Nursing Assistant

5 months ago

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

Nursing Assistant opportunity within the Neuroscience Outpatients.

We are in the position to be able to offer you the exciting opportunity of working as a Nursing Assistant within the Neuroscience Ward.

You will be joining a friendly, supportive team, working within an exciting and challenging specialty, learning new skills and gaining experience in caring for patients.

If you are successful in being shortlisted for this role you will have a Values Based Interview (VBI) as part of the standard selection process along with a short technical interview. The aim of the VBI interview is to recruit people into the OUH who share our values and are therefore dedicated to Delivering Compassionate Excellence, the type of care you would like to receive for yourself or a member of your family.

The value based interview will focus on your approach to work rather than your technical abilities to do the job for which you have applied.
- As a member of the nursing team, you will assist registered members of staff to deliver a high standard of care to patients in the ward/clinical area demonstrating compassion, kindness and sensitivity.
- To work as part of the wider ward team in developing and maintaining services provided to patients and contribute to the safe, efficient, and smooth running of the ward/clinical area.
- To maintain the dignity and privacy of all patients and always respect their right to confidentiality.
- To complete and maintain on an ongoing basis a portfolio of clinical competencies. To review progress with ward manager and team leader/supervisor at regular intervals and through appraisal process.
- To share learning, skills, and knowledge within the ward and with patients and carers to ensure best practice is maintained.

If you are successful in being shortlisted for this role you will have a Values Based Interview (VBI) as part of the standard selection process along with a short technical interview. The aim of the VBI interview is to recruit people into the OUH who share our values and are therefore dedicated to Delivering Compassionate Excellence, the type of care you would like to receive for yourself or a member of your family.

The value based interview will focus on your approach to work rather than your technical abilities to do the job for which you have applied.

**Closing Date and Time**: 5th June 2022 11:59PM

The Trust comprises of four hospitals - the John Radcliffe Hospital, Churchill Hospital and Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre in Headington and the Horton General Hospital in Banbury.
- To establish and maintain good relationships with patients, relatives and colleagues through effective verbal and non-verbal communication, demonstrating empathy and ability to manage conflict or potentially challenging situations
- To help patients and visitors orientate themselves to their surroundings when admitted to the ward, tailored to their specific needs.
- To answer telephone calls appropriately and efficiently, accurately relaying messages and to attend to a patient in a professional and timely manner.
- To undertake a range of delegated and specific clinical skills for patients that demonstrates an enhanced level of competency /technical expertise.
- To perform, accurately record and report patient observations and escalate any concerns appropriately.
- To assist patients with their personal care needs. (This may involve maintaining hygiene needs for individuals such as helping patients to wash and dress themselves and assisting with toileting needs, maintaining privacy and dignity at all times).
- To assist patients to meet their dietary needs giving attention to special diets, supplements, enteral feeding regimes and cultural requirements. All food and fluid intake to be recorded accurately as necessary and a malnutrition universal screening tool (MUST) risk assessment to be carried out accurately and appropriately.
- To actively encourage all patients to share the responsibility for maintenance of their health and to promote healthy living.
- Assist the ward team to serve meals and drinks to patients as required.
- Assist patients to mobilise safely, using equipment and techniques as prescribed and recorded in plan of care.
- To participate in handover process to ensure continuity of care and accurately feedback to a registered practitioner, the care given to patients during the shift and of any changes in the patients condition.
- Complete therapy competencies after attending enhanced training on therapeutic care
- Promote a culture of ambulatory care by supporting patients to be as independent as possible, such as ensuring dressed in own clothes / washing and toileting in bathroom / encouraging mobility from admission.
- Support patient centred rehabilitation to facilitate timely, safe discharge, reflecting individual choice and maximising individuals independence.
- Assist in the provision of prescribed programmes of treatment eg rehab / therapy goals to patients and other duties unde

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