Senior Health Care Support Worker - Breast Services (Peterborough)

Job summary

An exciting opportunity has arisen in the Breast Unit at Peterborough City Hospital for a Senior Health Care Support Worker post at 22.25 hours. The Breast Unit incorporates Breast Screening Services and also Breast Outpatient Symptomatic clinics. It is a busy department that works very closely with the Cancer Services Clinical Business Unit.

*Please Note the advert may close sooner than the date advertised due to levels of interest, closing of the advert will happen with no notice*

Main duties of the job

We are looking to recruit a part time Senior Health Care Support Worker (0.59 WTE) to join us within the Breast Unit of Peterborough City Hospital.

The successful candidate will work within our Symptomatic Breast Outpatient Clinics, be caring, have good communication skills and a willingness to learn and develop. Our Health Care Support Workers are an intrinsic part of our clinical teams, working closely with our Breast Care Practitioners offering support to patients who have been referred to our service.

The role responsibilities include:

1. Always acting in the patient's best interests, ensuring patient safety is maintained and patient experience is positive by caring for all patients, relatives and colleagues with respect, dignity, compassion and courtesy in accordance with the Trust values.

2. Providing individualised personal and clinical care, respecting personal beliefs and preferences.

3. Protecting and maintaining the patient's privacy and dignity at all times.

4. Demonstrates own duties to new starters/ supervises work of students and junior staff. Acting as a Mentor for new Healthcare support workers.

5. Alerting the Registered Practitioner to any change or concern relating to the welfare of a patient in a timely manner.

About us

Priority will be given to colleagues identified as at risk through the Trust's redeployment process.