Health Care Assistant - Surgical Ward 14A
Mersey and West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust
We're looking for a Health Care Assistant on a fixed term basis caring for Orthopaedic and Surgical patients both pre and post operatively.
Your main responsibilities will be:
* Providing day to day care to our patients.
* Ensuring their safety at all times.
* You will be responsible for delivering the care and documenting your actions.
Interview date: TBC
Main duties of the job
You will work as part of the multidisciplinary team delivering care to the patients.
Your duties will include maintaining standards on the ward.
Delivering a high quality of care by assisting with hygiene, nutrition and hydration as well as providing physiological support to the patients and carers.
The ward cares for elderly patients, many of whom are living with dementia; this can be challenging at times but very rewarding.
Job responsibilities
* Undertake personal care duties for patients within the care setting accessing supervision from registered healthcare practitioners. Personal care refers to delivery of personal hygiene and assisting with feeding, not requiring clinical skills.
* Record patients' personal care information in accordance with local and trust policies.
* Work with all members of the multi-disciplinary team to deliver the Trust's vision and values providing safe, high quality, compassionate, person-centred care.
* Demonstrate ward routine to new employees in own work area, where required.
Person Specification
Qualifications
* Basic literacy and numeracy skills
* Completion of Trust Care Certificate
* NVQ level 2 Health and Social Care or equivalent
* Care Certificate (equivalent to level 1)
Knowledge
* Knowledge of personal care and related procedures
* Experience of working in a team
* Experience of working in a patient care/health related role
Skills
* Ability to communicate effectively in both verbal and written formats
* Able to work within a team
* Basic IT skills
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Employer name
Mersey and West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust
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