Job summary
Job Title: Care Support Worker A&E
By joining us you can look forward to a choice of flexible Bank shifts across any of our client Trusts in England, as well as the ability to develop professionally and gain experience in several wards or areas.
Main duties of the job
What you'll be responsible for:
- Monitoring patients' conditions by taking temperatures, pulse, respirations, and weight.
- Assisting in the delivery of patient care as directed by the Registered Nurse
- Ensuring that the patient is the prime focus when making decisions about their care and wellbeing.
- Assisting patients with compassion when undertaking normal activities of daily living whilst ensuring that privacy, dignity, and human rights are respected.
- The role will involve, but not be limited to you performing the above
About us
Here at NHS Professionals, we run England's largest NHS staff bank and are experts at putting people in places to care. Every year we help thousands of dedicated and highly skilled NHS workers enjoy better career opportunities, more flexible shifts, and a healthier work-life balance across our partnered Trusts.
Career Progression access to Learning & Development opportunities, so that you can take on new roles and challenges
Work-life Balance flexible shifts, committed shifts, wellbeing resources and build paid annual leave
Opportunity & Access over 50 partner NHS Trusts to give you the flexibility of choice to work how and where you want
Job description
Job responsibilities
Job Title: - Care Support Worker - Acute & General
Location: -Royal Devon University Healthcare Trust
Pay Rate: £11-£20
Hours: - Flexible
What you'll be responsible for:
- Monitoring patients' conditions
by taking temperatures, pulse, respirations, and weight.
- Assisting in the delivery of
patient care as directed by the Registered Nurse
- Ensuring that the patient is the
prime focus when making decisions about their care and wellbeing.
- Assisting patients with
compassion when undertaking normal activities of daily living whilst ensuring that privacy, dignity,
and human rights are respected.
- The role will involve, but not be
limited to you performing the above
About the Trust: -
The Royal Devon University Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust was established in April 2022, bringing together the expertise of both the Royal Devon and Exeter NHS Foundation Trust and Northern Devon Healthcare NHS Trust. Stretching across Northern, Eastern and Mid Devon, we have a workforce of over 15,000 staff, making us the largest employer in Devon. Our core services, which we provide for more than 615,000 people, cover more than 2,000 square miles across Devon, while some of our specialist services cover the whole of the peninsula, extending our reach as far as Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly. We deliver a wide range of emergency, specialist and general medical services through North Devon District Hospital (EX31 4JB) and the Royal Devon and Exeter Hospital (Wonford) (EX2 5DW).Alongside our two acute hospitals, we provide integrated health and social care services across a variety of settings including community inpatient hospitals, outpatient clinics, and within peoples own homes.We also offer primary care services, a range of specialist community services, and Sexual Assault Referral Centres (SARC). Our hospitals are both renowned for their research, innovation and links to universities.
Who are NHS Professionals?
We specialise in putting people in places to care. Every
year we help thousands of dedicated candidates and highly skilled NHS workers
enjoy better career opportunities, access to more shifts and a healthier
work-life balance, giving more choice and control to our members. As an equal
opportunities' organisation, NHSP is committed to the equal treatment of all
current and prospective Bank members and does not condone discrimination on the
basis of age, disability, sex, sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity,
race or ethnicity, religion or belief, gender reassignment, or marriage and
civil partnership. We believe there is a strong case for the Equality,
Diversity and Inclusion agenda and we strongly encourage suitably qualified
applicants from a range of backgrounds to apply.
Disclaimer
Please note, you will be contacted by email throughout the
recruitment process, so please check your emails, including your junk/spam
regularly. We regret we cannot contact everyone who is not selected for an
interview, therefore if you do not hear from us within 21 days after submitting
your application, please assume you have not been successful on this occasion.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- All Care support worker roles will be required to provide evidence of completing the Care Certificate or a relevant qualification. Evidence accepted includes:
- Student Nurse with at least 12 weeks clinical placements.
- Care Certificate from an NHS Organisation
- QCF Level 2 Diploma in Healthcare Support Services issued after 2011
- QCF Level 2 OR above Diploma in Health & Social Care or Clinical Healthcare Support issued after 2011
- QCF Level 3 OR above Diploma in Healthcare Support or Maternity & Paediatric Support issued after 2011 (For Paediatric & Maternity roles only)
- Degree /Diploma in Nursing and currently do not have an NMC Registration.
Experience
Essential
- Minimum of 6 months Acute HCSW UK (Private, NHS or Armed Forces) hospital/hospice experience within the last 2 years
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.
Employer details
Employer name
NHS Professionals Limited
Address
Royal Devon & Exeter Nhs Foundation Trust
Barrack Road
Exeter
Devon
EX2 5DW