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Senior Healthcare Assistant

1 month ago

Preston, United Kingdom Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Full time

Are you looking to develop your skills as a Health Care Assistant? Looking to progress further within your career in healthcare? If you are eager to learn and develop new skills in a Surgical Assessment care setting, then this role is for you

Our Surgical Assessment Unit is a busy proactive area specialising in Emergency treatments and assessments for a variety of Surgical specialities. We are an established team and although it is a very busy and demanding ward we work closely as a team and deal with the day to day pressures with positivity and high levels of energy.

We love making a difference and working together as a close family to gain the rewards of making our patients journey enjoyable and successful. In order to do this we are looking for Healthcare Assistants with a genuine interest in acute Surgery to join us.

Experience of working with patients in a hospital setting would be beneficial.

You will need to be flexible in your working hours to work shifts/unsocial hours including nights as required

You will be responsible for providing a range of personalised care for patients and a range of clinical duties under the guidance and supervision of the Team Leader/Nurse in charge including: assisting patients with personal hygiene, toileting, use of continence aids, catheter care, stoma care, measuring & monitoring patient output, removal of catheters, moving and handling, use of mobility equipment, correct patient positioning, assess pressure areas and skin integrity, Ensuring patient safety, taking & collecting specimens, taking and recording physical measurements observing patients for changes in condition, carrying out simple dressings.

We are one of the largest and highest performing trusts in the country, providing district general hospital services to 370,000 people in Preston and Chorley, and specialist care to 1.5m people across Lancashire and South Cumbria.

Our strategic objectives are
- To provide outstanding healthcare to our local communities
- To offer a range of high-quality specialist services to patients in Lancashire and South Cumbria
- To drive innovation through world class education, training and research

Our Values
- Caring and compassionate. We treat everyone with dignity and respect, doing everything we can to show we care.
- Recognising individuality. We respect, value and respond to every person’s individual needs.
- Seeking to involve. We will always involve you in making decisions about your care and treatment and are always open and honest.
- Team working. We work together as one team, and involve patients, families, and other services, to provide the best care possible.
- Taking personal responsibility. We each take personal responsibility to give the highest standards of care and deliver a service we can always be proud of.

We were established in 2005 and were the first trust in the country to be awarded ‘teaching hospitals’ status.

Provide good quality personalised care in accordance with agreed local and national standards.

**Take samples from patients for testing or dispatching eg**: Urine, sputum, faeces, MRSA swabs, blood sugars

Assist patients to meet nutritional needs in line with their individual care plan.

Undertake clinical duties relevant to clinical area following achievement of competencies.

Assist to maintain patient safety, conforming to health, safety and security legislation, policies, procedures and guidelines.

Assist in maintaining standards of care to improve the patient experience and outcome of care.

Promote equality in care and practice by recognising, respecting and meeting the needs and choices of individuals

Contribute to maintaining safe, clean, and productive care environment, compliant with standards for hygiene and cleanliness.

Maintain and develop own competence

Actively try to resolve issues and complaints at local level and then Report the outcome to line manager. Record keeping

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