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Location

King's Lynn, Norfolk | United Kingdom

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Job description

A Vacancy at The Queen Elizabeth Hospital King's Lynn NHS Foundation Trust.

Sandringham is a 26 bedded surgical ward that specialises in caring for patients undergoing elective surgery. It is a busy and fast paced environment, giving our Healthcare Assistants the chance to develop and thrive. You will part of a great team who put patient care at the forefront of everything they do.

We are looking for passionate and innovative Band 2 Health Care Assistants to join our team on a permanent basis. You will be joining a well-established and friendly team who will provide you with the opportunity to grow and develop as a priority. You will contribute to our fantastic multi-disciplinary team approach to providing exceptional care to all of our patients. To do this you will need to be kind, compassionate, organised, flexible and a great team player.

If you think you would be a good fit for our team, we’d love to hear from you!

• To accurately and promptly carry out the instructions of the Registered Nurse who is professionally accountable for the delivery of care.
• To deliver care and carry out duties as specified within the Trust’s approved core task list for Healthcare Assistant.
• To report to a Registered Nurse any patient who gives cause for concern or any observed changes in the patient’s condition.
• To respond appropriately to clinical emergencies to ensure the patient receives appropriate care.
• To participate in the admission process under the supervision of the Registered Nurse
• Provide and deliver a high standard of individualised personal nursing care.

The Queen Elizabeth Hospital (QEH) King’s Lynn is located near some of the most beautiful scenery in the UK, along the north Norfolk coast, and not far from Sandringham House.

We provide a comprehensive range of specialist, acute, obstetrics and community-based healthcare services to around 331,000 people across west and north Norfolk, in addition to parts of Breckland, Cambridgeshire and South Lincolnshire.

We have more than 4,000 staff and volunteers, approximately 530 beds, and a helipad for air ambulances. We work with neighbouring hospitals for the provision of tertiary services, including as part of regional partnership and network models of care, such as the trauma network.

In February 2022 the significant progress that has been made at QEH was recognised by the Care Quality Commission who rated the Trust as ‘Good’ in all of the core services they inspected. They recommended the Trust moves out of the recovery support system (formerly special measures).

For further information and details of the post, please refer to the Job Description and Person Specification.

This advert closes on Wednesday 14 Feb 2024

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