Senior Health Care Assistant - Ward

Job Description

Senior Health Care Assistant - Ward

We are looking for caring dedicated and motivated Health Care Assistants to join the Ward team at Woodland Hospital Kettering. You will be assisting in the delivery of care to a variety of specialities including orthopaedics urology general surgery bariatrics and gynaecology to name a few.

You will need to have a flexible approach to your working hours to enable us to deliver high quality round-the-clock patient care including some twilight/night shifts as required. You will be part of a team providing the very best in patient-focused healthcare services.

You must have a caring approach be a good communicator and be capable of delivering high standards of patient care. You will assist with essential hygiene and nutrition needs of patients and offer support and comfort. You will be trained to undertake additional clinical skills to support the nursing team such as performing clinical observations catheter care and simple wound care. You will be responsible for assisting the Staff Nurse in the care of patients pre and post-operatively.

As one of Northamptonshires leading private and NHS Choose & Book hospitals the Woodlands is at the forefront of medical technology and patient care. If you are excited about pushing your ability to the next level whilst at the same time becoming part of a friendly team renowned for excellence and exceptional patient satisfaction then the Woodlands Hospital is for you. The Hospital presently has 4 theatres increased Day Case capacity and in-patient beds The hospital offers a wide variety of specialities and prides itself on providing a high standard of care to both patients and staff.

What youll bring with you

• NVQ in Healthcare or working towards

• Experience of caring for others

• The ability to receive and communicate information accurately and take instruction from professional colleagues

Benefits

• 25 Days Leave Bank Holidays

• Buy & Sell Flexi Leave Options

• Private Pension where Ramsay will match up to 5% after a qualifying period

• Flexible shift patterns available where possible

• Enhanced Competitive Parental Leave Policies

• Private Medical Cover with option to add partner & dependants

• Life Assurance (Death in Service) x3 base salary

• Free Training and Development via the Ramsay Academy

• Free Parking on site

• Subsidised staff restaurant

• Concerts for Carers

• Employee Assistance Programme

• Cycle2Work scheme available in partnership with Halfords

• The Blue Light Card Scheme

About us

Were Ramsay Health Care UK. With 35 hospitals 7600 staff and 200000 patients treated every year were one of the leading independent healthcare providers in England. We deliver a wide and comprehensive range of specialised clinical services from routine to complex surgery day case procedures cancer care diagnostic services and addition we also have our three standalone decontamination units which are essential to supporting our clinical outcomes. 94% of our facilities are rated Good by the CQC and we are extremely proud of the high quality of our staff as well as excellent relationships with doctors and our strong longstanding partnership with the NHS.

Were part of a global hospital group with over 50 years experience that operates in 11 countries across the world. As people caring for people our ethos helps make a huge difference in the lives of millions. We know that our people are our most important asset to our organisation and are the key to our success and continuing growth.

Woodland Hospital in Kettering has 23 en-suite inpatients beds 12 Day Case Bays 7 Day Case en-suite beds 4 laminar flow theatres. Our diagnostics services include 12 Consulting Rooms with a further 6 Consulting rooms at our offsite Woodland Grange Outpatients (due to open end of December) Physiotherapy Department Pharmacy Department Radiology Department Xray Ultrasound Echo Audiology MRI. We have embraced the Enhanced Recovery Programme (ERP) and made significant length of stay reductions with improved patient related outcomes measures (PROMS). All of our Admin functions are carried out in-house.

We care.

Its more than what we do its who we are. Everything we do is about striving to deliver the best care. And its a belief thats as true today as it was when we welcomed our first patients in 1964.

The Ramsay Way culture recognises that our people are our most important asset and this has been key to our ongoing success.

We are proud to support the UKs Armed Forces and Reservists and have already achieved the Silver Award as part of the MODs Armed Forces Covenant Employer Recognition Scheme. The scheme recognises employers who actively support Defence while encouraging other organisations to adopt the same behaviours in their workplace. As a company we are committed to supporting the wider Armed Forces community and this includes our staff as well as our patients.

We are committed to equality of opportunity for all. This position is subject to background and DBS checks.