Healthcare Assistant - Bank

Job summary
The Newcastle Hospitals and Community Services Staff Bank provide temporary staff to various wards and departments across the Trust. We are seeking Healthcare Assistants to join our Staff Bank supporting service delivery within our organisation.

In return we can offer valuable work opportunities/experience, opportunity to apply for NHS substantive employment, comprehensive training programme, NHS Pension contributions and accrued holiday pay.

We are unable to offer sponsorship for this post.

Main duties of the job
Our Staff Bank aims to supply appropriately skilled staff to cover temporary shortages across both Acute and Community settings.

We are looking for dedicated individuals to become part of our team of valued Bank Staff where you will play a crucial role in our ongoing service delivery within our organisation delivering high standards of clinical care.

Joining the Staff Bank provides an excellent opportunity for those who wish to gain insight and experience into diverse areas and specialities while providing you with the flexibility to choose your own working hours.

About us
We are committed to improving the working lives of our staff and maintaining a healthy and efficient work force while providing excellent care to our patients. Listed below is a summary of the Trust terms and conditions of registration to the Staff Bank, and staff benefits available.

• All posts are subject to NHS pre-employment checks including occupational health clearance and DBS (where appropriate).
• All pay progression is conditional upon a positive outcome at annual appraisal.
• All successful candidates who require a DBS for the post they have been offered pay for their DBS certificate. The method of payment is a salary deduction from your first month's pay. You will be required to sign a DBS payment form which will be issued to you as part of your recruitment process.
• All new employees will be required to attend the Trust induction programme and complete appropriate mandatory training requirements.
• Where professional registration is required for a post it is the responsibility of the employee to maintain their registration.
• The Trust operates a no smoking policy.

Job responsibilities

• To abide by Trust policies and procedures
• To assist the registered nurses (or other healthcare practitioners) in providing high quality patient care
• To undertake a range of delegated clinical duties
• Maintain patients privacy and dignity at all times and provide care in a compassionate and sensitive manner
• Be an effective part of the multi-disciplinary team contributing to the departmental objectives
• Continue to develop and maintain competencies to maintain high quality safe care
• Post holder will be expected to contribute to housekeeping and other ward / department duties as required, e.g. general tidiness, re-determined stock levels are met and clinical equipment is clean, working and stored correctly
• Assist with admin & clerical duties as required

Whilst Newcastle Hospitals are a forward thinking and highly innovative organisation, the use of Third-Party Artificial Intelligence (AI) presents a risk to the integrity of our Recruitment & Selection processes. If you use AI, and it poses a risk to the integrity of your individual application or to the recruitment process, we may withdraw your application at any stage of the process.

Person Specification
Qualifications & Education
Essential

• Level 3 qualification in Health and Social Care or equivalent level qualification or equivalent relevant experience
• GCSEs in English and Maths at Grades 3-1 (or D-G or Level 1 Functional/Key Skills)

Desirable

• GCSEs in English and Maths at Grades 9-4 (or A*-C or Level 2 Functional/Key Skills)

Knowledge & Experience
Essential

• Understanding of confidentiality
• Experience of caring in a health care setting

Desirable

• An understanding of working in the NHS

Skills & Abilities
Essential

• Basic IT skills
• Ability to work effectively under direct supervision, as part of the multi-disciplinary team
• Ability to communicate with members of the public and health care providers
• Ability to meet basic care needs of patients, washing, dressing and assistance with feeding etc

Desirable

• Venepuncture skills
• Competent in physical skills e.g. recording ECGs, recording blood glucose etc

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.