Senior Healthcare Assistant (Orthopaedic Trauma Unit)

at  Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust

Band 3 Senior Healthcare Assistant (Orthopaedic Trauma Unit)
Are you an enthusiastic energetic person who would enjoy working in a diverse, exciting and rewarding clinical area?
The Orthopaedic Trauma Unit currently has an opportunity to appoint a Senior Healthcare Assistant to join our friendly, professional and successful team.
We are able to offer opportunities for development with weekly ward teaching covering a range of topics.
We also offer the opportunity to undertake additional roles within the ward, such as link nurse roles, which will be supported with additional training.
We are looking for candidates with a desire to provide compassionate support and care, good communication skills, a flexible approach and enthusiasm to work within the team.
Reading sits on the river Thames and is served by great road and rail links to London, Oxford and Southampton. With excellent leisure and shopping facilities, and a thriving cultural scene, Reading is a wonderful place to live, work and play and provides excellent facilities for families, including some of the best state and private schools in the UK.
The CQC recently rated the care provided by the Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust as Good.
Our values: C ompassionate, A spirational, R esourceful, E xcellent, reflect the type of Trust we aspire to be and you can join our dedicated and talented staff to make this happen.
The post-holder will provide high quality fundamental care to patients under the guidance and supervision of a Registered Practitioner in a caring, compassionate and sensitive manner:
Acting always in the patients best interests.
Protecting and maintaining the patients privacy and dignity at all times.
Providing individualised care for a diverse group of patients respecting personal beliefs and preferences.
Alert the Registered Practitioner and/or Ward/Department Manager to any change or concern relating to the welfare of the patient in a timely manner.
Please refer to the attached Job Description & Person Specification for further details

Please refer the Job description for details