Health Care Assistant - Day Surgery Unit | Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust

Day Surgery Unit has 20 trollies with 3 recovery chairs & various clinics via our procedure rooms. We are based over 3 separate areas on site at the Infirmary. We look after patients both preoperatively and post operatively and support them to go home on the same day where possible. All posts are rotational and you will be required to work days/ nights/ weekends and Bank Holidays. Health Care Assistant duties will be to support the registered nurse in all aspects of caring for patients on the unit.

• To support patients through their admission process and prepare them for their operation or procedures.
• Assisting patients with refreshments post operatively when appropriate and supervising them to get up from trolley to getting dressed, ready to go home.
• Supporting patients with mobility, including moving and handling and use of equipment.
• Maintaining positional changes and skin integrity.
• Helping with eating and drinking, completing fluid balance and food diaries, social activities, emotional and wellbeing support.
• Completing safety checks on equipment, cleaning equipment.
• General house keeping and maintaining a clean and safe ward environment.
• Completing relevant paperwork to a high standard.
• You will work as part of a Multi-Disciplinary Team including Nursing staff, Doctors, anaesthetists and the theatre teams. You will be required to follow care plans and keep records of evaluations/outcomes throughout your shift.
  
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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 to make a difference and we're always looking for people who demonstrate our three core values - care, appreciate and inspire - 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.