Healthcare Support Worker - Cardiology

As part of your role, you would be:

If you are a well organised, team player and able to deal with ever changing priorities then we would love to hear from you. As part of our team, we would expect you to be able to effectively multitask and ensure all infection control risks were managed effectively. We pride ourselves on delivering high quality patient care which is enhanced through good and clear communication and team working.

On this page you will find a Role Profile which provides information about the hospital and full details about the role. We recommend that you review this and refer to it as you complete your application. Please ensure you evidence in the Essential Criteria how you uphold the Trust Values Compassion Excellence Collaboration. If you would like more information about the role or working at Royal Papworth Hospital, please get in touch with the contact for this role.

Royal Papworth Hospital NHS Foundation Trust is the UK's leading heart and lung hospital, delivering care to more than 50,000 patients a year in its new state-of-the-art hospital in Cambridge. We perform the most heart and/or lung transplants in the UK and carried out the UK's first successful heart transplant in 1979. It also offers emergency heart attack treatment, sleep centre care and is one of just five centres nationally for those in severe respiratory failure.

Based on the Cambridge Biomedical Campus the largest centre of medical research and health science in Europe the Trust is at the heart of treatments of the future. Royal Papworth became the first hospital trust in the country to be rated outstanding in all five areas assessed by the Care Quality Commission - a rating it still holds today. The Trust holds its values of compassion, excellence & collaboration at its core, and all colleagues joining the team are expected to uphold these in their day-to-day roles & interactions. Royal Papworth is proud of its diverse workforce and encourages people to embrace their individuality.

The Trust values difference and welcomes all applications irrespective of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy & maternity, race, religion & belief, sex and sexual orientation. Providing they meet the minimum post criteria, applicants with disabilities will be offered an interview.

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Essential: - Successful completion of Care Certificate within 12 weeks of appointment; - Complete specialty-required knowledge competencies within agreed time period (up to 6 months); - Must possess a willingness to undertake further study to achieve competency levels required

Desirable: - Specific specialty on-the-job training; - Good general standard of education to vocational level 3 (GCSE 'A' level standard or equivalent)

Essential: - Communicating with a range of people from different backgrounds; - Understanding the role of the Health Care Support Worker; - Knowledge of personal care and related procedures, clinical observations, relevant legislation; - Complete specialty-required skills within agreed time period (up to 6 months); - Work effectively in a team; - Demonstrate effective and safe care; - Contribute to the support and development of new staff; - Work under pressure; - Information technology use; - Attention to detail e.g. patient records; - Accuracy (words and numbers); - Effective written and verbal communication skills (literacy and numeracy); - Good observation skills and recognition of the importance of reporting

Desirable: - Teaching skills; - Recent experience of working in a healthcare environment; - Previous care experience in the specialty area; - Working in acute environment as a Health Care Support Worker

Essential: - Please provide evidence of your commitment to uphold the Trust's values: Compassion, Excellence, Collaboration