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The Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust

About

We are one of the largest acute and community providers in the West Midlands having more than 850 beds on the New Cross site. We also have 56 rehabilitation beds at West Park Hospital and 54 beds at Cannock Chase Hospital. We are the largest employer in Wolverhampton, the Trust employs more than 10,000 staff, covering more than 350 different roles.

• New Cross Hospital
• West Park Hospital rehabilitation inpatient and day care services, therapy services and outpatients
• Cannock Chase Hospital general surgery, orthopaedics, breast surgery, urology, dermatology/plastic surgery and medical day case investigations and treatment (including endoscopy, rheumatology and dermatology)
• More than 20 community sites - community services for children and adults, walk-in centres and therapy and rehabilitation services
• Primary care - Ten GP practices have now joined us and offer extended opening hours to patients.

Key details

Location

Site: New Cross Hospital/Cannock Chase Hospital
Address: Wolverhampton Road
Town: Wolverhampton
Postcode: WV10 0QP
Major / Minor Region: Birmingham & The Black Country

Contract type & working pattern

Contract: Permanent
Hours: 22.5 hours per week (Flexible working is required to help cover the busier days)

• Part time
• Flexible working

Salary

Salary: £23,615 pro rata
Salary period: Yearly
Grade: (Band 2)

Specialty

Main area: Health Care Assistant Dermatology

Job overview

The Dermatology Outpatients department is looking for an enthusiastic and competent Health Care Assistant to join our growing team based at New Cross Hospital, supporting Mohs surgery. The post holder must work well within a high performing team, complimenting the exceptional care delivered to patients undergoing surgery for treatment of skin cancer. The post holder must be able to support the nursing and medical team during clinics, ensuring clinics are set up and running efficiently whilst working with the team to maintain a safe working environment.

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The post holder will undertake a range of clinic activities under the indirect supervision of registered nurses and band 3 HCA's. These activities include:

• Running of Dermatology clinics, ensuring a consistent flow of patients
• Chaperoning Consultants/Nurses when needed
• Assisting in Minor Surgery, with small procedures or as part of a larger team for larger surgeries/Mohs
• Weekly stocking up and stock checks
• Maintaining a clean and safe work environment
• Taking calls from patients with queries and passing them on to the relevant health care professional.
• Participating in departmental audits and ordering of stock
• It is essential the post holder has adequate computer skills, a variety of computer systems will be used (for which training will be given).

Working for our organisation

The Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust is one of the largest NHS trusts in the West Midlands providing primary, acute and community services and we are incredibly proud of the diversity of both our staff and the communities we serve. We are building a workforce that can help us to fulfil our values, improve quality of care for patients, and solve the health care problems of tomorrow. We’re passionate about the value that diversity of thinking and lived experience brings in enabling us to become a learning organisation and leader in delivering compassionate care for our patients.

We are delighted that we have been rated as “Good” by CQC. We have achieved numerous awards; The Nursing Times Best Diversity and Inclusion Practice and Best UK Employer of the Year for Nursing Staff in 2020. The Trust is a supportive working environment committed to creating flexible working arrangements that suit your needs and as such will consider all requests from applicants who wish to work flexibly.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please see attached Job Description/Person Specification for a full detail of role and main responsibilities.

Flexible Working - As a major employer in the Black Country and West Birmingham region we are committed to supporting all employees to achieve a healthy work life balance. We want the Black Country and West Birmingham region to be the best place to work and as such will consider all requests to work flexibly taking into account personal and individual circumstances alongside the needs of the service. We encourage all prospective applicants to discuss their individual circumstances with the Recruiting Manager as part of the on-boarding process.

Qualifications - Please be advised that if the post that you are applying for requires any level of qualification (e.g. A-Levels, Degree etc) or Professional Registration (e.g. Nursing and Midwifery Council, General Medical Council etc) you will be required to provide proof as part of the pre-employment process. By submitting your application you are giving the Trust permission to check the qualification certificates provided back to the source provider. Please note that a sample of all applicant’s qualifications will be checked with the educational institution or provider. Furthermore, a sample of all applicants’ qualifications will be checked back to the educational institution or provider to interview letters to further deter fraud.

Sponsorship - Applications from job seekers who require sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. As of 1 January 2021, free movement ended and the UK introduced a points-based immigration system. Further information is available regarding two types of visa; Health Care Visa Health Care Visa and Skilled worker visa Skilled worker visa.

Applicant requirements

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.

Person specification

Experience

Essential criteria

• Theatre experience in hospital or medical setting
• Healthcare experience

Documents

• Health care assistant JD (, 864.5)PDFKB
• RWT Professional Standards (, 95.4)PDFKB
• Wolverhampton Map (, 600.9)PDFKB
• Trust Brochure (, 6.3)PDFMB
• Employee Rewards Booklet v.13 (, 1.6)PDFMB
• Flexible Working Commitment (, 1.1)PDFMB
• NHS Staff Offer - National Express (, 963.3)PDFKB
• Our Strategy (, 1.8)PDFMB

Further details / informal visits contact

Name: Carla Francis
Job title: Matron
Email address: [email protected]
Telephone number: 07854178104