About this role
Job summary
Are you a caring, enthusiastic and motivated Healthcare Assistant looking to make a real difference? We are excited to welcome a compassionate and energetic individual to join our friendly, supportive nursing team on Ward 7A, our busy Chemotherapy Day Unit.
This is a full-time position (37.5 hours per week), working Monday to Friday, offering the opportunity to build meaningful relationships with patients and become an important part of their cancer care journey.
We are looking for someone who:
Has a warm, compassionate and caring approach. Enjoys working as part of a close-knit multidisciplinary team. Has excellent communication and interpersonal skills. Can think proactively and contribute to delivering outstanding patient care. Is committed to providing high-quality, personalised and holistic care to people from our diverse community. Lives and demonstrates our WECARE values in everything they do. Ward 7A is a vibrant and rewarding place to work, caring for up to 200 patients each day who attend for chemotherapy and other cancer treatments. We understand that many of our patients arrive feeling anxious or uncertain, and every member of our team plays a vital role in helping them feel welcomed, supported and cared for.
As part of the recruitment process for this post, candidates will be required to complete an online literacy and numeracy test and only if they pass this, will they be invited to a formal interview.
Main duties of the job
As a Healthcare Assistant, you will help create a safe, clean and comfortable environment for patients and their loved ones. You will support with refreshments, provide practical assistance when needed, and offer reassurance throughout each patient's visit. Because many patients return regularly for treatment, you will have the opportunity to build trusting relationships and become a familiar, friendly face during an important time in their lives.
If you are passionate about delivering compassionate care, enjoy working in a fast-paced environment, and want to be part of a team that makes a difference every day, we would love to hear from you.
About us
Barts Health is one of the largest NHS trusts in the country, and one of Britain's leading healthcare providers.
The Barts Health group of NHS hospitals is entering an exciting new era on our improvement journey to becoming an outstanding organisation with a world-class clinical reputation. Having lifted ourselves out of special measures, we now have the impetus and breathing space to chart a fresh course in which we are continually striving to improve all our services for patients.
Our vision is to be a high-performing group of NHS hospitals, renowned for excellence and innovation, and providing safe and compassionate care to our patients in east London and beyond. That means being a provider of excellent patient safety, known for delivering consistently high standards of harm-free care and always caring for patients in the right place at the right time. It also means being an outstanding place to work, in which our WeCare values and behaviours are visible to all and guide us in how we work together.
We strive to live by our WeCare values and are committed to promoting inclusion, where every staff member has a sense of belonging. We value our differences and fully advocate, cultivate and support an inclusive working environment.
Job description Job responsibilities
The full job description provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role, and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience, and knowledge required. For both documents, please view the attachment/s below.
Person Specification
Qualifications Essential
NVQ Social Care level 2/3 NVQ level 2 numeracy and literacy or equivalent Completion of Care Certificate or equivalent. Basic literacy and numeracy skills (English and Math's GCSEs or equivalent.) Evidence of ongoing personal development
Desirable
Level 2 support worker Apprenticeship
Experience Essential
Working experience as HCSW Experience of working in an acute health care environment Venepuncture/ Phlebotomy experience Experience undertaking patient's observations and vital sign monitoring Experience of dealing with the public
Knowledge Essential
Understands the need for confidentiality Understanding of responsibilities under the health and safety legislation Awareness of health and safety at work e.g: manual handling skills, infection control measures Ability to collect and exchange factual information and data to the multidisciplinary team and ensure data accuracy.
Skills Essential
Evidence of providing high quality care To be aware of incident reporting systems and escalation processes Evidence of effective interpersonal skills. Evidence of good organizational skills Self-motivated to work under minimal direct supervision. Ability to work as part of a team Ability to work in on own initiative Good communication skills, written and verbal Basic keyboard/ computer skills (e.g.ability to enter patient data onto computer records). Contributes to updating patient records To always protect and maintain patient confidentiality and follow information governance policies and procedures
Desirable
Able to work flexible hours to support the needs of the service Prepared to undertake further training to develop the necessary competencies and skills. Depending on specific service arrangements, to supervise and train more junior staff.
Disclosure and Barring Service Check 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.
Certificate of Sponsorship Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
Employer details Employer name Barts Health NHS Trust
Address St. Bartholomew's Hospital
London
EC1A 7BE
United Kingdom
Employer's website https://www.bartshealth.nhs.uk (Opens in a new tab)