An exciting opportunity has arisen for a band 3 Health Care Assistant to work within the Vale Minor Injury and Illness (MIIU) team. The successful applicant will support the Emergency Practitioners, Staff Nurses, and Paramedics to give the highest standard of care to all patients who present to Vale MIIU. The MIIU is open 8am - 8pm, 7 days a week and offers either appointments or a walk-in service to any patient with a minor injury or illness. The MIIU is one of 6 community MIIUs across Gloucestershire. The successful candidate will be passionate about ensuring any patient in need of our service is offered the highest standard of evidence-based care with respect and compassion. While training can be offered in specific skills, the successful applicant will need recent experience of patient care in an acute urgent care setting, will need to be keen to work as part of a team but able to carry out delegated tasks autonomously.
Responsibilities:
Responsible for working with colleagues and managers to provide a safe and welcoming environment for staff, patients, and visitors. Entering patient details onto clinical systems such as SystemOne. Ordering of sterile supplies. Answering telephone calls and assisting with patient and professional enquiries. Maintaining cleaning schedules and controlling stock, equipment, and materials. Contributing to promoting health and safety, minimising risk in the workplace. Maintaining allocated link roles such as Moving and Handling Trainer & Fire Warden. Booking patients into MIIU. Performing Clinical Observations, Visual Survey, NEWS scores, Plastering, wound care, ECGs. We strive to support an organisational culture that is welcoming, builds and celebrates inclusivity and diversity, and provides a sense of belonging and trust. Our results put us as 5th nationally as a Community, Mental Health and Learning Disabilities NHS Employer of Choice and 1st equal amongst all NHS Provider Trusts in the South West.
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Responsible for working with colleagues and managers to provide a safe and welcoming environment for staff, patients, and visitors. Entering patient details onto clinical systems such as SystemOne. Ordering of sterile supplies. Answering telephone calls and assisting with patient and professional enquiries. Maintaining cleaning schedules and controlling stock, equipment, and materials. Contributing to promoting health and safety, minimising risk in the workplace. Maintaining allocated link roles such as Moving and Handling Trainer & Fire Warden. Booking patients into MIIU. Performing Clinical Observations, Visual Survey, NEWS scores, Plastering, wound care, ECGs. We strive to support an organisational culture that is welcoming, builds and celebrates inclusivity and diversity, and provides a sense of belonging and trust. Our results put us as 5th nationally as a Community, Mental Health and Learning Disabilities NHS Employer of Choice and 1st equal amongst all NHS Provider Trusts in the South West.
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