Senior Health Care Assistant

3 months ago


Brighton, United Kingdom 279 University Hospitals Sussex NHS Foundation Trust Full time

This is an opportunity to work in a brand-new building; The Louisa Martindale Building is opening soon.

We are excited to be moving into level A8 Which is a 27 bedded Dementia Ward. With its spacious bays, side rooms, amazing views of the sea and the Downs, allowing the best environment to care for our elderly patients. We specialise in delivering care to the elderly group of patients with cognitive impairment, living with a diagnosis of Dementia or who may have Delirium/Acute confusion.

Are you a Health Care Assistant with drive and enthusiasm working in Dementia care ? Do you enjoy seeing the positive results of your work with patients? Your role within the department will vary from day to day. From assisting the nursing team, supporting patients and their relatives and managing the stock of the expanding wards.
- End of life care and care after death
- All care activities are guided by protocol-driven patient assessments.
- Provide 1-1 direct patient supervision and support to patients.
- Patient teaching, explaining procedures and treatments.
- Act as patient chaperone during clinical examinations.
- Safely handle and dispose of healthcare wastes and by-products using the correct/designated waste routes.
- Prepare and make patient trolleys/beds; handle, collect, remove and/or dispose of clean and used linen and bed coverings.
- Carry out routine checks on non-complex equipment.
- Assisting with set-up of clinical environments and equipment in preparation for healthcare activities.
- Undertake light cleaning duties such as clean, disinfect and remove spillages (e.g. blood and other body fluids); risk assess different kinds of spillages within written protocols and respond accordingly.
- Providing mentorship and support to junior members of the team.

For further information, please see the Job Description and Person Specification.

Join us at UHSussex, every day is different, you can be the change, better never stops

At UHSussex we’re proud to be at the heart of the NHS. As one of the UK’s largest acute Trusts, we’re a leading example of the excellence, the ambition and the values that have embodied the NHS for over 70 years.

**Improving lives**: We are a vibrant and inclusive organisation, with hardworking, talented and dedicated individuals, who work together towards a common goal, to always put our Patient First. Our mission is summed up by our ‘where better never stops’ motto and no matter the role at UHSussex, you will play a part in driving us forwards and in improving the lives of patients across Sussex. We treat our patients and staff with the same compassion and empathy we expect for ourselves. We’re here for them when they need us, and we go above and beyond to meet their needs. This can be seen in our well being programme for staff which is extensive and designed to support you when you need it because we know that to look after others we must first look after ourselves.
- To actively and safely participate as a member of the nursing team and contribute towards the smooth and efficient running of the ward.
- To ensure the ward delivers an exemplary service and experience to patients and members of the public.
- Actively participate as a member of the multi-disciplinary team, including the supervision of newly qualified and junior members of staff.
- Conduct a range of patient care activities and ancillary duties as delegated/directed by a registered healthcare practitioner (following training and assessment of competence as required) and report back on progress/variances.
- Provide concise, legible, and accurate data and records of own work, handwritten and input to computer systems, eg. Electronic Patient Record.

For further information, please see the Job Description and Person Specification.


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