Under the supervision of a registered nurse, assisting the Ward / Department team in providing the highest possible standard of care for patients and their families/carers. The post holder will undertake a range of tasks and duties as delegated by a registered nurse.
Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust comprises Aintree University Hospital, Broadgreen Hospital & Royal Liverpool University Hospital. We are part of NHS University Hospitals of Liverpool Group, formed on 1 Nov 2024 from the coming together of LUHFT and Liverpool Women's NHS Foundation Trust. The Group was born from a shared aim to improve the care we provide our patients.
Key Responsibilities:
* Participates in all aspects of patient care with particular attention to personal hygiene and grooming.
* Provision of patients' toileting needs, ensuring privacy and dignity is maintained.
* Support of patients in managing incontinence and promotion of continence.
* The recording of a patient's fluid intake and output using fluid balance charts.
* Preparation and serving of patient's meals, drinks and snacks.
* Assisting / feeding patients as necessary.
* The recording of patient's dietary intake when indicated in the patient's plan of care.
* Enable patients to maintain/improve their mobility by use of exercise and mobility appliances.
* Assist in the prevention of pressure sore development as directed by the Registered nurse in conjunction with the patient's plan of care.
* Carry out any movement and handling within the safe practice guidelines from your mandatory training and in relation to the patient's manual handling plan.
* Obtaining specimens from patients for ward or laboratory testing.
* Removal of cannula and catheters.
* Undertake the dressing of non-complex wounds (in accordance with identified competencies and in conjunction with the plan of care).
* Naso-gastric/PEG feeding once the tube has been passed and checked by a registered professional.
* Prepare and maintain environments for clinical treatments and investigations.
UHLG is one of the largest employers in the region, with over 16,800 colleagues dedicated to caring for our communities - from birth and beyond. For the 630,000 people across Merseyside, we are their local NHS. We provide general and emergency hospital care, alongside highly specialised regional services for more than two million people in the North West.
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