Health Care Assistant

JOB DESCRIPTION Happy to talk about Flexible Working Job Title: Health Care Assistant Department: Hospice at Home (as part of the integrated community team) Hospice Band: Clinical Band 3 Reports to: Band 6 sister/ charge nurse Responsible for: DBS Required Enhanced Job Purpose To carry out and ensure the delivery of a high standard of direct patient care alongside team colleagues and with support from qualified staff. Main Duties and Responsibilities Key areas of work Assist the Registered Nurse in the assessment, planning, implementation and evaluation of nursing care. Carry out high standard of direct patient care alongside team colleagues Report verbally (including hand-over) to appropriate team members Document any care given in patient held notes and/or System One Contribute to multidisciplinary discussions. Be sensitive to the spiritual, psychological and social needs of the patients and their families.
To supervise and support all nursing assistants and to assist in the induction of all newly staff. Contribute to the learning environment e.g. teaching on the in-house training days and training new members of staff Undertaken training for clinical skills relevant to post and maintain up-to-date practice. To take emergency action as necessary to safeguard the patients and carers and report any concerns to the nurse in charge as soon as possible.
To maintain accurate documentation of care given and to report any changes in condition or circumstances of the patient to the relevant key worker and the nurse in charge on duty in a timely manner. To participate in audit activities. Be aware of and undertake infection control measures to minimise the risks of infection. To perform administrator duties is required.
Attend mandatory and in service training as identified and required. At all times to represent Birmingham St Marys Hospice in a professional and caring manner maintaining professional boundaries in relationships with patients and their families or carers. To be part of a rota to provide a 7 day service, 365 days per year including late shifts and weekend working. To work flexibly across all hospice services.
This may require working late shifts, weekends and night shifts. Clinical Accurately recording vital signs monitoring if appropriate for the patient Accurately performing urinalysis and recording the results and reporting on them to the registered nurse Taking and recording and reporting appropriately blood sugar levels using the relevant equipment Simple wound dressings Last offices Catheter Care/stoma care Reporting on patients condition Setting up oxygen equipment and administration as prescribed Use of nebulisers Administration of eye drops/ear drops/nose drops Oral Suction Monitoring of Syringe driver site Skin care/pressure area care assess pressure areas and skin integrity and report changes to nurse in charge Promotion of continence/management of incontinence Communication To convey messages and information to all team members, patients and their families as appropriate. Good communication skills, both oral and written. Excellent interpersonal skills.
Health and Safety All employees have a responsibility under the terms of the Health and Safety at Work Act1974 to protect and promote their own health and that of others in the workplace All employees must comply with all Hospice Health and Safety Procedures Infection Control The prevention and control of infection is the responsibility of everyone who is employed by the Hospice. Employees must be aware of infection control policies, procedures and the importance of protecting themselves and their clients in maintaining a clean and healthy environment. Information Governance All employees are responsible for ensuring they undertake any training relating to information governance, read the Hospices policies, procedures and guidance documents relating to information governance, and understanding how this affects them in their role. Professional Development All employees must participate in an annual appraisal and develop a personal development plan with their Line Manager All employees are responsible for maintaining their statutory and mandatory training.
Safeguarding Children, Young People and Vulnerable Adults The Hospice is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. All employees and volunteers are expected to behave in such a way that supports this commitment Pandemic or major incident In the event of a pandemic or major incident, the post holder may be asked to undertake other duties not necessarily commensurate to the banding of this role. This could include duties in any part of the Hospice. Prior to undertaking any duties, the member of staff will have full training and induction.
We will not ask any member of staff to undertake duties for which they are not competent or where they feel unsafe in their environment or could put patients or themselves at risk. The job descriptio