DME Ward 21 are looking for a Health Care Assistant to join our friendly team and help assist the Registered Nurses and other members of the multidisciplinary team in implementing the patients care plan.
Key Responsibilities:
* Provides personal care to patients e.g. Bathing, toileting, feeding and care of the dying.
* Works in accordance to Trust policies and procedures.
* Demonstrates own duties to new starters and others as appropriate.
* Observes patients and reports any changes to a Registered Nurse.
* Performs basic observation processes using automated devices for temperature, blood pressure, pulse, oxygen saturation, and respiratory rate.
* Takes basic patient measurements e.g. height and weight.
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.
Contact Information:
For further details / informal visits contact:
Name: Sijee Sabumathew
Job title: Ward Manager
Email address: sijee.sabumathew@nhs.net
Telephone number: 0151 678 5111
Sijee Sabumathew (Ward Sister) or Danielle Ormond (Deputy Sister) on 0151 6047015 or ext. 2286.
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