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Job summary

Main area
MRU
Grade
Band 2
Contract
Permanent
Hours
Part time - 30 hours per week
Job ref
229-CS-6288270
Employer
Wye Valley NHS Trust
Employer type
NHS
Site
Hereford County Hospital
Town
Hereford
Salary
£22,383 - £24,336 pa pro rata
Salary period
Yearly
Closing
27/05/2024 23:59

Employer heading

Wye Valley NHS Trust logo

Healthcare Support Worker - MRU

Band 2

Job overview

Healthcare Support Worker on Macmillan Renton Unit.

An exciting opportunity has arisen to become part of a dedicated team providing cancer care at Hereford County Hospital.  As a Healthcare Support Worker in the Macmillan Renton Cancer Unit you will assist clinical teams to provide care and support patients through their cancer journeys.

Main duties of the job

To support the activities of the Macmillan Renton Unit (MRU) in the provision of cancer care, e.g. outpatient breast clinic.

To work under the direct/indirect supervision of and in support of the Consultant, registered nurse and or the registered Allied Health Professional carrying out delegated nursing and non-nursing duties to promote patient centred care.

To ensure that all duties required to assist the clinician performing the clinic are completed in a timely manner to ensure the best patients experience possible.  To be mindful at all times of the impact on patients of own actions.  

 

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.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

For more information about the role and responsibilities please see the attached job description and person specification.

Person specification

Education & Qualifications

Essential criteria
  • Maths and English grade 3-9 or A,B,C,D
  • Ability to communicate effectively in English, verbally and in writing
Desirable criteria
  • NVQ Level II / III and / or Diploma in Health & Social Care 2 / 3

Skills, Knowledge & Abilities

Essential criteria
  • Demonstrate knowledge of roles and responsibility within a clinical setting
  • Willingness to work towards NVQ II/III in care or equivalent can we discuss.
  • Demonstrate skills to other newly appointed HCA
Desirable criteria
  • Competent venepuncture and ECG skills

Experience

Essential criteria
  • Previous experience in a care environment
  • Advanced communication ability to communicate effectively both verbally and in writing to a wide range of people

Employer certification / accreditation badges

Trust IDApprenticeships logoNo smoking policyMenopause Friendly EmployerAge positiveInvestors in People: GoldArmed Forces Covenant (Silver Award)Mindful employer.  Being positive about mental health.Disability confident employercorporate covenantNHS Rainbow badge

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

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Further details / informal visits contact

Name
Hannah Linton
Job title
Senior Sister Macmillan Renton Unit
Email address
[email protected]
Telephone number
01432 355444
Additional information

Ext 5619

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