Health Care Support Worker - Interface Care B3

NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde (NHSGGC) is one of the largest healthcare systems in the United Kingdom, employing approximately 40,000 staff across a wide range of clinical and non-clinical professions and roles. We deliver acute hospital, primary, community and mental health services to a population of over 1.15 million people, and to a wider population of 2.2 million when regional and national services are included.

The role:

This role is not eligible for sponsorship under the Skilled Worker or Health and Care Worker visa routes.

All other roles will be assessed for sponsorship eligibility in line with current Home Office requirements. NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde (NHSGGC) can only issue a Certificate of Sponsorship (CoS) where these are met.

This is an exciting opportunity to join the OPAT service as a health care support worker. The Outpatient Parenteral Antibiotic Therapy (OPAT) service provides appropriate admission avoidance and early and supported discharge to patients who require Intravenous antibiotics. Target areas are: Accident and Emergency, General Practitioners, various wards and outpatient clinics. You will be based in Glasgow with the post spanning across GG & C, with bases across various hospital sites. Service Monday to Sunday as the service requires As a member of the OPAT Team you will be working alongside the OPAT clinical nurse specialists and supporting their work in the clinic and are responsible for ensuring a high standard of care to patients with complex infections.

Duration, Location, and Working Pattern:

These are 2x permanent, part-time posts of 18 hours per week.

Please note that salary is Pro Rata for part-time posts.

The successful candidate can be based at any of the OPAT clinics across, Greater Glasgow & Clyde.

The shift pattern is variable; Monday – Sunday 8am – 4pm to meet service requirements.

Key responsibilities:

Patient care and clinic duties:

• Demonstrates care and compassion to patients, carers and relatives to help ensure high quality person centred patient care is delivered at all times.
• To carry out a range of assigned patient care tasks as directed by a Registered Nurse to ensure delivery of a high quality of patient care.
• To report observed changes in the patients’ physical/psychological needs to the Registered Nurse.
• Performs a range of tests and report results to Registered Nurse, e.g. urinalysis, blood pressure, pregnancy testing, patient observations and similar activities.
• Proficient and trained in technical skills such as venepuncture / cannulation / ECG recordings
• Performs a range of patient care tasks e.g. wound observation and dressings, removal of peripheral cannula, stoma bag changing and reports any issues to the Registered Nurse.
• To deal with questions and enquiries from patients, carers and relatives e.g. on the clients’ condition or for any suggestions or complaints that they wish to raise. Where appropriate, refer these to a Registered Nurse.
• Communicates/liaises with members of the multi-disciplinary team to ensure high standards of patient care.
• You will be expected to contribute professionally within groups which may cross-traditional or service boundaries and possess ITC skills including Trakcare and portal.
• All Statutory / Mandatory Learnpro training modules must be compliant and include educational modules relevant to this specialty.

Knowledge, training, qualifications and/or experience required to do the job:

Training is provided to enable the Senior HCSW to comply with the Mandatory Induction Standards for Healthcare Support Workers in Scotland 2009; and with the Code of Conduct for Healthcare Support Workers, both as amended from time to time.

Qualifications and experience:

SVQ 3 qualification or equivalent knowledge gained in a relevant area through experience, on the job training and short courses.

Knowledge required:

Understands and complies with HCSW mandatory induction standards and code of conduct.

What we offer:

We offer a wide range of supportive policies designed to enhance your employee journey, including a comprehensive Employee Assistance Programme, Cycle to Work Scheme, bursary scheme and extensive learning and development opportunities.

As an NHS Scotland employee, you will be entitled to:

• A minimum of 27 days annual leave, increasing with length of service, plus public holidays
• Membership of the NHS Pension Scheme, including life insurance benefits
• Salary Sacrifice Car Benefit Scheme
• Development opportunities including study bursaries, e-learning and classroom-based courses
• Enhanced pay for working public holidays
• NHS discounts on a wide range of goods and services
• Confidential employee support and assistance, including counselling and psychological therapies

Interested?

If you would like to find out more, we would love to hear from you.

For an informal discussion, please contact:

Liz Collison, CSN Team Lead, 0141 452 3107, Liz.Collison@nhs.scot

Details on how to contact the Recruitment Service and the Recruitment Process: Information for candidates

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NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde (NHSGGC) recognises the importance of work-life balance and is committed to offering a range of flexible working options where service needs allow. For roles where less than full-time hours can be accommodated, and where the tenure is listed as “various”, we encourage applications from individuals seeking flexible working arrangements. Flexible working will be included as a topic for discussion during the recruitment process.

NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde encourages applications from all sections of the community. We are committed to promoting equality, diversity and inclusion and are proud of the diverse workforce we employ.

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