ESSENTIAL CRITERIA

• Ability to work in a rapidly changing & challenging work environment & in stressful situations
• Able to work as part of a team & use own initiative, always acting in a professional manner
  Your application: Please ensure that you have read the job description and person specification and that your supporting statement reflects these, as your application will be assessed and scored against these criteria.
  References: You will be required to provide 3 years of employment/educational history. We do not accept references from personal email addresses such as Hotmail, Gmail etc. therefore please ensure you are providing professional working email addresses within your application form. If you are unable to provide professional email addresses and are invited to an interview, please ensure you advise the interviewers of this - otherwise, this may delay your pre-employment checks.
  Closing date: In order to streamline recruitment within our Trust, we reserve the right to expire vacancies prior to the advertised closing date once we have received a sufficient number of applications.
  Shortlisting: You will only be contacted via e-mail/SMS by the SWL Recruitment Hub if you are successfully shortlisted for this post. Please ensure that you check your Trac registered e-mail regularly.
  DBS: We are committed to safeguarding children and adults who are at risk of abuse. As such, if this post will have access to children or vulnerable adults, you will be required to undertake an Enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service check. However, all employees have a responsibility for safeguarding children and vulnerable adults in the course of their duties and for ensuring that they are aware of the specific duties relating to their role.

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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.

We are looking for someone who is “hands-on” with healthcare experience, preferably in acute care, and who possess the following attributes;

• Excellent communication, interpersonal and organisational skills.
• Ability to work confidently and collaboratively across professional boundaries and use your initiative.
• Ability to work flexibly according to the day-to-day service needs.
• Willingness to develop within this role

MAIN DUTIES OF THE JOB

The HCA role supports the clinical team in caring for critically ill patients and their loved ones, and ensuring clean and organised clinical areas. You would be responsible for providing fundamental aspects of patient care at the direction of the qualified nursing team to ensure critically ill patients and their loved ones receive high quality, dignified and respectful care.

We are looking for someone who is “hands-on” with healthcare experience, preferably in acute care, and who possess the following attributes;

• Excellent communication, interpersonal and organisational skills.
• Ability to work confidently and collaboratively across professional boundaries and use your initiative.
• Ability to work flexibly according to the day-to-day service needs.
• Willingness to develop within this role.

This post is not currently linked to a Band 4 Career Progression Pathway.
Are you compassionate, reliable, driven and ready for a challenge? If so, we look forward to welcoming you to join our dynamic, motivated and friendly team.
The HCA role has been developed to support the clinical team in caring for critically ill patients and their loved ones, and ensuring clean and organised clinical areas. You would be responsible for providing fundamental aspects of patient care at the direction of the qualified nursing team to ensure critically ill patients receive high quality, dignified and respectful care.

DETAILED JOB DESCRIPTION AND MAIN RESPONSIBILITIES

Please see the attached supporting documents.
For further details/informal visits please contact:
Emma Conroy – Critical Care Matron – Tel: 07552889342
Suzy Knightly - Critical Care Practice Development Senior Sister - Tel: 02082963136