Main area
Surgery
Grade
Band 2
Contract
Fixed term: 12 months
Hours
Full time - 37.5 hours per week
Job ref
188-HCA282
Site
Southampton General Hospital
Town
Southampton
Salary
£20,270 - £21,318 pa
Salary period
Yearly
Closing
07/02/2023 23:59
Interview date
13/02/2023
Job overview
Are you a compassionate, caring and communicative individual looking to grow your career in a world-class teaching hospital? Then this Healthcare Assistant (HCA) role could be the ideal opportunity for you!
University Hospital Southampton (UHS) is one of the largest acute teaching trusts in England and provides a wide range of healthcare services to some 1.9 million people living in Southampton and South Hampshire. Our Healthcare Assistants help our nurses and doctors at UHS, by offering the highest standards of personal care and support to our patients. The Urology Centre is looking for Band 2 HCAs who would like to develop their skills within Urology. We can offer full or part time hours and work from Monday to Saturday from 08:00-18:00. We are an amazing team who want to support and develop your skills to care for our urology patients. The Urology Centre is a new outpatients area dedicated to the highest standard of urological care. We welcome informal visits to see this excellent department and become part of the team.
The Urology Centre team have won team awards and individual staff awards for their care and dedication to urological patients. We support and care for our team and encourage further education skills and training
Main duties of the jobAttached you will find the person specification document which provides more detail about the essential and desirable skills and experience needed for this role. We highly recommend you review this document and use it when completing your application as these criteria are used by hiring managers as guidance during shortlisting.
For an overview of the main duties of the role please see the ‘Job Description and Main Responsibilities' section below. To understand the day-to-day responsibilities in more detail please read the full job description document attached.
Working for our organisation What we can offer youAs one of the largest acute teaching Trusts in England, we offer learning and development opportunities to help you achieve the career you aspire to. UHS is rated ‘Good' by the CQC and in the latest national NHS Staff Survey, we were in the top 10 acute trusts for staff engagement and for staff recommending the hospital as a place to work or receive care.
All non-clinical roles may involve a mixture of on site and remote working, Specific details and flexible working options can be discussed as part of the interview process. UHS employees are able to access a range of NHS discounts, are entitled to a minimum of 35 days paid holiday (pro rata), and we offer a generous pension scheme.
Southampton is an attractive place to live and work situated on the south coast, with an international airport and direct trains to London. The New Forest National Park and beaches of the Jurassic coast are also right on our doorstep. The city offers living costs 20% lower than London and 14 schools rated outstanding by Ofsted.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities Your Responsibilities What you'll doTo assist in the provision of high standard individualised care, under the supervision of the registered nurse/ practitioner and others in the health care professional team.
To develop understanding and knowledge of the urology service.
What we're looking forAre you a compassionate, caring and communicative individual looking to grow your career in a world-class teaching hospital? Then this Healthcare Assistant (HCA) role could be the ideal opportunity for you!
University Hospital Southampton (UHS) is one of the largest acute teaching trusts in England and provides a wide range of healthcare services to some 1.9 million people living in Southampton and South Hampshire. Our Healthcare Assistants help our nurses and doctors at UHS, by offering the highest standards of personal care and support to our patients. The Urology Centre is looking for Band 2 HCAs who would like to develop their skills within Urology. We can offer full or part time hours and work from Monday to Saturday from 08:00-18:00. We are an amazing team who want to support and develop your skills to care for our urology patients. The Urology Centre is a new outpatients area dedicated to the highest standard of urological care. We welcome informal visits to see this excellent department and become part of the team.
Additional informationInterviews will be held on Monday, 13 February 2023
Should you have any queries, please use the contact details below to get in touch.
Person specification Qualifications / training required Essential criteriaPlease be advised that this vacancy may close earlier than stated if we receive a large number of applications. We will not accept any applications or queries via agencies, under any circumstances.
For more information about our TrustHead to our careers portal thinkuhs.co.uk where you'll find information about:
- Our values and vision - Our services and teams - Benefits we offer our staff - UK professional body registration - Information about our city - Relocating to Southampton - Our fantastic staff and their work
To find out what our staff think about working here, you may also wish to look at our most recent friends and family test and NHS staff survey results, or our latest CQC report.
Getting to work - our travel promiseGetting to work should be as easy as possible and that's why we have introduced the UHS travel promise – a commitment from the Trust that we will provide reasonable travel options for every member of staff. Every member of staff can apply for a permit to use our park & ride facility. Eligibility for on-site parking is dependent on the nature and requirement of the role. All staff can also access a range of discounted benefits relating to travel including reduced price bus tickets, purchase of salary sacrifice bikes and ultra-low emission cars.
Our commitment to equalityEquality remains at the centre of our policymaking, service delivery, and employment practice, giving all employees equal opportunity to develop, apply for promotions, and have working arrangements that enable them to achieve a manageable work-life balance.
UHS actively promotes a work environment free from harassment and discrimination and provides training for managers and staff to ensure this happens. We also closely monitor recruitment activity, training, development, and employment practices to ensure equality of practice with regard to race, colour, ethnic or national origin, religion or belief, gender, sexual orientation, disability, marital status and age.
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Further details / informal visits contactName
Clare Tull
Job title
Urology Centre manager
Email address
[email protected]
Telephone number
02381201410
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