Job summary
- Main area
- Acute Medicine
- Grade
- NHS AfC: Band 2
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week (Monday to Sunday, from 08:00- 22:00.)
- Job ref
- 421-LTUC-1125C
- Employer
- Harrogate and District NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Same Day Emergency Care
- Town
- Harrogate
- Salary
- £22,383 per annum pro rata
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 21/05/2024 23:59
- Interview date
- 29/05/2024
Employer heading
Care Support Worker - Same Day Emergency Care
NHS AfC: Band 2
Harrogate and District NHS Foundation Trust cares for the population in Harrogate and the local area as well as across North Yorkshire and Leeds. We also provide children’s services in the North East in County Durham, Darlington, Middlesbrough, Stockton-on-Tees, Gateshead and Sunderland.
Harrogate and District NHS Foundation Trust is one of only two trusts in Yorkshire and Humber to be awarded HSJ’s Top 100 Best Places to Work. We believe that You Matter Most, and this is reflected in what we value: Kindness, Integrity, Teamwork and Equality. So if you’re looking for an interesting and rewarding career in the NHS, where you can make a real difference to patients’ lives, Harrogate and District NHS Foundation Trust is the place for you.
Job overview
An exciting opportunity has arisen on Same Day Emergency Care, appointing a new Care Support Worker into our team.
Same Day Emergency Care (SDEC) is a fast paced, rapid assessment unit for medical patients who have been referred by the Emergency Department (ED) or primary care. The ambition of the unit is to deliver quality care to patients within the same day in order to avoid a hospital admission- when safe to do so and also reduce ED attendances. Ensuring patients are in the right place, receiving the right care.
The Care Support Worker (CSW) we need on this unit will be motivated, eager to learn new skills, approachable and positive.
Main duties of the job
- Prioritising patient care, nutrition and assisting with comfort breaks
- Observations, weights, CBG's, urinalysis
- Venepuncture, Cannulation, ECG's
- Collating patient history and assisting with assessments
- Supporting the Multi disciplinary team
Working for our organisation
On the last happiness survey to measure our colleagues happiness at SDEC, we scored 97%!
We are passionate about promoting positive change within the unit and have proudly been the first team to work on the KPMG IMPACT improvement programme.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
The CSW's role is to support the care of the patients within SDEC and optimise the environment around them.
This includes ensuring the unit is clean and maintaining IPC standards at all times.
Equipment and resources are clean and available to use at any time.
We have a strong teamwork ethic and encourage CSW's to support our clerical team on a regular basis as well.
Person specification
Experience
Essential criteria
- Care Certificate or required to undertake Care Certificate and complete within 12 weeks
- 5 GCSE grade c or above or equivalent, including Maths and English OR demonstrable equivalent experience
Desirable criteria
- Experience in acute care
- Care Certificate
- NVQ level 2 or 3 in care
Employer certification / accreditation badges
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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
- Jemma Azcueta
- Job title
- Unit Manager
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 01423 554583
- Additional information
You can also contact Abby Ford - Unit manager
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