Healthcare Support Worker Northbrook

Band 3 (Northbrook Children's ward )

Health Care Support work

Part Time - 34.5 hours

An opportunity has arisen for a band 3 Healthcare Support Worker to join the fast paced team on children inpatient ward (Northbrook) .If this sounds like you or are you looking for a new challenge we are interested in hearing from you!

As an integrated service we pride ourselves in delivering health care at the point of need and are one of the few such organised services within the UK.

Northbrook Ward on the Winchester site is an 18 bedded unit that provides care for children who require admission as an emergency, from The Emergency Department (ED), Sophie’s Place (SP) or GP’s. Children may also be booked in for treatment with Oncology, Orthopaedic, General Surgical or Medical Problems.

At HHFT, we offer a full and comprehensive orientation package and professional support suited to your individual needs, alongside ongoing support from the Clinical Education Team, in order for you to achieve your full potential. We offer dedicated QIS / Child learning opportunities, often linked to the wider network, to enhance your continued professional development.

You will be expected to support and work along the nursing staff to ensure that high quality care is delivered to the children and their families that access our service.

Evidence of excellent communication skills and the ability to work i

n a rapidly changing environment are essential for the role Evidence of Childcare / nursery nurse training is essential.

It is our responsibility to provide you opportunities and support to develop further skills that will enable you to extend and enhance the role.

Our vision is to provide outstanding care for every patient. Patient care is at the heart of what we do at our three sites: Basingstoke and North Hampshire Hospital, Royal Hampshire County Hospital in Winchester and Andover War Memorial Hospital. Hampshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust provides medical and surgical services to a population of approximately 600,000 people across Hampshire and parts of West Berkshire.

Our cultural ambition is to have a culture that places people at the heart of all we do, where we all belong, and where learning, improvement and excellence thrive.

We provide specialist services to people across the UK and internationally. We are one of only two centres in the UK treating pseudomyxoma peritonei (a rare form of abdominal cancer) and we are leaders in the field of tertiary liver cancer and colorectal cancer.

The trust employs more than 9,000 staff and has a turnover of over £500 million a year. As a Foundation Trust, we are directly accountable to our members through the governors. The Council of Governors represent the interests of their constituencies and influence the future plans of the Foundation Trust.

For further details / informal visits

contact: Name: Holly Bull Job title: Clinical Lead Email address: holly.bull@hhft.nhs.uk Telephone number: 01962 3124843