We are looking for a PICU Orderly / Ward Assistant to join our Paediatric Intensive Care Unit (PICU) at Birmingham Children’s Hospital. We are a 31 bedded unit with a friendly, dedicated and experienced team delivering paediatric and cardiac intensive care (PIC / CIC).
Our PICU department is the Lead Centre for Paediatric Intensive Care services for the West Midlands. We care for critically ill children from a wide range of specialties including cardiac, extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO), liver, medical, oncology, renal, surgery, neuro and trauma.
As an Orderly, you will play a key role in maintaining a safe, clean and well organised environment within PICU. You will support the day to day running of the department through housekeeping duties, pharmacy support and stock control of medical gases. Orderlies work in line with COSHH regulations, with full training provided.
Working closely with the multidisciplinary team, the Orderly supports effective patient flow across ward areas and assists with equipment management alongside the PICU Technical Team.
This role is also an important part of medication safety within PICU, supporting nursing staff with the safe stock management of medications in line with national guidance. Our staff work closely with children and their families during some of the most important moments of their lives.
What you’ll bring…
Some experience working in a hospital, healthcare or customer facing environment
GCSEs in English and Maths at Grade A–C / 4–9 (or equivalent qualifications)
Good written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to accurately complete records and stock checks
Effective time management with the ability to adapt to changing priorities
Good IT skills, comfortable using computers and digital systems
What we’ll offer you…
Formal medical gas training
Support to develop further skills
Day time shifts
Exposure to different roles within the department
Birmingham Women's and Children's NHS Foundation Trust is the first of its type in the UK. Our Trust was formed in February 2017 to drive forward our commitment to provide the highest quality, world-class physical and mental health care for our women, children and families. Uniting our hospitals means more seamless care; more investment to make greater advances in our specialist treatment and world-leading neo-natal and fetal work. Importantly, it also gives us a greater voice in shaping the future of family-centred care.
Birmingham Children's Hospital is a UK leading specialist paediatric centre with an international reputation in several areas.
Birmingham Women's Hospital is one of two dedicated women's hospitals in the UK, with the busiest single site maternity unit, delivering more than 8,200 babies a year offering a full range of gynaecological, maternity and neonatal care.
Our Trust is committed to creating the best place to work. We believe in promoting and enhancing inclusion, diversity and equality and encourage applications from all areas of the community, who meet the criteria for the role, regardless of age, gender identity, disability, race, religion or sexual orientation.
Please refer to the attached job description and person specification to view the full details for this opportunity at Birmingham Women’s and Children’s NHS Foundation Trust.
When completing your application, please ensure you have evidenced how you meet the job description and person specification to include transferable experience, qualifications, skills along with professional registration details (if applicable).
Occasionally we receive a large number of applications for our roles and when that happens we sometimes bring the closing date forward, so please apply promptly to avoid disappointment.
