Healthcare Support Worker

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Healthcare Support Worker to provide an active role and assistance to the Paediatric Gastroenterology Specialist Nursing Team. The role will be based at Staffordshire Children's Hospital at Royal Stoke in the Paediatric Medical Day Unit for 15 hours per week.

If you would like more information on this role you can contact Claire Barnes, Paediatric Gastroenterology Clinical Nurse Specialist on 01782 675162 or email [email protected]

The nursing assistant will be expected to take an active role during the endoscopy lists, assisting the team to ensure the room is ready for the list, labelling and sending off specimens, assisting with transporting patients to the ward and with patient care.

They will be required to carry out telephone pre-assessments for children and young people scheduled for endoscopy, alerting the clinical nurse specialists of any issues.

The nursing assistant will be required to take height and weight measurements for children and young people attending for infusion treatments, as well as preparing and cleaning up the infusion room.

The nursing assistant will be responsible for ensuring adequate supplies to the children’s medical day unit and liaising with the ward housekeeper.

They will be allocated to add the pending admissions for children and young people attending the Children's Medical Day Unit.

University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust is one of the largest and most modern in the country. Based across two sites, Royal Stoke in Stoke-on-Trent and County Hospital in Stafford, we are proud to serve around three million people and we're highly regarded for our facilities, teaching and research. We are the specialist centre for major trauma for the North Midlands and North Wales.

All of our employees make a valuable contribution regardless of role here at UHNM and we are proud of our wide range of development packages aimed at ensuring that everyone has the opportunity to fulfil their true potential.

UHNM create and encourage a culture of inclusion, providing equal opportunities for career development that are fair and transparent. We are committed to being a diverse and inclusive employer and foster a culture in which all staff feel valued and respected. In return we ask all of our employees to make a commitment to the values, co-created by or staff, patients and carers, and that unite us as a Trust.

At University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust we know that investing in, supporting and developing our staff has a direct impact on the quality of care that we deliver. Our employees are as important as our patients and the population that we serve.

For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Claire Barnes Job title: Clinical Nurse Specialist Email address: [email protected] Telephone number: 01782 675162