Health Care Assistant - Healthy Weight Programme
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Job Summary
The Senior HCA / Senior Healthcare Support Worker (HCSW) is part of the multidisciplinary team delivering care to patients. Support and supervision is provided by a Registered Professional.
The Senior HCA / Senior Healthcare Support Worker carries out a range of patient care tasks and duties to enable the team to provide an effective and efficient service within Acute hospital settings.
Main duties of the job
* Demonstrates care and compassion to patients, carers and relatives to help ensure high-quality person-centred patient care is delivered at all times.
* To carry out a range of assigned patient care tasks as directed by a Registered Professional to ensure delivery of a high quality of patient care.
* To report observed changes in the patients' physical/psychological needs to the Registered Professional.
* Performs a range of tests and report results to Registered Professional, e.g. urinalysis, blood pressure, pregnancy testing, patient observations and similar activities.
* Performs a range of patient care tasks e.g. wound observation and dressings, removal of peripheral cannula, stoma bag changing and reports any issues to the Registered Professional.
* To deal with questions and enquiries from patients, carers and relatives e.g. on the clients' condition or for any suggestions or complaints that they wish to raise. Where appropriate, refer these to a Registered Professional.
About Us
Our people are our greatest asset. When we feel supported and happy at work, this positivity reaches those very people we are here for, the patients. Engaged employees perform at their best and our Equality, Diversity & Inclusion (EDI) initiatives contribute to cultivate a culture of engagement.
Job Description
Job responsibilities
Key Result Areas & Performance Assists with the safe transfer of all patients. Communicates/liaises with members of the multi-disciplinary team to ensure high standards of patient care.
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Person Specification
Qualifications Essential
* Vocational qualification at level III qualification or equivalent relevant experience (gained by on the job learning) and short courses.
* Care Certificate attainment.
* Effective written and verbal communication, literacy, numeracy, and IT skills to a minimum of Level 1 Maths and English.
* Basic IT Skills.
Experience Essential
* Experience of dealing with the general public.
* Experience of working in a health or social care environment.
Employer details
Employer name
Lewisham and Greenwich NHS Trust
Address
Waldron Health Centre, Amersham Vale, London, SE14 6LD
Employer's website
Lewisham and Greenwich NHS Trust
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