Working Part Time: 27 Hours per week
An exciting opportunity has arisen within the Outpatient Department for a Band 2 Healthcare Assistant.
The successful candidate will be expected to work within all areas of Outpatients at both The Countess of Chester Hospital and Ellesmere Port Hospital sites.
The Outpatient Department covers clinics from 8am to 8pm Monday to Friday with some Saturdays and Sunday working from 8am to 6pm.
At the direction of the Registered Nurse participate fully in the delivery of planned nursing/therapy care.
Provide information to enable the effectiveness of care to be evaluated and records maintained.
Involve patients and carers/relatives in the delivery of care and provide reassurance support to patients and carers/family.
Work collaboratively with others on the Unit to ensure that patient’s needs are met.
Recognise and respond appropriately to urgent and emergency situations.
Provide escort and transfer for patients, with low dependency, as directed by Registered Nurse.
Ensure the effective and efficient use of resources.
We are looking for flexible & dynamic staff to join our teams. Please see Job Description and Person Specification attached for further details.
The Countess of Chester Hospital NHS Foundation Trust provides services to West Cheshire and to Welsh patients covered by Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board. The Trust works collaboratively within the wider Cheshire and Merseyside Health and Care Partnership. Its services are provided from three locations:
The Countess of Chester Hospital: providing 438 general and acute beds
Ellesmere Port Hospital: providing 56 beds as a rehabilitation, intermediate and outpatient facility
Tarporley War Memorial Hospital: a base for community services which serve the local rural population.
The Trust employs over 6258 staff (headcount) which includes temporary bank staff and provides acute emergency and elective services, primary care direct access services and obstetric services to a population of approximately 407,000. This includes 357,000 residents in Chester and West Cheshire which includes Ellesmere Port and Neston as well as the Deeside area of Flintshire which has a population of approximately 50,000.
The Trust is a busy district general hospital and in 2022/2023, there were more than 503,342 patient attendances (inpatient, outpatient and diagnostic) ranging from a simple outpatient appointment to major cancer surgery. This is an increase of nearly 10,000 compared to the previous year when there were 494,387 patient attendances.
See Job Description for further details.
Recruitment selection processes are based on competence (see Person specification) and values.
Please note applicants will be required to pay for their DBS check. Costs are deducted from salary following appointment. The cost of the DBS application is £23 (standard) or £43 (enhanced), this cost will be deducted from your salary over the first three months of employment.
You are encouraged to enrol for the DBS Update Service. A small annual fee of £13 per year applies.
New entrants to the NHS will commence on the minimum of the scale stated above.
Applicants are advised to apply early as if a large number of applications are received for this post, we reserve the right to close the vacancy prior to the advertised date.
Good luck with your application.
