About this role
Job summary
The vital role of Health Care Support worker in Haematology day unit are as follows:
Proactive member of the MDT, with initiative to do task with application of critical thinking such as checking patient's vital signs and report urgently if there is any abnormal or high early warning score or any abnormality detected. Assist in bone marrow biopsy procedure. Take blood sample to pathology laboratory. Collect chemotherapy and take home meds from pharmacy. Assist patient going to toilet, offer food and beverages.
Main duties of the job
Contribute to the provision of individual patient care in order to maintain skills as a health care professional
Act as patients advocate in all matters relating to their care, treatment and welfare acknowledging and incorporating cultural preferences, health beliefs and behaviours.
Facilitate an environment where health promotion and informed patient choice is encouraged and developed.
Promote and maintain a culture where staff actively contribute to the clinical governance agenda.
Be pro-active in risk assessment and clinical incident reporting and participate in root cause analysis where required
Constantly promote the importance of the patient experience within the team, and actively seek the views of patients and carers in the process of evaluating and developing care delivery on the ward/dept.
Undertake delegated clinical care duties in relation to wound care
After appropriate training and competency assessment, perform area specific clinical skills in line with core standards under the direction of a registered professional
Care of palliative patients and family
Care of patients with challenging and aggressive behaviour
Support to vulnerable patients adhering to trust safeguarding procedures.
Be able to initiate or respond to emergency situations.
Make every contact count promoting healthy lifestyle choices
About us
South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust and North Tees and Hartlepool NHS Foundation Trust have come together to form University Hospitals Tees. As a result, post holders may be required to work across sites within both organisations.
Across University Hospitals Tees, our ambition is to be the best place to work, ensuring we have the right staff in the right roles at the right time to deliver outstanding patient care and experience.
We are committed to supporting our staff through an inclusive and supportive working environment, offering health and wellbeing initiatives, staff benefits, and opportunities for personal and professional development.
We are committed to fostering an inclusive recruitment process and welcome applications from suitably qualified candidates, including those who first language is not English.
We support the 'Making Every Contact Count' approach to behaviour change in the promotion of health and wellbeing of individuals and communities.
Job description Job responsibilities
Demonstrate an understanding of an integrated approach to quality issues so that every member of the team contributes and is aware of their responsibility in this area.
Contribute to the development of the service.
Contribute to and work with the team to ensure that all local and national, standards and guidance are in place
Ensure that all Trust policies are adhered to by self and others. Comply with the Trusts Risk Management Strategy and Directorate/Department clinical and health and safety policies and procedures and report any incidents/accidents and near misses in accordance with the Trust policy
Demonstrate learning from compliments, complaints, concerns and patient feedback
Support the views of patients and carers in the process of evaluating care provision within the ward/dept.
Support the development and maintenance of a team culture which actively encourages empowerment thereby supporting and facilitating change.
Participate as ward link worker or associate worker
Person Specification
Knowledge & Skills Essential
Ability to assess, plan deliver and evaluate quality care Ability to meet basic care needs Ability to escalate clinical concerns appropriately Safe use of equipment and personal duty of care
Qualifications & Training Essential
Level 3 vocational qualification or equivalent in appropriate subject literacy and numeracy skills to level 2 or above in English and maths or above
Desirable
Care Certificate
Experience Essential
Recent relevant experience in health care
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 North Tees & Hartlepool NHS Foundation Trust
Address North Tees Hospital
Hardwick road
Stockton on Tees
TS19 8PE
United Kingdom
Employer's website https://www.nth.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)