We have the opportunity for individuals who are caring and compassionate and enjoy being part of an established hard-working team to join us on Ward 36 in a Health Care Assistant role to implement a high standard of care and ensure patient safety is paramount.
Previous care experience is essential, and completion of care certificate is desirable.
Responsibilities include:
1. Assist Registered Nurses and other members of the multidisciplinary team in implementing patients’ care plan.
2. Undertake clerical and domestic duties to ensure a safe environment.
3. Provide personal care to patients e.g. bathing, toileting, feeding, and care of the dying.
4. Work in accordance with Trust policies and procedures.
5. Demonstrate own duties to new starters and others as appropriate.
6. Observe patients and report any changes to a Registered Nurse.
7. Perform basic observation processes using automated devices for temperature, blood pressure, pulse, oxygen saturation, and respiratory rate.
8. Take basic patient measurements e.g. height and weight.
Our organisation is driven by our strategic objectives and organisational values and we look for people who are strongly aligned with them.
There is an on-site car park and access to cycle to work schemes. There is access to onsite shops and a subsidised staff restaurant. Annual Leave starts at 27 days a year plus bank holidays.
All new colleagues can expect to receive a warm and friendly Wirral welcome from the very first time they make contact with us. We are described as “competent and caring staff” by our patients.
Wirral University Teaching Hospital NHS Foundation Trust is situated on The Wirral peninsula which has a stunning coastline and beautiful countryside surroundings, with great activities for its residents.
We are one of the largest and busiest acute Trusts in the North West of England, comprising of the Wirral’s only Emergency Department. We provide a high quality range of acute care services and employ over 6,000 staff, who serve a population of approximately 400,000 people across Wirral, Ellesmere Port, Neston, North Wales and the wider North West footprint.
We have approximately 855 beds trust-wide and our financial turnover is in excess of £337m.
The Wirral is easily accessible with excellent transport links including motorway, train, bus or ferry and within easy reach to the major cities of Liverpool, Chester and Manchester as well as neighbouring North Wales.
For further details / informal visits contact:
Name: Stacey Lennon
Job title: Ward Sister
Email address: stacey.lennon@nhs.net
Telephone number: 0151 604 7031
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