Pre Assessment Healthcare Support Worker - Vanguard theatre

at  The Princess Alexandra Hospital NHS Trust

To contribute to the delivery of patients individual care needs under the direction and supervision of a Registered Practitioner.
To work flexibly as part of a team. Undertaking Observations, phlebotomy, taking ECGs and MRSA swabbing.
To act as a receptionist for patients visiting the unit.
To practice in accordance with the Trusts standards and statutory requirements

The post is advertised as a band 3 role subject to the following:

• successfully completing the care certification within the six month probationary period of employment, during which you will be paid Band 2

or

• providing a copy of your completed care certificate which has been reviewed during the recruitment process and determined as meeting the accepted standard

Upon successful completion (or accepted evidence) of the Care Certification and completion of the probationary period of employment, you will be promoted to NHS AFC Band 3
Failure to complete the Care Certification within this timeframe may result in termination of employment
The individual is expected to represent the department in which they work supporting the clinical leadership team as well as the clinical team to support in the delivery of high quality, standardised evidenced based care. To provide skilled nursing care to patients attending Pre Assessment, with an awareness of the importance of the multidisciplinary team.
Our Organisation
The Princess Alexandra Hospital NHS Trust (PAHT) provides a full range of general acute, outpatient and diagnostic services at The Princess Alexandra Hospital in Harlow, the Herts and Essex Hospital in Bishop’s Stortford, and St Margaret’s Hospital in Epping.
We employ 3,500 staff and serve a local population of around 350,000 people living in west Essex and east Hertfordshire, centred on the M11 corridor and the towns of Harlow, Bishop’s Stortford and Epping. Our extended catchment area incorporates a population of up to 500,000 and includes the areas of Hoddesdon, Cheshunt and Broxbourne in Hertfordshire.
Our Values
The Princess Alexandra Promise to our patients as identified by our 3 values which will contribute to improving our patient experiences:
Patient at heart – Always holding the patient and their wellbeing at the centre of our thoughts and efforts
Everyday excellence – Sharing and celebrating our successes, being honest when we get it wrong, giving us the ability to learn from both
Creative collaboration – Knowing strength comes from diversity, we combine our experiences, skills and talents, working together to find new and better ways to care
The Trust believes in investing in all our staff and rewarding high standards of care whilst building for excellence and in return we expect our staff to uphold the Trust values to the highest level.
Please see the attached Job description and person specification. Available to download at anytime

• successfully completing the care certification within the six month probationary period of employment, during which you will be paid Band