Houskeeper Coronary Care Unit

2 weeks ago


Blackburn, United Kingdom East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust Full time

The post directly involves a wide range of duties including maintaining the ward environment, ensuring a high standard of ward cleanliness, stock control and nutritional related duties.

Maintain privacy and dignity for all patients at all times.

Be responsible for maintaining high standards of nutritional intake to the individual need of the patient.

Maintain the ward environment, ensuring high standards of cleanliness.

Ensure all fixtures and fittings are in order.

Organise and participate with the feeding of patients, where appropriate.

Collection of individual patient’s meals as required.

Actively monitor all recording and reporting of diet and fluid intake and output of the patients.

Liaise with dieticians and catering department to ensure quality choice to the individual patients.

Assist patients when ordering from the menus and wherever possible arranging alternative to suit individual needs

The management of all patient menu cards.

Ordering and monitoring ward food supplies and making adjustments to requisitions as appropriate.

Awareness of patients with swallowing difficulties and implement the planned care that trained staff have completed after assessment.

Collection and distribution of water jugs.

Distributing of hot beverages at times designated by ward area

At East Lancashire Hospitals Trust, our vision is to be widely recognised for providing safe, personal and effective care. We currently provide high quality services and treat over 600,000 people across East Lancashire and the surrounding area. We employ over 7,000 staff, many of whom are internationally renowned and have won awards for their work.

TheCoronary Care Unit (CCU)is a 10-bedded high tech area who’s patient group is largely patients with acute cardiac problems. The patients are usually monitored by cardiac monitors and other support devices. The Nurse to patient ratio is at the recommended higher level to enable the staff to be more hands on with the patients; deal effectively with emergencies, and invest time in communication & education with patients.

It provides a 24hr service 7 days a week to the patients of East Lancashire.
- Organise and participate with the feeding of patients, where appropriate.
- Collection of individual patient’s meals as required.
- Actively monitor all recording and reporting of diet and fluid intake and output of the patients.
- Liaise with dieticians and catering department to ensure quality choice to the individual patients.
- Assist patients when ordering from the menus and wherever possible arranging alternative to suit individual needs
- The management of all patient menu cards.
- Ordering and monitoring ward food supplies and making adjustments to requisitions as appropriate.
- Awareness of patients with swallowing difficulties and implement the planned care that trained staff have completed after assessment.
- Collection and distribution of water jugs.
- Distributing of hot beverages at times designated by ward area
- Record accurately all patient interventions.
- Liaise effectively with all professionals, including Occupational Therapist, Speech Therapists, Dieticians, Nurses, Catering Staff, Hotel Services Staff, etc.
- Respect and maintain confidentiality.
- Assist in creating and maintaining a positive working relationship with the ward nursing team
- All involvement with patients, relatives or carers should be communicated to Senior nurse in charge
- Ensure patients are given information about the ward and orientation to their surroundings.
- Contacting of patient’s home to deliver property if needed, e.g. dentures, spectacles.
- Ensuring that the ward is of a high standard of cleanliness in all areas and giving assistance when appropriate.
- Participate in ward audit to measure that standard are achieved.
- Cleaning of kitchen areas including appliances.
- Reporting any faults with fixtures and fittings and actively monitoring repairs and maintenance.
- Awareness of and implementing Infection Control policies.
- Preparation of bed areas for patient admissions or discharges.
- Participate in the auditing of mattresses and report any concerns.
- Ensure ward linen is adequately stocked.
- General tidiness of all ward areas.
- Ordering of ward provisions via telephone, computer, and fax, ensuring that all stocks delivered to the ward are appropriately stored.

Conduct duties with regard to values underpinning the Trust’s Vision:

- Put patients first
- Respect the individual
- Act with integrity
- Serve the community
- Promote positive change



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