About this role
Job summary
We are looking for motivated health care support workers to join our team and support the registered nurses. You will be delivering high quality care to babies, children, young people and their families within the children's outpatient setting and child development centre. It is a busy department supporting multiple specialities and allied health care professionals. We also have a well established phlebotomy clinic.
You will have experience of working in a hospital environment or have worked with children within another setting.
We are a friendly forward thinking unit providing a high standard of care to our patients.
Shifts are 9 hours. 0800-1730 Monday to Friday for Outpatients
Interview: 14th September
Main duties of the job
Welcoming children and families to the department Assisting with children attending & returning from theatre Weighing and measuring children Assisting with medical day care procedures Communicating well with the multi-disciplinary team and families involved in their child's care Chaperoning clinical procedures Opportunities for paediatric phlebotomy training.
About us
UHD are investing, developing and transforming Trust services in line with the New Hospital Programme. As part of this, some services may move site this year or next, either temporarily or permanently. Recruiting Managers will be happy to answer any service-specific questions at interview.
If a role or service relocates as part of a planned move, excess mileage will not be reimbursed. Travel from home to the new work base will be classed as a normal commute. Any other changes will be managed under Trust or national terms and conditions.
UHD has active networks including Women's, BAME, Pride, EU, Pro Ability, and Armed Forces. We support Disability Confident and Armed Forces Covenant interview schemes.
AI tools may be used, but applications must honestly reflect your own skills and experience. Integrity is key to our recruitment process.
Job description Job responsibilities
Please see job description and personal specification attached to this advertisement.
Any further questions please free to contact Emma Eaton (Sister) 0300 019 2441 or Mel Squires (Deputy Sister) 0300 01908410
Person Specification
Experience Essential
Experience of working with children
Desirable
Experience working in a hospital
Qualifications Essential
GCSE Maths and English 4 (C) and above or equivalent
Desirable
Trust Care Certificate
Skills Essential
Effective communication both written and verbal/non verbal Ability to work in a demanding environment IT literate Ability to work as a team
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.
Employer details Employer name University Hospitals Dorset NHS Foundation Trust
Address Poole site
Longfleet road
Poole
BH152JB
United Kingdom
Employer's website https://www.uhd.nhs.uk/careers (Opens in a new tab)