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Health Care Assistant-major Trauma Ward

3 months ago


London, Greater London, United Kingdom St George's University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Full time
An exciting opportunity has come up to join the team working on the recently newly refurbished Major Trauma ward. The Major Trauma Ward consists of 22beds and is one of London's busiest major trauma centres. Patients cared for on the major trauma ward often have multi
- system injuries and therefore their care includes input from specialities such as; plastics, thoracic, general surgeons, neurology, orthogeriatric, orthopaedics and more. Working on the ward allows the healthcare assistant to gain insight to the different specialities and learn an array of skills.


Working under the supervision of the qualified nursing staff, the healthcare assistant will participate and support the members of the multi-disciplinary team in delivering high quality patient care.


To assist with nursing care as instructed by the nursing staff, including bathing, bed making, assisting with eating and drinking and helping with meals as necessary.


To have responsibility for the health, safety and welfare of self and others, and to comply at all times with the requirements of the Health & Safety regulations.

To promote equal opportunities for staff and clients in accordance with St George's Healthcare NHS Trust policies.

To ensure that no person receives less favourable treatment than another does on the grounds of sex, marital status, race, religion, creed, colour, nationality, ethnic or national or sexual orientation.

You will support our trained nurses in delivering high quality care

Duties include:
Feeding patients and supporting nutrition

Washing and repositioning patients

Completing observations e.g. pulse, blood pressure and temperature.

Completing ECG or bladder scanning (with additional training)

Venepuncture and cannulation

Supporting patients with toileting

Basic wound care

Emotional support for patients

End of life care

Providing enhanced care to patients, e.g. those with dementia

Infection control measures e.g. cleaning equipment and changing bedding.

You should possess good communication skills and the ability to work as part of a multi-disciplinary team. A kind, caring, compassionate and professional attitude is essential along with being able to work in a busy environment. You will be required to be fully flexible and willing to work night shifts, weekends and bank holidays.

All applicants will be expected to take a literacy and numeracy test in advance. Only applicants who pass this test will be invited to interview.


With nearly 9,000 dedicated staff caring for patients around the clock, they are the largest healthcare provider in southwest London.


Their main site, St George's Hospital in Tooting - one of the country's principal teaching hospitals - is shared with St George's, University of London, which trains medical students and carries out advanced medical research.

St George's Hospital also hosts the St George's, University of London and Kingston University Faculty of Health and Social Care Sciences,
which is responsible for training a wide range of healthcare professionals from across the region.


As well as acute hospital services, they provide a wide variety of specialist care and a full range of community services to patients of all ages following integration with Community Services Wandsworth in 2010.

St George's University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust serves a population of 1.3 million across southwest London.

A large number of services, such as cardiothoracic medicine and surgery, neurosciences and renal transplantation, also cover significant populations from Surrey and Sussex, totalling around 3.5 million people.


The trust also provides care for patients from a larger catchment area in southeast England, for specialties such as complex pelvic trauma.

Other services treat patients from all over the country, such as family HIV care and bone marrow transplantation for non-cancer diseases.

The trust also provides a nationwide state-of-the-art endoscopy training centre.

1.

Trust Values:


1.1 We expect all our staff to share the values that are important to the Trust, being Excellent, Kind, Responsible & Respectful, and behave in a way that reflect these.


2.

Direct patient care:


2.1 To assist with nursing care as instructed by the nursing staff, including bathing, bed making, assisting with eating and drinking and helping with meals as necessary.

2.2 To assist with the administration of medication under the supervision of a qualified nurse and in line with Trust policy.

2.3 To assist with patient toileting/elimination.
2.4 To care for the patient's personal clothing, property and valuables in accordance with relevant Trust policies.

2.5 To assist with the moving and handling of patients and loads using the correct moving and handling aids and techniques in accordance with local guidelines and risk assessments.

2.6 To ensure that patient privacy and dignity are respected at all times.
2.7 To demonstrate an awareness of the importance of patient confidentiality a