Healthcare Assistant

2 weeks ago

Redditch, United Kingdom Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust Full time

Job summary

Do you believe you can provide high standards of care, with compassion, empathy, respect and dignity?

We will provide you with the skills and training to provide this to our patients

You could be new to care or an experienced care worker are keen to talk to you about opportunities here as HCA on inpatient wards supporting our registered nursing staff.

We provide care 7 days a week, 24 hours a day, so you will need to have the flexibility to work days, weekend and night shifts.

We have opportunities across our Medical and Surgical areas at Alexandra Hospital, Redditch such as:

Surgical Division includes sub-specialties of Trauma, Orthopaedics, Emergency and Elective Surgery, Urology.

Medical Division includes sub-specialties such as Emergency Care, Gastroenterology, Cardiology, Elderly Care and Respiratory Medicine.

*** Please note we do not offer Certificates of Sponsorships for this role ***

Main duties of the job

Your role as a Health Care Assistant (HCA) is to work alongside registered nurse as part of the ward or department team to provide care to patients.

The types of duties include: washing and dressing patients, serving patients meals, assisting with feeding patients when necessary, helping people to mobilise, assisting patients with toileting, bed-making, generally assisting with patients' overall comfort, monitoring patients' conditions by taking temperatures, pulse, respirations and weight.

Acting with compassion you will put patients at the centre of all you do.

You will communicate effectively with patients and their carers.

This role will require you to work variable hours on a rota including nights and weekends.

You will show courage by embracing new ways of working and doing the right thing by the people you care for, including speaking up when you have concerns.

About us

Our purpose is simple - Putting Patients First. We are looking for exceptional colleagues who can help us achieve this.

Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust is a large acute and specialised hospital trust that provides a range of local acute services to the residents of Worcestershire and more specialised services to a larger population in Herefordshire and beyond.

The Trust operates hospital-based services from three sites in Kidderminster, Redditch and Worcester

Our workforce is nearly 6,800 strong, and our caring staff are recognised as providing good and outstanding patient-centred care. You could be one of them.

We are committed to recruiting the best people to work with us to achieve our Vision - working in partnership to provide the best healthcare for our communities, leading and supporting our teams to move 4ward. Our 4ward behaviours, which we ask all staff to demonstrate, underpin our everyday work and remain firmly at the heart of all we do.

Our objectives are simple:

Best services for local people Best experience of care and best outcomes for our patients Best use of resources Best people

Better never stops, and our Clinical Services Strategy provides a clear future vision for our Trust, our hospitals, our services and our role in the wider health and care system.

Job description

Job responsibilities

You will assistwith washing and dressing patients, using hoists as appropriate.

You will assistwith serving meals and feeding patients, including reporting on their intakeand recording on charts as appropriate.

You will assistwith toileting, escorting patients to and from the lavatory and recording outputswhere necessary.

You will assistwith monitoring patients' conditions by taking temperatures, pulse,respirations and weight

You will assist with patients’mobilisation, ensuring safe environment and using appropriate techniques.

You will make beds and help toensure the ward/department is kept clean, tidy and safe.

You will communicate withpatients and their relatives with care and compassion.

You will help to ensure thatpatients are kept comfortable and receive personalised care.

You will be involved in patient bookingin / admission, introducing patients to ward / department area as directed byregistered nurse.

You will assist with the recording and safe keeping ofpatients’ property and valuables.

You will assist the multi professional team to prepare andsupport patients undergoing treatment and / or investigation maintainingprivacy and dignity at all times.

You will safeguard vulnerableadults.

You will report to the nurse in chargeof the ward / department matters of concern relating to patients and the ward /department environment.

You will undertake duties outside your working area ( deliveryand collection) to assist in maintaining good communication.

You will ensure the privacy and dignity of patients is metat all times.

You will beadaptable and flexible to working in various areas of the department or ward asrequired.

Person Specification

Experience

Essential

Explain what inspires you to care

Qualifications

Essential

Basic standard of education including Maths and English

Desirable

Healthcare Apprenticeship or equivalent

Right to Work in UK

Essential

As detailed in the advert - we can only progress applications if you already have the right to work in the UK as we do not provide sponsorship for these roles. Please just confirm you have understood this.

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