at all times
• To promote awareness of child protection issues referring to area child protection policy and Trust policy. Attend child protection training in accordance with the policy.
• To promote awareness of adult protection issues referring to the Herefordshire Multi-Agency Policy and Procedures for The Protection of Vulnerable Adults from Abuse. Attend adult protection training sessions in accordance with the policies and procedures.
  
  

Working for our organisation

Wye Valley NHS Trust is a member of an NHS Foundation Group with South Warwickshire NHS FT , the George Eliot Hospital NHS Trust and Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust.

Located on the border with Wales in the shadow of the Black Mountains, we provide acute and community services across Herefordshire and into parts of Powys and run Hereford County Hospital and the community hospitals in Bromyard, Leominster and Ross-on-Wye.

We are a progressive and forward looking trust with ambitious plans to improve quality and integrate patient pathways through close collaborative working with our partners to deliver the quality of care we’d want for our family and friends.

More than 3,500 people work for the Trust – they tell us it’s a great place to work, blending the busyness of a DGH with the benefits of working in a beautiful rural and unspoilt county like Herefordshire.

We can offer a great work-life balance and have a fine tradition of working with staff to help them achieve their full potential.

Russell Hardy, Trust Chairman: “The strength of the Trust is its amazing staff; a great place to work, a great place to develop your career and a great place to reach your potential.”

Our values - Care, Accountability, Respect and Excellence - are at the heart of all we do. We believe in providing the right care in the right place at the right time…all the time.