Job Title: Health Care Assistant
Location: Ward T7 Trauma Orthopaedic Unit
Responsibilities:
1. Establish and maintain communication with patients, relatives, and carers, working in partnership with the multidisciplinary team to provide holistic patient care.
2. Contribute to own personal development.
3. Assist in maintaining own and others' health, safety, and security.
4. Contribute ideas for service improvement.
5. Ensure own actions help to maintain quality and patient safety.
6. Undertake routine assessment tasks related to individuals' health and well-being, making modifications within prescribed parameters and reporting back to Senior Staff on patients' progress.
7. Assist in delivering programmes of care to meet individuals' health and well-being, in partnership with the multidisciplinary team.
8. Ability to work flexibly and to meet the demands of the service.
Requirements:
Completion of an NVQ level 2, apprenticeship in Care, or equivalent training is essential for this role.
About Us:
As a large NHS trust, we are committed to enhancing the health of our local population by delivering consistently high standards of care and working closely with local authorities and key partners. We believe in our power and potential to make a difference and we're always looking for people who demonstrate our three core values - care, appreciate, and inspire - to join our team.
Benefits:
In return, we can offer you a job role with purpose and flexibility. The size and scale of the NCA means we can provide more challenge and opportunities so your career can always be moving in the right direction. By joining us, you can also access a competitive benefits package, including a fantastic annual leave allowance, flexible working opportunities, and protected hours for health and wellbeing activities, helping you to achieve more personal downtime and a better work-life balance.
Application Process:
This is a real opportunity for dedicated and caring people who really want to make a difference to patient experience. Should you wish to apply for this post, don't wait too long as we may have to close the vacancy early and we really wouldn't want you to miss out.
Unfortunately, this role does not meet the criteria required to qualify for sponsorship.
Diversity and Inclusion:
The Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust (NCA) serves a diverse population, and each Care Organisation works hard to ensure all services are accessible and fair. We respect the value of difference. So, our aim is to employ a workforce representative of the communities we serve. Regardless of age, disability, gender, marital status, trans status, pregnancy and maternity, race, sexual orientation, religion or belief, all are welcome.
We also warmly welcome interest from serving and ex-personnel, and their relatives. Please identify that you are a member of the armed forces community on your application form to be entitled to a guaranteed interview (subject to essential criteria being met). As a Disability Confident Employer, guaranteed interviews are also available to disabled applicants when essential role requirements have been met.
If you require any reasonable adjustments to the application process, please contact [email protected]
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