Healthcare Assistant - Outpatients
Countess of Chester Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, Chester
Healthcare Assistant - Outpatients
£23615
Countess of Chester Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, Chester
- Part time
- Permanent
- Onsite working
Posted 1 week ago, 25 Sep | Get your application in now before you miss out!
Closing date: Closing date not specified
job Ref: 10041d0b76d24bb5967f60fa4842fdd0
Full Job Description
- At the direction of the Registered Nurse participate fully in the delivery of planned nursing/therapycare.
- Provide information to enable the effectiveness of care to be evaluated and records maintained.
- Involve patients and carers/relatives in the delivery of care and provide reassurance support to patients and carers/family.
- Work collaboratively with others on the Unit to ensure that patient's needs are met.
- Recognise and respond appropriately to urgent and emergency situations.
- Provide escort and transfer for patients, with low dependency, as directed by Registered Nurse.
- Ensure the effective and efficient use of resources. We are looking for flexible & dynamic staff to join our teams. Please see Job Description and Person Specification attached for further details.
- The Countess of Chester Hospital: providing 438 general and acute beds
- Ellesmere Port Hospital: providing 56 beds as a rehabilitation, intermediate and outpatient facility
- Tarporley War Memorial Hospital: a base for community services which serve the local rural population. The Trust employs over 6258 staff (headcount) which includes temporary bank staff and provides acute emergency and elective services, primary care direct access services and obstetric services to a population of approximately 407,000. This includes 357,000 residents in Chester and West Cheshire which includes Ellesmere Port and Neston as well as the Deeside area of Flintshire which has a population of approximately 50,000. The Trust is a busy district general hospital and in 2022/2023, there were more than 503,342 patient attendances (inpatient, outpatient and diagnostic) ranging from a simple outpatient appointment to major cancer surgery. This is an increase of nearly 10,000 compared to the previous year when there were 494,387 patient attendances.
The Countess of Chester Hospital NHS Foundation Trust provides services to West Cheshire and to Welsh patients covered by Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board. The Trust works collaboratively within the wider Cheshire and Merseyside Health and Care Partnership. Its services are provided from three locations: