Health Care Assistant - Emergency Orthopaedic Unit

at  Tameside and Glossop Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust

HEALTH CARE ASSISTANT

Full time and part time available
Band 2 - Emergency Orthopaedic Unit
A new and exciting opportunity has arisen for individuals to join the team within the Surgical, Women’s and Children’s Division as a Clinical Support Worker.
Under the direction of the Sister/Charge Nurse you will help us to ensure that we provide a clean, safe and comfortable environment for our patients.
You will need to possess good communication and interpersonal skills. A polite and courteous manner towards patients and relatives will be essential for this role, together with your ability to work under pressure, as part of a team as well as organising your own workload.
Previous hospital experience is desirable but not essential as training will be provided to ensure you have the skills required to fulfil the position.
If this exciting challenge interests you please direct informal enquiries to Christina Topham Unit Manager 0161 922 4798

CLINICAL:

• Work within the ward/department setting, providing high quality, caring, compassionate and personal care to patients and their families/carers
• Work under the direction of the Registered Healthcare Professionals and senior colleagues, both independently and as part of the multi- disciplinary team.
• Under the direction of a Registered Health Care Professional ensure a high standard of service provision within ward/department, by practicing effective clinical and administrative preparation, effective communication and care delivery, prioritising workload appropriately and contributing to service improvements
• Participate in giving compassionate high quality personal care to patients prioritising appropriately and developing competencies that safeguard practice
• Act always in a manner, which illustrates respect for privacy, dignity, equality, diversity, and confidentiality.
• Always exhibit a professional attitude behaviour and demonstrate excellent customer care skills.
• Contribute to effective team working by being fully involved, committed, and participating towards achieving own and others full potential.
• Develop positive relationships with patients, families, and carers.
  Tameside and Glossop Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust serves a community of 250,000 people across Tameside & Glossop. We provide a range of quality services both within the hospital and across our community for both adults and children. Our vision is to improve health outcomes for our population and influence wider determinants of health through collaboration with our health & care partners.
  We have a clear set of values & behaviours which we expect all of our staff to demonstrate & these are:
  Safety
  Care
  Respect
  Communication
  Learning
  We believe that the best organisations are those that reflect the communities they serve. We are therefore seeking to improve the diversity of our workforce to make it truly representative of our local population.
  We actively encourage applications irrespective of race, age, disability, sex, gender reassignment, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, religion or belief, marriage & civil partnership, or pregnancy or maternity. Recognising those communities that are underrepresented within our workforce, we would particularly welcome applications from Black, Asian & minority ethnic candidates, LGBTQ+ people & Disabled people.
  We recognise that flexible working is important. We take requests for flexible working seriously, consider any request we receive and try to work with you, so we can explore if your request may fit with the needs of the service.
  The job description gives an overview of the main tasks and responsibilities of the role, and the person specifications focusses on the qualifications, skills, experience and knowledge required. These documents are attached on the page and can be downloaded.
  The person specification below is not the full person specification, but outlines the criteria against which your application form will be assessed

Please refer the Job description for details