We are looking to recruit Healthcare Assistants who will come and join our friendly clinical support teams across various wards at #TeamIOWNHS.
The Healthcare Assistant will support the clinical team in helping the patient in all activities of daily living, with both direct and indirect supervision as delegated by a registered nurse. In addition, you will maintain patient comfort, dignity and privacy at all times, as well as prepare patients drinks, serve meals and provide assistance as required.
This post can offer either full or part time hours and involves shift work which includes, early's 07:30 - 15:30, late's 12:00 - 20:00, nights 19:30 - 20:00, weekends, and bank holidays.
You should share our passion and drive to ensure that our patients and staff receive quality and compassionate care and work with us to ensure the Trust continues its journey towards "great people, great place".
As part of our healthcare assistants team, you will be responsible for providing excellent care to patients.
As a valued team member, you will need to have a willingness to learn; show compassion and kindness, demonstrate enthusiasm, and be passionate about delivering high-quality patient care.
In return we will provide you with the necessary support to enable you to learn and develop within your role. If you are motivated; organised and have good communication skills, are seeking a new challenge in a role where no two days are ever the same; then this maybe an exciting opportunity for you.
We are passionate about providing excellent CARE, which is why our values are Compassion, Accountable, Respect and Everyone counts. Our mission is to make sure that our community is at the heart of everything we do and that we hold our values across all our services.
We are committed to endorsing inclusion, diversity and multiculturalism throughout out services and as such, our procedures and policies ensure that applicants are always treated fairly throughout the recruitment process.
Why not come and see for yourself the CARE we give to our patients and staff. Apply to be part of our team today.
The Isle of Wight NHS Trust is the only integrated acute, community, mental health and ambulance health care provider in England. We serve a population of approximately 150,000 residents, making the services we offer variable and personalised with a flexible approach to our service users.
Working for our Trust brings a variety of benefits, including an onsite day nursery, cycle-to-work scheme, discounts at local businesses and gyms, and the opportunity to hire Trusts beach hut in Ryde. We offer many flexible working opportunities, speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement for you and if it works for the service, we will do our best to make it work for you.
The Isle of Wight is a unique and stunning gem located off the South Coast of England, a short ferry journey from Portsmouth and Southampton, with journey times taking from as little as 10 minutes. London can be reached in 90 minutes by rail from Southampton or Portsmouth. The island offers an amazing coastline with beautiful countryside, year-round events, festivals and award-winning attractions.
Our 2020-2025 strategy sets out to ensure that we continue to be a provider of excellent and compassionate care. As part of this strategy, we are proactively taking steps to ensure that we recruit and retain the highest quality of talent to provide CARE and we would welcome applications from under-represented groups to ensure our Trust is an inclusive and diverse employer.
To be an active member of the team, assisting the registered nurses with the provision of clinical care in a safe environment to a defined caseload of patients, assisting reception and housekeeping staff in the delivery of support services.
Ensure the maintenance of high standards of care in an environment, which promotes equality and sensitivity for all individuals.
Care must be in adherence to local and national policies.
To ensure that relationships and own behaviour is managed in line with the PCT competencies.
The role includes working in other departments across the Trust and evening and weekend working and night shifts.
Out Trust strives to promote effective working relationships within the multi-disciplinary team. As a valued team member, you will be expected to work in line with the Organisations General Compliance mandate.
This advert closes on Sunday 23 Jun 2024
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