Health Care Assistant - Emergency Department

at  Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

This is an exciting opportunity for a dynamic and enthusiastic individual to join the Division of Urgent and Emergency Care (UEC) as a Band 2 Health Care Support Worker in the Emergency Department, at Sherwood Forest Hospitals. The Emergency Department is a very busy environment offering a 24-hour service, 365 days of the year Emergency Care service to our local population.
The main roles and responsibilities will be to assist in providing care and comfort to our patients, in support of and supervised by the Registered Nursing team. You will be expected to carry out any assigned duties through effective leadership by the nursing team and you will act as a role model for the Trusts CARE values and behaviours.
We are looking for individuals who are enthusiastic, hard working, positive, friendly, approachable and ultimately committed to providing high standards of holistic quality care.
The successful candidate will be able to demonstrate excellent communication skills and will have or be willing to work towards an NVQ 2 in care. Previous experience in an acute care setting would be an advantage.
Thank you for your interest in this role.
Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is nationally recognised as being an excellent place to work and deliver care. We are rightly proud of the 5,500 colleagues who work here and we are the Health Service Journal’s Trust of the Year in 2020.
The Care Quality Commission rated King’s Mill Hospital Outstanding and Newark, and Mansfield Community Hospitals Good. Overall we are rated Outstanding for care.
For the last three years, we have been ranked as the best NHS Trust to work for in the Midlands and in 2020 we were the third best Acute/Community NHS Trust in England.
Happy colleagues deliver better care. Our teams work in a supportive, inclusive environment, which nurtures wellbeing and has opportunities for development and progression. We do not just care for our patients, we also care for you.
We would love you to join us.
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