Senior Healthcare Support Worker

Are you looking for a new challenge? Would you like to develop your knowledge and skills? Would you be interested in becoming a valued member of our dialysis team? We are looking to appoint an enthusiastic Band 3 to join our friendly and highly skilled nursing team. The unit has 31 Dialysis stations where our patients attend with End Stage Renal Disease (ESRD) requiring dialysis up to 3 times a week. We are situated in Estover. There is free parking on unit's grounds. Plymouth Dialysis Unit it's a light, spacious unit which opened its doors to patients and staff in July 2011. We are a Nurse Led unit and we take great pride in offering patient centred care to more than 150 patients from Devon and Cornwall.,

• To assist in the delivery of care planned and assessed by the Registered Nurses.
• To carry out care / other duties under indirect supervision.
• To supervise junior health care assistants making a contribution to their training and development.
• To undertake specific extended skills.
• Support care on a day-to-day basis for all patients in the clinical area under indirect supervision.
• Working within the dialysis team to assess patients prior to dialysis session.
• Cannulation and connection of patients to dialysis machine.
• Contribute to resource management.
  
  We aim to provide a friendly and professional working environment. Good verbal and written communication skills and good time management is essential. Previous demonstrable experience in renal is desired but not essential. It is desirable that the successful applicant has completed the Level 3 HCA training or NVQ 3 equivalent.
  
  We are a people business - where every member of staff matters and can make a difference. Patients are at the heart of everything we do. Joining University Hospitals Plymouth NHS Trust means becoming part of a team of dedicated staff, who are committed to leading the way through innovation, clinical excellence and great customer care.
The Trust has great opportunities for career development in a highly progressive working environment. We offer all of this in a vibrant, modern city with a historic reputation for adventure.

You will be required to work rotational shifts. The haemodialysis unit has the following shift patterns:
• Early Early shift: 06:00-14:00
• Early shift: 06:30-14:30
• Late shift: 12:00-20:00
• Twilight shift: 16:00-00:00
• Preference will be given to internal Trust staff, as well as 'Priority' and 'At Risk' status including NHS At Risk staff throughout Devon who are able to display recent relevant experience as dictated by the Person Specification.