Job summary
- Main area
- Neurosciences
- Grade
- Band 2
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week (Early shifts, late shifts, long days, nights and weekends.)
- Job ref
- 213-HCA-DH-7184965
- Employer
- King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- King's College Hospital
- Town
- London
- Salary
- £29,584 Per annum including High Cost Area.
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- Today at 08:00
Employer heading
Health Care Assistant - David Marsden Ward
Band 2
King’s College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust is one of the UK’s largest and busiest teaching Trusts with a turnover of c£1.8 billion, 1.5 million patient contacts a year and more than 15,000 staff based across 5 main sites in South East London. The Trust provides a full range of local hospital services across its different sites, and specialist services from King’s College Hospital (KCH) sites at Denmark Hill in Camberwell and at the Princess Royal University Hospital (PRUH) site in the London Borough of Bromley.
We encourage all our staff to have a healthy work/life balance. In doing so, you can apply for flexible working from the beginning of your employment. We offer a range of options which are designed to suit different circumstances and priorities in line with service requirements.
Job overview
We are looking for Band 2 Healthcare Assistants to join the David Marsden Ward at the Kings College Hospital, Denmark Hill site.
No experience? No problem. You don’t need any healthcare experience to join us at King’s as a Health Care Assistant (HCA). It is more important to us that you are a kind, respectful team player with a passion to want to help and support our patients, their families and colleagues. We will teach you everything you need to know.
As a HCA, you will be a hugely valuable in supporting our Nursing and Midwifery teams providing care to our patients. Every day will be different and you will work alongside the rest of the team carrying out a wide range of tasks and assisting with care to support the needs of the patients and their families.
Note: Advert will close early if we receive enough applications.
Main duties of the job
Day to day, you’ll work under the supervision of our registered staff to help:
- Wash and dress patients
- Monitor and record clinical observations including GCS
- Support patients to eat and drink
- Help patients move around
- Make beds and maintain a clean, safe clinical area
- Talk to patients and their families
- Perform specialised skills such as telemetry monitoring and pre/post operative care
- Manage stock levels for linen and other supplies
With our comprehensive training and dedicated HCA education team, the HCA role can also lead to a variety of career opportunities. With the right support, those who want to can undertake the necessary training to become our future nursing associates, nurses, and midwives. Career opportunities to develop and progress within neurosurgery: telemetry training, stroke care, high dependency care and other specialised care in Neuro.
Working for our organisation
King’s College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust is one of the UK’s largest and busiest teaching Trusts with a turnover of c£1 billion, 1.5 million patient contacts a year and more than 15,000 staff based across South East London. The Trust provides a full range of local and specialist services across its five sites. The trust-wide strategy of Strong Roots, Global Reach is our Vision to be BOLD, Brilliant people, Outstanding care, Leaders in Research, Innovation and Education, Diversity, Equality and Inclusion at the heart of everything we do. By being person-centred, digitally-enabled, and focused on sustainability, we aim to take Team King’s to another level.
We are at a pivotal point in our history and we require individuals who are ready to join a highly professional team and make a real, lasting difference to our patients and our people.
King’s is committed to delivering Sustainable Healthcare for All via our Green Plan. In line with national Greener NHS ambitions, we have set net zero carbon targets of 2040 for our NHS Carbon Footprint and 2045 for our NHS Carbon Footprint Plus. Everyone’s contribution is required in order to meet the goals set out in our Green Plan and we encourage all staff to work responsibly, minimising their contributions to the Trust’s carbon emissions, waste and pollution wherever possible.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
- To assist under supervision in the delivery of nursing care in liaison with the multidisciplinary team.
- To assist with clinical duties to ensure the effective running of the ward/department.
- To maintain own personal development with support from ward/departmental manager.
Person specification
Qualifications and skills
- Functional Skills Level 1 in Numeracy and Literacy - GCSEs Maths and English Grades A-E or 9-2. Or equivalent.
- NVQ level 2 or equivalent or willing to work towards diploma level 2 in Health Care.
Person specification
Education and Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Functional Skills Level 1 in Numeracy and Literacy - GCSEs Maths and English Grades A-E or 9-2. Or equivalent.
- NVQ level 2 or equivalent or willing to work towards diploma level 2 in Health Care.
Desirable criteria
- Care Certificate.
Skills
Essential criteria
- Able to communicate with the multi-disciplinary team, update others in the team and use handover effectively.
- Able to talk to people about sensitive issues in a supportive manner but also challenge others assertively where necessary.
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.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Eva Peña Charlón
- Job title
- Matron
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 02032996028
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