Health Care Assistant

• Maintaining a high standard of clinical work when carrying out tasks
• Keeping up to date with all mandatory and role specific training
• Following our Trust values and behaviours
• Ensure compliance with our clinical governance framework, you will motivate colleagues, champion service user safety and dignity and drive continuous improvement.

• Confidentiality understanding of Information Governance
• Knowledge and understanding of Health and Safety
• Knowledge of clinical patient observations
• Willingness to undertake competencies supported by clinical skills training and education to gain theoretical underpinning knowledge in a range of clinical interventions and use of test equipment e.g. blood glucose monitors, venepuncture, cannulation etc.
• Care Certificate
• Completion of a clinical skills competency- based workbook or equivalent relevant experience to vocational qualification level 3, or willingness to undertake.
• GCSE Maths & English or qualified to equivalent Functional skills level 2 in Maths & English, or willingness to undertake.
• Effective communicator
• Team player
• Approachable
• Resilient
• Ability to use own initiative within agreed boundaries
• IT Literate
• Ability to undertake a range of basic patient clinical observations
• Flexible approach to work
• Genuine desire to care for people
• At least 6 months of care experience working in a health or social care setting.

Knowledge and understanding of current healthcare issues