You must be committed to high-quality care, mature, able to communicate effectively with children and families, and ideally have prior experience in healthcare or with children.

You will support patient care, assist with personal hygiene, monitor vital signs, supervise eating disorder patients, escort them around the hospital, and maintain a clean, stocked ward.

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University Hospitals of Derby and Burton NHS Foundation Trust was formed on 1 April 2018 to bring together our five hospitals – in Derby, Burton, Lichfield and Tamworth – to provide the highest quality care to patients across southern Derbyshire and south east Staffordshire.  Our aim is to deliver outstanding care for local people as we bring together the expertise of our 12,000 staff across our five hospital sites. 


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University Hospitals of Derby and Burton NHS Foundation Trust

An exciting opportunity has arisen on Ward 1. We are looking for a motivated, enthusiastic and compassionate health care assistant to join our team. You must be motivated and committed to the delivery of high quality care, have a mature approach to your work and have the ability to communicate and work effectively with children of all ages and their families. You will be working within a multidisciplinary team to provide support to the children and families, ideally you will have previous experience working with children and /or previous experience in a health care setting. If you have any questions please do not hesitate to contact us. Our Health Care Assistants work as part of the multi-professional team caring for patients aged from 0-16 years and their parents/carers. Our Health Care Assistants; * Promote and support registered staff with the physical health, comfort and wellbeing of babies/children/young people, including recording vital signs once competency completed. * Support parents/carers to provide babies, children and young people with personal care, where and when required ensuring privacy and dignity is maintained all times * To provide support and supervision for patients admitted with Eating disorders and Mental Health needs, working alongside the registered staff to care for these patients recognising their individual needs which includes patients requiring mealtime support or supervision * Escort patients from the ward to other departments within the hospital * Keep the ward clean and tidy and support with keeping the ward well stocked Closing date of applications: 3rd September 2024 Interview date: 17th September 2024 As a trusted organisation at the heart of our communities, we recognise the important role we can play in supporting the public, patients, our own people and local partners in achieving the best of health for the local population and the communities in which they live by providing Exceptional Care Together Our fundamental Values of Compassion, Openness and Excellence underpin how we intend to work as a Trust and the associated behaviours are becoming embedded in all aspects of how we work. In Return We Will Offer * Development opportunities, including both professional and leadership development * On-going support through every step of the way from recruitment to when you join our team and beyond. * A variety of other staff benefits including employee assistance programme, discounted gym membership, onsite fitness classes, car schemes Key Facts About Our Trust * Our hospitals see more than 4,000 outpatients daily * We see more Trauma & Orthopaedic outpatients than any other Trust – over 3,300 per week * An average 860 patients are seen in A&E every day – 6th largest in the country * Our hospitals admit more than 220 emergency patients daily. * We carry out more planned surgical operations than any other Trust in England with almost 50,000 operations taking place in our 52 operating theatres * We are one of only 5 Trusts nationally with more than 50 operating theatres * We carry out more than 300 elective procedures each working day For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Alice Bloor Job title: Senior Sister Email address: alice.bloor@nhs.net Telephone number: 01283 593233

An exciting opportunity has arisen on Ward 1. We are looking for a motivated, enthusiastic and compassionate health care assistant to join our team.You must be motivated and committed to the delivery of high quality care, have a mature approach to your work and have the ability to communicate and work effectively with children of all ages and their families. You will be working within a multidisciplinary team to provide support to the children and families, ideally you will have previous experience working with children and /or previous experience in a health care setting.If you have any questions please do not hesitate to contact us.Our Health Care Assistants work as part of the multi-professional team caring for patients aged from 0-16 years and their parents/carers.Our Health Care Assistants; * Promote and support registered staff with the physical health, comfort and wellbeing of babies/children/young people, including recording vital signs once competency completed. * Support parents/carers to provide babies, children and young people with personal care, where and when required ensuring privacy and dignity is maintained all times * To provide support and supervision for patients admitted with Eating disorders and Mental Health needs, working alongside the registered staff to care for these patients recognising their individual needs which includes patients requiring mealtime support or supervision * Escort patients from the ward to other departments within the hospital * Keep the ward clean and tidy and support with keeping the ward well stocked      Closing date of applications: 3rd September 2024Interview date: 17th September 2024As a trusted organisation at the heart of our communities, we recognise the important role we can play in supporting the public, patients, our own people and local partners in achieving the best of health for the local population and the communities in which they live by providing Exceptional Care TogetherOur fundamental Values of Compassion, Openness and Excellence underpin how we intend to work as a Trust and the associated behaviours are becoming embedded in all aspects of how we work.In Return We Will Offer * Development opportunities, including both professional and leadership development * On-going support through every step of the way from recruitment to when you join our team and beyond. * A variety of other staff benefits including employee assistance programme, discounted gym membership, onsite fitness classes, car schemes      Key Facts About Our Trust * Our hospitals see more than 4,000 outpatients daily * We see more Trauma & Orthopaedic outpatients than any other Trust – over 3,300 per week * An average 860 patients are seen in A&E every day – 6th largest in the country * Our hospitals admit more than 220 emergency patients daily. * We carry out more planned surgical operations than any other Trust in England with almost 50,000 operations taking place in our 52 operating theatres * We are one of only 5 Trusts nationally with more than 50 operating theatres * We carry out more than 300 elective procedures each working day      For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Alice Bloor Job title: Senior Sister Email address: alice.bloor@nhs.net Telephone number: 01283 593233

Healthcare Support Worker - University Hospitals of Derby and Burton NHS Foundation Trust

An exciting opportunity has arisen on Ward 1. We are looking for a motivated, enthusiastic and compassionate health care assistant to join our team.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;You must be motivated and committed to the delivery of high quality care, have a mature approach to your work and have the ability to communicate and work effectively with children of all ages and their families. You will be working within a multidisciplinary team to provide support to the children and families, ideally you will have previous experience working with children and /or previous experience in a health care setting.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;If you have any questions please do not hesitate to contact us.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Our Health Care Assistants work as part of the multi-professional team caring for patients aged from 0-16 years and their parents/carers.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Our Health Care Assistants;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;Promote and support registered staff with the physical health, comfort and wellbeing of babies/children/young people, including recording vital signs once competency completed. &lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Support parents/carers to provide babies, children and young people with personal care, where and when required ensuring privacy and dignity is maintained all times &lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;To provide support and supervision for patients admitted with Eating disorders and Mental Health needs, working alongside the registered staff to care for these patients recognising their individual needs which includes patients requiring mealtime support or supervision&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Escort patients from the ward to other departments within the hospital &lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Keep the ward clean and tidy and support with keeping the ward well stocked &lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Closing date of applications: 3rd September 2024&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Interview date: 17th September 2024&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;As a trusted organisation at the heart of our communities, we recognise the important role we can play in supporting the public, patients, our own people and local partners in achieving the best of health for the local population and the communities in which they live by providing Exceptional Care Together&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Our fundamental Values of Compassion, Openness and Excellence underpin how we intend to work as a Trust and the associated behaviours are becoming embedded in all aspects of how we work.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;strong&gt;In Return We Will Offer&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;Development opportunities, including both professional and leadership development&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;On-going support through every step of the way from recruitment to when you join our team and beyond.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;A variety of other staff benefits including employee assistance programme, discounted gym membership, onsite fitness classes, car schemes&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Key Facts About Our Trust&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;Our hospitals see more than 4,000 outpatients daily&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;We see more Trauma &amp;amp; Orthopaedic outpatients than any other Trust – over 3,300 per week&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;An average 860 patients are seen in A&amp;amp;E every day – 6th largest in the country&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Our hospitals admit more than 220 emergency patients daily.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;We carry out more planned surgical operations than any other Trust in England with almost 50,000 operations taking place in our 52 operating theatres&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;We are one of only 5 Trusts nationally with more than 50 operating theatres&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;We carry out more than 300 elective procedures each working day&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Alice Bloor Job title: Senior Sister Email address: alice.bloor@nhs.net Telephone number: 01283 593233

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