Health Care Assistant Outpatients Department Alliance

An exciting and rewarding opportunity has arisen for a motivated Health Care Assistant to join our Outpatient Departments within the LLR Alliance. The post will be based Melton Alliance Community Hospitals (and Rutland Memorial Hospital OPD)

We are looking to recruit an enthusiastic individual to join our existing team who are passionate about delivering high quality patient centered care. You will have the opportunity to develop new skills and consolidate existing skills whilst working as part of a strong and cohesive team.

Melton Outpatients offer diverse, multi-disciplinary environments which cater for a number of specialties which includes, Ophthalmology, Orthopaedics, Gastroenterology, Cardiology, Dermatology, Rheumatology, Gynaecology and ENT.

You will need excellent communication skills and the ability to build and maintain good working relationships with your colleagues and service users.

Although your base will be Melton Hospital there may be times where you will be expected to travel across site and help cover at one of the other Alliance hospitals. These are Coalville, Loughborough, Rutland Memorial, Hinckley and St Luke’s Treatment Centre in Market Harborough. Therefore ability to travel between sites and be a car driver is essential for the role.

• Provide clinical and non clinical support to the multi professional team under the direction and supervision of an appropriate Registered Health Care Professional within the Outpatients Departments.
• Deliver direct and indirect care as delegated under the direction and supervision of an appropriate Registered Health Care Professional.
• Undertake specific duties involving direct and indirect care as identified by the multi professional team to support the delivery of effective healthcare to patients/ service users.

We are one of the biggest and busiest NHS trusts in the country, incorporating the General, Glenfield and Royal Infirmary hospitals. We have our very own Children’s Hospital and run one of the country’s leading heart centres.

Our team is made up of more than 17,000 staff providing a range of services primarily for the one million residents of Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland.

We work with partners at the University of Leicester and De Montfort University providing world-class teaching to nurture and develop the next generation of doctors, nurses and other healthcare professionals, many of whom go on to spend their working lives with us.

Our purpose is to provide ‘Caring at its best’ and our staff have helped us create a set of values that embody who we are and what we’re here to do. They are:

• We focus on what matters most
• We treat others how we would like to be treated
• We are passionate and creative in our work
• We do what we say we are going to do
• We are one team and we are best when we work together

Our patients are at the heart of all we do and we believe that ‘Caring at its best’ is not just about the treatments and services we provide, but about giving our patients the best possible experience.

About the University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust: (leicestershospitals.nhs.uk)

• You will need to have healthcare experience, excellent communication skills, positive personality and a mature and professional approach to their work.
• Computer skills are essential.
• You must be able to deal with the public in a sensitive and polite manner, and be flexible in their approach to duties of work.
• Undertake specified direct and indirect care, clinical and therapeutic duties as delegated by the Registered Nurse /Health Care Professional.
• Carry out specified delegated clinical care and support, consistent with the patient/users plan of care.
• Provide clinical and non clinical support to the multi professional team under the direction and supervision of an appropriate Registered Health Care Professional within the Outpatients Departments.
• Assist with the maintenance of a clean and safe environment adhering to infection control policies procedures and best practice.
• Assist with the collection of simple data for audit/research and other purposes as delegated by the Registered Nurse/Health Care Professional/Multi Disciplinary Team.