Healthcare support worker

Job overview

Rated as CQC Outstanding’, The Royal Marsden is a world leader in cancer care, pioneering treatment and ground-breaking research, and has achieved one of the best results for staff engagement across all acute specialist Trusts in the most recent NHS Staff Survey.

Our overall patient experience is rated 9 / 10, the highest score for any Trust for quality of care.

We have 7 modern theatres in Chelsea (2 robotic theatres) and 2 in Sutton. With a well-equipped anaesthetic department, we anaesthetise a range of patients, from day surgery patients to those progressing to intensive care.

We cover many specialties, including Sarcoma and Melanoma, Plastics, Head and Neck, to name a few, using a wide range of anaesthetic techniques.

Our anaesthetic team is trusted, skilled, hardworking and supportive, and we’re looking for a motivated nurse (with a recognised anaesthetic qualification) or ODP who can demonstrate a real interest in high quality perioperative care to join us.

There are opportunities to develop and progress which are supported by an enthusiastic practice education team. We offer a wide range of benefits, discounts, and support for all our staff.

RMH is committed to giving staff greater flexibility and control over their own time, improving access to childcare, encouraging diversity and tackling discrimination, harassment and bullying.

We offer a comprehensive and generous pension scheme.

Main duties of the job

• To carry out duties according to statutory competencies, appropriate expanded role and maintained codes of professional conduct (NMC / HPC).
• To manage the total nursing care of patients competently and be accountable for professional actions.
• To be responsible for the total care of patients who require any clinical intervention in recovery.
• To be responsible for the assessment, development, implementation and evaluation of needs of patients. To carry out all relevant forms of care for patients of all specialities.

To maintain supervision of unregistered staff, during each spell of duty. To be able to teach other nursing / ODP staff including nurse / ODP learners

We can offer working in a learning environment, supported by an enthusiastic practice education team. There are opportunities to develop and progress.

We offer a wide range of benefits, discounts, and support for all of our staff. The Royal Marsden is committed to giving staff greater flexibility and control over their own time, improving access to childcare, encouraging diversity and tackling discrimination, harassment and bullying.

We offer a comprehensive and generous pension scheme. We have a number of Health and Wellbeing initiatives available and offer season tickets loans and cycle to work schemes.

The current work patterns for staff in the Theatre Department are in the Job Description and will be discussed at interview.

However, this is currently under review and the team may be moving, after consultation, to a shift pattern including extended days and weekend working and the successful applicant will be required to fulfil the revised shift pattern if implemented.

Person specification

Attainments

Essential criteria

• First level registration NMC or HCPC
• Recognised post registration Anaesthetic course if NMC registered
• Experience in Anaesthetics

Desirable criteria

Mentorship / SSSA (Standards for Student Supervision and Assessment) Competencies

Special aptitudes and disposition

Essential criteria

Commitment to personal and professional development

Desirable criteria

Computer literacy

The Royal Marsden values diversity and is committed to the recruitment and retention of underrepresented minority groups.

We particularly welcome applications from Black, Asian and minority ethnic candidates, LGBTQ candidates and candidates with disabilities.

As a Disability Confident Employer, we are working to create a workplace that enables all staff to reach their full potential.

We are committed to this because we know that greater diversity and inclusion will lead to an even greater positive impact for the people we serve.

Due to the high volumes of applications we receive, we reserve the right to close any adverts before the published closing date once we have received a sufficient number of applications.

We advise you to submit your application as early as possible to prevent disappointment.

Flu Vaccination What We Expect of our Staff

At The Royal Marsden we have an immune compromised patient population who we must protect as much as we can against the flu virus.

Each year, seasonal flu affects thousands of people in the UK. Occurring mainly in winter, it is an infectious respiratory disease capable of producing symptoms ranging from those similar to a common cold, through to very severe or even fatal disease.

The wellbeing of our staff and patients is of the upmost importance to us, and it is the expectation of The Royal Marsden that all patient-facing staff have an annual flu vaccination, provided free of charge by the Trust.

Employer certification / accreditation badges

Applicant requirements

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.

Last updated : 2024-04-29