Healthcare Support Worker - Band 3

This is a rewarding and hands-on role where you will make a real difference to patient care and experience. Full-time and part-time opportunities are available. Applicant must be able to work flexibly across a variety of shifts, including days, nights, weekends and bank holidays. Responsibilities include:

• Providing high-quality personal care.
• Supporting patients with eating and drinking.
• Undertaking and recording clinical observations, including blood pressure, pulse, temperature and urinalysis.
• Assisting patients with mobility.
• Supporting nurses and the multidisciplinary team in delivering patient care.
• Carrying out delegated clinical duties within your level of training and competence., CUH is committed to supporting career development through ongoing training, clinical skills development, Functional Skills support in English and Maths, and opportunities to progress across a range of specialist services. At Cambridge University Hospitals (CUH), our values ofTogether, Safe, Kind and Excellent guide everything we do. We are seeking compassionate and experienced Healthcare Support Workers (HCSWs) committed to delivering high-quality patient care.

This vacancy is only open to applicants with current or previous NHS Healthcare Support Worker experience. You will work alongside nurses, doctors and multidisciplinary teams to provide safe, effective and dignified care. Flexibility is required to work days, nights, weekends and bank holidays. Fixed shift patterns are not available.

Essential Requirements Applicants must demonstrate:

• Previous NHS Healthcare Support Worker experience.
• Completion of an NHS-recognised National Care Certificate (NCC).
• Practical assessment against all 16 Care Certificate standards.
• Clinical competencies signed off in practice., Health and Safety
• Infection Prevention and Control / PPE
• Urinary catheter management and removal
• Vital signs monitoring and recording
• Manual blood pressure monitoring and recording
• Removal of an intravascular cannula
• Enhanced observations, Previous experience working as a Healthcare Support Worker in an NHS hospital setting.
• An NHS-recognised Care Certificate with completed practical assessments.
• Experience delivering direct patient care.
• Experience undertaking clinical observations and basic clinical procedures.
• Excellent communication and teamwork skills.
• A caring, compassionate and patient-centred approach.

Come Nurse with us... Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is one of the largest teaching Trusts in the country. It comprises Addenbrooke's Hospital and the Rosie Hospital. We provide accessible high-quality healthcare for the local people of Cambridge and regional and national specialist services. It's a great place to nurse, work and live. You will work on a vibrant hospital campus with a friendly community feel; we have excellent facilities to practice your skills and abilities to support your career pathway and development. Our values of Together - Safe, Kind, Excellent support the delivery of outstanding care. We have a fully electronic patient record system that is improving health-care quality; this is transforming services, improving patient safety and clinical outcomes.

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