Senior Health Care Support Worker Job Glasgow area,Scotland UK,Healthcare

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:

Exciting opportunity for passionate motivated individual to join a dynamic multidisciplinary team.

Ward 3a is a busy acute inpatient ward which provides care for vulnerable children from across Scotland with highly complex needs across various specialties. Many learning and training opportunities exist in post, including long term ventilation skills, enteral feeding, monitoring and recording of vital signs. Our young people have many challenges and our team are honoured to be a small part of their life long journey.

Candidates should have experience working with children and families and a keen interest in working with children with significant additional needs.

NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde (NHSGGC) may be able to provide visa sponsorship for certain roles, subject to the post meeting the relevant eligibility criteria. Sponsorship is not guaranteed and will be determined on a case-by-case basis following interview and during the pre-employment verification process. Applicants must state their current right to work in their application.

Please see below for more details:

Skilled Worker visa and Health and Care Worker visa

Duration, Location, and Working Pattern:

Location based in Royal Hospital for Children
Permanent Contract
Part-time position (34.5 hours per week)
Shift pattern for this post are rotational 12 hour shifts
Please note the salary is Pro Rata for part time hours.

Key responsibilities:

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.
Performs a range of patient care tasks e.g. wound observation and dressings, removal of peripheral cannula, stoma bag changing and enteral feeding and reports any issues to the Registered Nurse.
Care for long term tracheostomy ventilated patients within the hospital environment and out with for school/nursery/day trips. Including tracheostomy care, suctioning and monitoring of ventilation equipment.
To deal with questions and enquiries from patients, carers and relatives e.g. on the patient’s condition or for any suggestions or complaints that they wish to raise. Where appropriate, refer these to a Registered Nurse.
Assists with the safe transfer of all patients

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 2020; and with the Code of Conduct for Healthcare Support Workers, both as amended from time to time.

Long term ventilation and tracheostomy training will be provided at ward level. Undertake essential for role completion of competency based Ventilation training programme within ward environment

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

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