Healthcare Support Worker - Brixham Hospital

Brixham Community Hospital are recruiting for a Healthcare Support Worker to join our ward to provide the highest achievable standard of care following the patients assessment of needs.The unit has a 20 beds which provides you with the opportunity to work alongside our Multi-disciplinary teams to provide the highest standard of care and enable patients to reach their maximum rehab potential. You will work effectively and without direct supervision alongside Registered Nurses/Practitioners within the ward/hospital as required on a daily basis. In your role, you will be supported with your development needs both from in house training and also from external courses whilst having regular supervision and appraisal to ensure you are helped to reach your maximum potential and development. Our people are caring, committed, inclusive and focussed on quality. We focus on solutions and people's strengths and encourage outside the box thinking and embrace innovation and change wherever it can drive improvement. If you share our values and vision and are passionate about working with people on what matters to them, you could be a real asset to our Torbay and South Devon Foundation Trust Team.,

• Working clinically to ensure the safety and quality of the care given to your designated patients, under the indirect supervision of a registered nurse/practitioner
• Undertaking the following, but not restricted to, clinical tasks competently and efficiently:
• Cannulation and Venepuncture
• Competently taking and interpreting Vital signs on adults
• Able to make appropriate referrals to Adult and Child Safeguarding teams
• Supporting and working with colleagues during the shift
• Liaising with the wider MDT to maintain safety
• Helping to facilitate the development of the service as part of the wider team
• To participate in discussions and projects that will benefit the team, the patients and the Unit as a whole
• Working under guidance and in conjunction with the senior nursing team and the Matron
• Following the Trust's Policies and Protocols to ensure the safety of the department, Unfortunately, our department are unable to support sponsorship for this role. Therefore, applicants who require sponsorship now or in the near future will not be considered for this position.
  
  If you do not currently hold a Level 3 qualification, you must have an equivalent qualification or level of experience and be willing to enrol on and complete the NVQ Level 3 qualification as part of your employment.
  
  The team is flexible and promotes a healthy work/home life balance therefore, your package with us includes a lot more than just your pay.