Healthcare Assistant

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Key details

Location

Site Northern Cancer Centre Town 317 Carlisle Postcode CA2 7HY Major / Minor Region Tyne and Wear

Contract type & working pattern

Contract Permanent Hours 22.5 hours per week (part time hours available)

Salary

Salary £24,071 - £25,674 pro rata Salary period Yearly Grade (Band 3)

Specialty

Main area 317 Cumbria Chemotherapy - CIC Interview date 07/04/2025

Newcastle Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is one of the busiest and largest NHS foundation trusts in the country, with around 15,000 staff and an annual budget of £1.6 billion.

We have a long history of providing high quality care, clinical excellence, and innovation in medical research regionally, nationally and internationally.

We are in the top five providers of specialised health services in the country, supporting people with a range of rare and complex medical, surgical and neurological conditions, cancers and genetic orders.

Our staff oversee around 6,500 patient contacts each day, delivering high standards of healthcare.

We are committed to promoting equality and diversity and recognise the benefit in providing an inclusive environment. We value and respect the diversity of our employees and aim to recruit a workforce which reflects the communities we serve, and is equipped to deliver the best service to our patients. We welcome all applications irrespective of people's race, disability, sex, sexual orientation, religion or belief, age, gender identity, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity and in particular those from under-represented groups.

Newcastle Hospitals are proud to be one of the exemplar organisations across the NHS on sustainability, with a long history of delivering Sustainable Healthcare in Newcastle (Shine) and the first healthcare organisation in the world to declare a climate emergency. Our strategy includes commitments to being Net Zero by 2030, for our direct carbon footprint, and Net Zero by 2040 for our footprint plus. Delivering these ambitions will not be possible without the help, support and action of every single member of our team.

Job Overview
An exciting opportunity to join our expanding team working in the Northern Cancer Centre Carlisle. The role will involve supporting the nursing team to deliver systemic anti-cancer treatment and supportive therapies to patients on the chemotherapy unit and assist in outpatients.

We are looking to recruit kind, caring, enthusiastic and motivated healthcare assistants to join our team caring for patients with cancer. You will be required to complete phlebotomy skills and have excellent communication skills and be confident at communicating with patients who are facing a life limiting illness. You will need to be confident in communicating with all members of the multi-disciplinary team at all levels. We are looking for someone with a genuine interest in caring for patients with cancer.

You will need to be hard working and able to demonstrate the Trust Values within everyday work. There will be the opportunity to work across both Carlisle and Whitehaven sites.

You must have worked within a hospital environment previously. Any experience working with cancer patients is desirable and a minimum requirement of NVQ level 3.

• Interview Date: 7 April 2025
• 22 hours 30 minutes/week
• You will be redirected to Trac to apply for the vacancy. Please expand the job details section and read all of the information before applying for the vacancy.

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You must be able to work as part of a team, use your own initiative with effective interpersonal and communication skills, contributing fully as a member of the multi-disciplinary team. We will provide a supportive atmosphere, mentorship and clinical supervision on the unit and are committed to professional development with all staff. Team working is an integral part of this unit with all staff enabled and empowered to make a real difference for their patients.

You must be able to demonstrate the Trust Values within everyday work.

Detailed Job Description And Main Responsibilities

• To abide by Trust policies and procedures.
• To assist the Registered Nurses or other registered health care practitioners in providing high quality patient care.
• Maintain patients privacy and dignity at all times.
• Be an effective part of the multi-disciplinary team contributing to the departmental objectives.
• Continue to develop and maintain competencies in nursing tasks to maintain high quality safe care.

Please note it is a requirement of The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust that all successful candidates who require a DBS for the post they have been offered pay for their DBS certificate. The method of payment is a salary deduction from your first month's pay.

As a flexible working friendly organisation, we want to be sure that you can work in a way that is best for us and for our patients, and for you. Speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement. If it works for the service, we will do our best to make it work for you.

Important note on completion of reference section of Application Form

All references from current and previous employers will be sought and must cover a minimum of 3 years employment. Therefore, when completing the reference section of your application form, please give the address, telephone number and work email address of each of your current/previous line managers that cover 3 years employment. Failure to complete this section may result in your application not being processed.

Candidates who are shortlisted for interview will be contacted by e-mail. You should check your SPAM folders as well as your inbox. If you have not been contacted within 4 weeks of the closing date you should assume your application has been unsuccessful.

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

Knowledge

Essential criteria

• Ability to maintain and improve knowledge, skills and competence to ensure high standards of patient care
• Ability to carry out routine elements of assessment to enhance the patient / client journey, following an initial assessment by a registered practitioner
• Ability to meet basic care needs of patients
• Understanding of confidentiality

Desirable criteria

• Understanding of basic safeguarding

Skills

Essential criteria

• Basic IT skills
• Ability to be responsible for own development, identifying training needs, set personal objectives and attend appropriate training as agreed by line manager
• Ability to initiate emergency action when required e.g. Cardiac arrest, Fire

Desirable criteria

• Competent in physical skills blood pressure, recording ECGs, blood glucose, phlebotomy etc

Experience

Essential criteria

• Ability to plan, prioritise own and delegated work tasks and activities
• Previous experience / consolidation of practice as a HCA (evidence of knowledge attained at level 3 using the Qualifications and Credit Framework)

Desirable criteria

• Experience of Hospital PAS / eRecord systems making appointments, registration etc
• Previous experience within speciality

Qualifications

Essential criteria

• NVQ Level 3 in appropriate subject (or on pathway) or equivalent qualification / experience
• GCSE in Maths and English at Grades 3-1 (or D-G or Functional/Key Skills Level 1)
• Completion of a Trust or other HCA development programme

Further details / informal visits contact

Name: Phillipa Graham Job title: Chemotherapy Team Lead Email address: [email protected] Telephone number: 01228616826 Additional information: Victoria Johnston Chemotherapy Team Lead 01228616826