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Hospital Healthcare Assistants Needed In Cambridge/Peterborough, Cambridge
Client: Sirona Medical Limited
Location: Cambridge, United Kingdom
EU work permit required: Yes
Job Reference: 3b13f2e6de6d
Job Views: 80
Posted: 22.02.2025
Job Description:
Job Role:
This particular role is based within acute hospitals in Cambridge/Peterborough on several different wards. The Healthcare Assistant will be expected to help and assist the Nurses with day-to-day routines including personal care and feeding. The Healthcare Assistants must have at least 6 months experience in completing observations that are essential such as blood pressures, temperatures, and ECGs.
Healthcare Assistants help with the day-to-day care of patients, either in homes, hospitals, or in patients’ own homes. They are a vital member of the team in hospitals and people’s homes and clinics.
If you would like to care for people and make a positive difference to their lives, this could be the ideal job for you. Employers will be keen to see that you have a friendly and caring attitude, and understand and respect people who need healthcare support. Previous experience and/or qualifications in care are essential to apply for this role.
As a Healthcare Assistant, you would work under the supervision of Nursing staff along with other Healthcare Assistants. Your duties could include:
1. Helping patients to wash, shower, or dress
2. Serving food or helping people eat
3. Making and changing beds
4. Turning patients who are confined to bed to avoid pressure sores
5. Talking to patients to help them feel less anxious
6. Helping patients to move around if they find it difficult
7. Giving out and collecting bedpans, and helping patients to the toilet
8. Making sure the ward or patient’s homes are tidy
9. Keeping supplies and equipment in order
10. Taking and recording observations such as temperature, pulse, and breathing
Your day-to-day work may include using mobility aids and equipment to help lift and move patients. In hospitals, you may also escort patients between departments. With experience, you may be involved in induction training for new healthcare assistants.
Sirona Medical is a Healthcare Recruitment Agency supplying staff across many sectors within the UK. We have an excellent reputation for providing reliable Healthcare Professionals to both the NHS and private sector. Our thorough recruitment process ensures that we only provide the very best talent to our clients.
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