About this role
Job summary
Healthcare Assistant role within a hospital based dermatology clinic. Providing high-quality patient care as part of a multidisciplinary team. Working collaboratively alongside a diverse group of doctors and nurses, contributing to the effective delivery of specialist dermatological services in a clinic setting.
Main duties of the job
Work co-operatively as part of the multi-disciplinary team, helping nurses and other clinical staff in routine work associated with patient care.
Support qualified nurses in the implementation of programmes of care within the limitations of the health care assistant's knowledge and competence.
Prepare appropriately for minor surgery, e.g. setting up equipment, trolleys, clinic preparation.
Support and encourage the patient to meet their own health and wellbeing needs.
About us
Whittington Health serves a richly diverse population and works hard to ensure that all our services are fair and equally accessible to everyone. Nowhere is this more obvious than in the way we look after our staff. We aim to employ a workforce which is as representative as possible of this population, so we are open to the value of differences in age, disability, gender, marital status, pregnancy and maternity, race, sexual orientation, and religion or belief. The Trust believes that as a public sector organisation we have an obligation to have recruitment, training, promotion and other formal employment policies and procedures that are sensitive to these differences. We think that by doing so, we are better able to treat our patients as well as being a better place to work.
Job description Job responsibilities
They will be working under the supervision of registered nurses and will carry out basic nursing duties.
They will work collaboratively with the multi-disciplinary team in the delivery of patient care following hospital policy and procedures.
They will support registered nurses in the provision of a safe and caring environment.
Person Specification
Experience Essential
Experience Numeracy and Literacy
Desirable
NVQ level 3 Care Certificate
Education Essential
English and Maths GCSE's or Equivalent
Communication Essential
Able to work in 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 Whittington Hospital NHS Trust
Address Whittington Hospital
Magdala avenue
London
N19 5NF
United Kingdom
Employer's website https://www.whittington.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)