Healthcare Assistant - Ward 50 Care of the Elderly

1. Develop own skills and knowledge and contribute to development of other Health CareAssistants as required. 2. Assist in the orientation of new Health Care Assistants and others. 3. Participate in local training opportunities. 4. At the direction of the Registered Nurse participate fully in the delivery of planned nursing/therapy care. 5. Provide information to enable the effectiveness of care to be evaluated and records maintained. 6. Involve patients and carers/relatives in the delivery of care and provide reassurance support topatients and carers/family.

We are looking for kind, caring, and compassionate individuals to work with our existing team and help care for our elderly patients.

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:

• 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.