Health Care Assistant - Clinical Assessment Unit
Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust, Stoneyfield, Rochdale
Health Care Assistant - Clinical Assessment Unit
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Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust, Stoneyfield, Rochdale
- Part time
- Permanent
- Onsite working
Posted 1 week ago, 13 Nov | Get your application in now before you're too late!
Closing date: Closing date not specified
job Ref: 652515df3f61464e825723accd52386c
Full Job Description
Due to the movement of services, the trust will ensure that all staff receive the appropriate additional training required and will receive specialist support from the urology nurses and clinicians. You will support the nursing staff and provide excellent patient care whilst maintaining the trust values at every opportunity. Some of your duties will include
- Supporting patients with their activities of daily living
- Assist and support with personal hygiene needs whilst promoting independence
- Support preparing and escorting patients to theatre
- Timely clinical interventions: venepuncture, cannulation, ECG, collecting blood products, gathering equipment for nursing interventions, physiological observations
- Prepare and transfer patients to discharge lounge/destinations
- Prepare clinical area for new patients and support admissions
- Support bed moves within the clinical area, including using Patient Centre and other relevant clinical programmes
- Educate new staff on ward processes
- Actively support mandatory training; undertaking train the trainer
- Support the ward with maintaining patient safety, including meal times and enhanced observation at times
- Support individualised patient care; reviewing quality
We are seeking a highly motivated Health Care Assistants with enthusiasm to develop knowledge and experience of patients within our team.
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. We believe in our power and potential tomake a differenceand we're always looking for people who demonstrate our three core values -care,appreciateandinspire- to join our team. 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.