Job summary
- Main area
- Community
- Grade
- AFC Band 3
- Contract
- 6 months (Fixed Term to Cover Maternity)
- Hours
- Part time
- Flexible working
- Job ref
- 381-CT-7019252
- Employer
- Sandwell and West Birmingham NHS Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- SWB NHS Trust
- Town
- Birmingham
- Salary
- 拢24,071 - 拢25,674 per rota per annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 18/03/2025 23:59
Employer heading
Senior HCA
AFC Band 3
Sandwell & West Birmingham NHS Trust is a friendly, integrated healthcare provider focused on improving the life chances and health outcomes of our diverse population.
We have three strategic objectives:
People: To cultivate and sustain happy, productive and engaged staff.
Patients: To be good or outstanding at everything we do.
Population: To work seamlessly with partners to improve lives.
We run services from Midland Metropolitan University Hospital, Sandwell Health Campus, City Health Campus, Rowley Regis Community Hospital, Birmingham & Midland Eye Centre, The Lyng and Leasowes Intermediate Care Centre. Our GP practices and community teams provide care in schools, healthcare centres and at home.
Developing and caring for our People is fundamental. We were one of the first Trusts to provide the Real Living Wage, as well as a Live and Work scheme to support people at risk of homelessness into paid work and training. We offer a range of staff benefits, health & wellbeing support and will help you to bring your ambition to life through our bespoke training and development programmes. As 鈥淧eople鈥 is one of our three strategic objectives, we make a continued commitment to prioritise support for all our colleagues.
Healthcare services have a significant impact on the environment. We are committed to embedding sustainable practices. We expect all colleagues to support the delivery of our Green Strategic Plan and to drive positive changes in their department.
Job overview
The post offers a varied role as an integral听 member of a nursing team, offering treatment room appointments听 and supporting in the听 long term condition management of patients. The successful applicant will work in both clinic type settings and the patients own homes/care homes, as required.
As a Band 3 HCA, support will be offered to enable participation in immunisation programmes听 听such as influenza, pneumovax and shingles programmes.
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Main duties of the job
Working under the supervision of trained nurses;
- Immunisations.
- ECG's
- Basic dressings.
- Patient reviews
- New Patient Health checks
- Blood pressure management.
- Physical health checks.
- Stock, fridge audits and infection control.
- Advising re diet and lifestyle in relation to听 chronic disease.
- Phlebotomy听
- Task management for wider team and organisation.
- Vaccinations
- Infection control
Working for our organisation
Sandwell and West Birmingham NHS Trust (SWBT) is an integrated care听organisation with a budget of approximately 拢600 million and over 7,000 staff. Diversity and social care is at the core of what we do as the Trust provides Community and Acute Services to over half a million people in an urban centre that demands massive regeneration and has substantial premature mortality.听
Our new acute hospital, the Midland Metropolitan University Hospital (MMUH), opens this year and will provide care to our local population from first class, purpose-built premises. As a result, the base of this role may change to MMUH . If this is applicable to your role, you will be informed during the recruitment process and continue your application with this understanding. The development of the new hospital will play an important role in the regeneration of the wider area and in improving the lives of local people and reducing health inequalities.听
We have three strategic objectives:
- Our People 鈥 to cultivate and sustain happy, productive and engaged staff
- Our Patients 鈥 to be good or outstanding in everything we do
- Our Population 鈥 to work seamlessly with our partners to improve lives
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Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification for full details on what this role entails.
Person specification
Experience
Essential criteria
- Previous experience working in a hospital or other health care environment.
Desirable criteria
- Working with vulnerable patients such as patients with dementia, Learning Disabilities
- Supporting /mentoring junior staff
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Key skills 鈥 literacy and numeric (or equivalent)
- NVQ Level 3 In Direct Care
- NVQ Level III in Direct Care/Post Natal Care/Diagnostics and Therapeutics
Desirable criteria
- Basic First Aid Certificate
- De-escalation and physical restraint
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Application numbers
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Sandra Whitelock
- Job title
- Service Manager
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 0121 389 1100
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