Healthcare Support Worker | North Middlesex University Hospital NHS Trust

As a Health Care Support Worker you will be a vital member of our team supporting our registered nurses to deliver high standards of care consistently and with compassion, empathy, respect and dignity. We expect all our staff to be competent in their roles and therefore we commit to providing you with a high level of training to ensure you have the skills you need to achieve. Interested? Please submit an application before the closing date to receive an invite to the day. The interview will be held on 08-Jun-2024 , more details of time and location will be provided if you are successful at our shortlisting stage. Please note: This vacancy is open to those individuals who already hold NVQ Level 2 or 3 in Health & Social Care. You will be asked to provide evidence on the day of the interview. If you do not hold an NVQ in Health & Social Care you can apply to undertake an apprenticeship North Middlesex University Hospital NHS Trust is a medium sized District General Hospital based in Edmonton in Enfield, North London. We serve a diverse multicultural population largely from the London boroughs of Enfield and Haringey. Many of our patients live in wards that are within the 5% most deprived in the UK and a large proportion of our patients were born abroad. This makes it both a fascinating and a challenging hospital to work in.

• To work as directed and under the supervision of the registered nurse/midwife in charge of the ward/department.
• Undertake delegated individual care needs required for the comfort and well-being of the patients, following patients care plan or Intergrated Care Pathway, including personal hygiene, care of continence.
• Contribute to the movement and handling of patients to maximise their physical comfort.
• Assist patients to eat and drink, documenting all intake and output.
• To effectively communicate changes in the condition of the patient or any untoward incidents to appropriate member of the team.
• Involves patient in decision making process and gains patient consent before commencement of any care respecting the patient choice.
• To help promote and maintain the patients' individual rights and personal cultural beliefs.
• To acknowledge and support individual patients' dignity and specific needs at all times.
• Plan working day, taking account of responsibilities and prioritising workload in discussion with a qualified nurse.
• Ensure that every opportunity to promote health education is undertaken at all times.
• Documents all individual care given to patients and ensures that any variance is reported to Registered Nurse.
• Works at all times in accordance with Trust Health Care Support Worker Code of Conduct and ensures that clinical competence has been agreed and assessed.
• Ensure effective communication channels between patients, relatives, staff and other outside agencies as appropriate.
  
  Are you a team player who is caring, fair and open? Do you wish to be involved in providing direct care to patients? Then come and join us!