Care Assistant (Band 2) - Nursing - Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust
In the past or recently you have shown an interest in positions within our Trust as a Healthcare support worker?
We are proud to offer a range of vacancies across any of our acute care directorates in Frimley Park Hospital.
This vacancy is linked to a Level 2 Apprenticeship. This will support you to gain relevant knowledge, skills and experience that will help you achieve your potential in this role. Working alongside the Trust’s experienced staff you will be supported to gain the apprenticeship qualification and functional skills in maths and English if required. This is a great opportunity to gain a nationally recognised qualification while you are working and earning, which will support you in both this role and in your future career at Frimley Health.
You will not be required to undertake an apprenticeship if you have previously completed a relevant apprenticeship, NVQ or similar qualification.
You will be primarily assisting the nursing team with care of the patients and will facilitate the smooth running of the department. You need to be driven and prepared to deliver high quality care and attention to detail. In this role you can look forward to a career full of development opportunities and the support from an excellent team of healthcare professionals.
You will also have access to a full program of training and development as well as a range of employee benefits.
When joining Frimley Health, we can offer you a supportive working environment as well as training and development to meet your needs. If you have an interest in providing exceptional patient care as well as developing your clinical knowledge and skills then please apply via this vacancy.
Key Responsibilities:
* To undertake agreed clinical activities including collection of urine and faecal samples, swabs, recording of fluid intake/output, changing of stomas and urine drainage bags, catheter care, recording of pulse/temperature/blood pressure/saturations and MET scoring, and to advise the team nurse of any changes in a patient’s condition.
* To assist patients to eat and drink as required, assisting in menu selection and being aware of special diets and cultural requirements.
* To enable and assist patients to maintain their personal hygiene.
* To contribute to the safe movement of patients, using equipment to mobilise and move patients, after mobility assessment, to ensure patient comfort.
* To answer the ward telephone as required.
* To assist with discharge procedures.
* To tidy rooms and bed areas, and to clean and strip beds and remake after patient discharge, dealing with disposal of soiled linen as per policy.
* To ensure ward equipment is suitably maintained and cleaned frequently.
Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust provides NHS hospital services for around 900,000 people across Berkshire, Hampshire, Surrey and south Buckinghamshire. Our three core values guide everything we do: Committed to Excellence, Working Together and Facing the Future.
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