We are looking for enthusiastic Healthcare Assistants to join our team. You will need to demonstrate evidence of a previous caring role with children or babies. To work as a skilled member of the ward nursing team, providing a high standard of holistic, family-centred care to children, young people, and families.
Responsibilities include:
1. Communicate effectively at all levels with the multi-disciplinary team.
2. Manage and maintain a child-focused environment where play occurs naturally.
3. Use theoretical knowledge and evidence-based practice to assess, plan, implement, and evaluate therapeutic play interventions.
4. Document care interventions and outcomes in patient notes.
5. Develop skills and knowledge and be responsible for own practice.
6. Promote an awareness of the emotional needs of children in hospital and the importance of play, within the multi-disciplinary team.
7. Prioritise your own workload; build good working relationships with the MDT, as well as children, young people, and their families; and rise to the challenge of working within a diverse and ever-changing environment.
The Royal Cornwall Hospitals NHS Trust (RCHT) is the main provider of acute and specialist care services in Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly. We serve a population of around 500,000 people - a figure that can increase significantly with visitors during the busiest times of the year. We employ approximately 6,700 staff and have a budget of approximately £580 million.
We are a teaching hospital in partnership with the University of Exeter Medical School, University of Plymouth School of Nursing and Midwifery, and Peninsula Dental School. The Knowledge Spa on the Royal Cornwall Hospital site is the base for medical and nursing as well as ongoing education for health professions in clinical and non-clinical roles.
Keeping at the forefront of medical advances, we are continually developing our clinical services as well as our facilities and are committed to maximising the range of specialist care that can be offered locally. Allied to this is a growing reputation for research and innovation.
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