We are recruiting for a Healthcare Assistant for Wellow Ward who wishes to join #TeamIOWNHS. You should share our passion and drive to ensure that our patients receive quality and compassionate care!
Do you have excellent interpersonal skills? Are you flexible, approachable and a team player? If so, our team needs you! An exciting opportunity has become available for a Healthcare Assistant for a permanent contract.
Main duties of the job
Attached you will find the person specification document which provides more detail about the essential and desirable skills and experience needed for this role. We highly recommend you review this document and use it when completing your application as these criteria are used by hiring managers as guidance during shortlisting.
For an overview of the main duties of the role please see the 'Job Description and Main Responsibilities' section below. To understand the day-to-day responsibilities in more detail please read the full job description document attached.
We are passionate about providing excellent CARE, which is why our values are Compassion, Accountable, Respect and Everyone counts. Our mission is to make sure that our community is at the heart of everything we do and that we hold our values across all our services.
We are committed to endorsing inclusion, diversity and multiculturalism throughout our services and as such, our procedures and policies ensure that applicants are always treated fairly throughout the recruitment process.
Job responsibilities
1. Assist the patient in all activities of daily living, with both direct and indirect supervision as delegated by a registered nurse.
2. Maintain patient comfort, dignity and privacy at all times.
3. Prepare patients drinks, serve meals and provide assistance as required.
4. Assist in the emergency resuscitation of patients, following appropriate training.
5. Escort patients to other areas and departments as per Trust escort protocol.
6. Maintain high standards of care in an environment which promotes equality and sensitivity for all individuals.
Person Specification
Qualifications
* Key skills - literacy and numeric
Physical Skills
* Physically capable of performing the role and responsibilities expected of the post holder e.g. manual handling of patients
* Positive and enthusiastic attitude
* Ability to work as part of a multidisciplinary team
* Commitment to personal development
* Can prioritise workload and make judgements in relation to workload
Abilities
* Be willing to take part in training and development opportunities
* Ability to adapt to change within working situation
* Previous care experience desirable, but not essential
* Able to be flexible in relation to service demands
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.
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