Health Care Assistant - Haematology Unit
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Job Summary
This is an exciting opportunity to join our Haematology Unit as a Health Care Assistant. As a Health Care Assistant, you will assist the health care practitioner to carry out routine health-related activities and complete personal care and activities of daily living ensuring patient-led focused care. You will record patient information and provide clinical support as required to help ensure the efficient and effective running of the work area, including delegated tasks such as recording physiological observations, recording blood glucose, undertaking ECG, and venepuncture. You will provide a positive enthusiastic attitude, delivering high-quality care with excellent interpersonal skills.
Main Duties of the Job
* To assist the team in preparing the Unit environment for patient care delivery.
* To complete delegated tasks such as undertaking and recording vital signs, ECG, venepuncture, cannulation, blood glucose levels, collect blood products, swabs etc.
* To ensure own actions help to maintain quality and infection control standards.
* Establish and maintain communication with patients, relatives, and the multidisciplinary team to provide information to others to help their development.
* Develop own skills and knowledge and provide information to others to help their development.
* Monitor and maintain health, safety, and security of self and others in own work area.
* Assist in maintaining and developing services.
* Assist in planning, delivering, and evaluating programmes to meet people's health and wellbeing needs.
* Assist in the use of technology for measurement, monitoring, and treatment.
* Ability to work flexibly and unsociable hours to meet the demands of the service.
About Us
The Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust (NCA) provides hospital and integrated health and social care services to over one million people living across Greater Manchester. Our 20,000 colleagues care for people in hospital and in the community, working across Bury, Rochdale, Oldham, and Salford, to save and improve lives. 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.
Job Details
Date posted: 24 March 2025
Pay scheme: Agenda for change
Band: Band 3
Salary: £24,071 to £25,674 a year per annum/pro rata
Contract: Permanent
Working pattern: Full-time, Part-time
Reference number: 236-SCO-CS054-25-A
Job location: Salford Royal Hospital, Stott Lane, Salford, M6 8HD
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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