Healthcare Assistant

2 months ago

Liverpool, United Kingdom Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Full time

Are you a kind and compassionate person dedicated to delivering a high standard of care to patients -if so then this might be the perfect opportunity for you?

The Ventilation Inpatient Centre LUFHT - Aintree site is looking for a highly motivated individual who strives to deliver high quality care to patients to join our nursing team as a Health Care Assistant.

We are looking for a kind, caring individual who has a good work ethic to help us deliver high quality care. The VIC is a ten bedded unit which delivers care to patients in acute respiratory failure it also has four beds for patients with additional airway needs such as tracheostomies who all require ventilation. Not only do our patients have a wide range of respiratory illnesses we also have patients with a range of neuro
- muscular diseases including MND, Guillain-Barre syndrome and Duchennes muscular dystophy. Patients on the VIC can often have a long stay therefore we need dedicated, motivated individuals to enhance the patients journey and deliver effective holistic care.

Healthcare Assistant - Ventilation Inpatient Centre

Permanent

34.5 hour per week

Successful applicants will work along side the registered Nursing team to provide high quality holistic care to patients on the unit. Ensuring that patients comfort is optimal and that they support patients to feel safe and well supported during their hospital stay.

The successful applicant will also use own knowledge base and skills learnt to enhance the patient journey, form effective nurse-patient relationships and become and integral part of the VIC team.

Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust was created on 1 October 2019 following the merger of two adult acute Trusts, Aintree University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust and the Royal Liverpool and Broadgreen University Hospitals NHS Trust.

The merger provides an opportunity to reconfigure services in a way that provides the best healthcare services to the city and improves the quality of care and health outcomes that patients experience.

The Trust runs Aintree University Hospital, Broadgreen Hospital, Liverpool University Dental Hospital and the Royal Liverpool University Hospital.

It serves a core population of around 630,000 people across Merseyside as well as providing a range of highly specialist services to a catchment area of more than two million people in the North West region and beyond.

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Job Summary
Under the supervision of a registered nurse assisting the Ward / Department team in providing the highest possible standard of care for patients and their families/carer.

The post holder will undertake a range of tasks and duties as delegated by a
registered nurse.

CLINICAL RESPONSIBILITIES

Participates in all aspects of patient care with particular attention to personalhygiene and grooming.

Provision of patients toileting needs, ensuring privacy and dignity is maintained.

Support of patients in managing incontinence and promotion of continence.

The recording of a patient’s fluid intake and output using fluid balance charts.

Preparation and serving of patient’s meals, drinks and snacks. Assisting / feeding patients as necessary.

The recording of patient’s dietary intake when indicated in the patient’s plan of care.

Enable patients to maintain/improve their mobility by use of exercise and mobility appliances.

Assist in the prevention of pressure sore development as directed by the Registered nurse in conjunction with the patient’s plan of care

Carry out any movement and handling within the safe practice guidelines from your mandatory training and in relation to the patient’s manual handling plan.

Obtaining specimens from patients for ward or laboratory testing.

Removal of cannulae, catheters and nasogastric tubes
- Undertake the dressing of non-complex wounds (in accordance with identified competencies and in conjunction with the plan of care)

Naso-gastric/PEG feeding once the tube has been passed and checked by a registered professional

Prepare and maintain environments for clinical treatments and investigations

Prepare patients for treatments, investigations or procedures including offering support, answering questions appropriate to own knowledge/experience and assisting in recovery

Collection of Blood products from laboratory as requested

Chaperoning and escorting patients to clinical departments within the hospital and to other hospitals for investigations.

Assist Registered Nurse in performing last offices.

General and clinical observations of patients, reporting anything untoward to Registered Nursing Staff, to include:
Recording of blood pressure, pulse, temperature and respiration
rate

Oxygen saturation monitoring

Recording of peak flow

Undertake blood glucose monitoring and venepuncture upon the direction of the registered nurse

Documentation in patients nursing records of any care given, ensu

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