We are looking for an enthusiastic Band 3 Health Care Support Worker (HCSW) to join our Outpatient Nursing Team at Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Stadium Road,
The job is full-time (37.5 hours per week), Mondays to Fridays, with no weekends or bank holidays.
The HCSW will work within the outpatient clinics to deliver care to patients coming from home or nursing care homes. The successful candidate will work as part of a multi-disciplinary team supporting a wide range of specialities: endocrine, urology, dermatology, neurology, dietician, ENT and plastic teams to name a few.
The HCSW will assist patients with moving and handling, transferring to other departments and documenting observations on patients’ records.
All applicants must have a care certificate from an NHS Trust.
Previous applicants need not apply.
Experience with minor operating procedures – dermatology.
Urology – flow rate, bladder scanning, urinalysis.
Moving and handling - transferring patients on wheel chair to x-ray, scans, transport, giving care to patients on trolley waiting to see doctors in OPD.
Phlebotomy – venepuncture
Experience working in Ears, nose and throat OPD.
Chaperoning doctors
Work in the minor operation room - dermatology
Our people are our greatest asset. When we feel supported and happy at work, this positivity reaches those very people we are here for, the patients. Engaged employees perform at their best and our Equality, Diversity & Inclusion (EDI) initiatives contribute to cultivate a culture of engagement. We have four staff networks, a corporate EDI Team and a suite of programmes and events which aim to insert the 5 aspirations:
Improving representation at senior levels of staff with disabilities, from black, Asian, and ethnic minorities background, identify as LGBTQ+ and women, through improved recruitment and leadership development
Widening access (anchor institution) and employability
Improving the experience of staff with disability
Improving the EDI literacy and confidence of trust staff through training and development
Making equalities mainstream
Experience with minor operating procedures – dermatology.
Urology – flow rate, bladder scanning, urinalysis.
Moving and handling - transferring patients on wheel chair to x-ray, scans, transport, giving care to patients on trolley waiting to see doctors in OPD.
Phlebotomy – venepuncture
Experience working in Ears, nose and throat OPD.
Chaperoning doctors
Work in the minor operation room - dermatology
General cleaning of equipment, work area, order resources, stocking and replenishing, transferring patients to transport lounge, managing notes and maintaining patients confidential information, safeguarding our patients and escalating concerns ect

Please refer the Job description for details