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Job role: Health Care Assistant
Salary: £26,300 a year
Company name: NHS Jobs
Job Location: United Kingdom
Job Sector: Healthcare
Job reference: 050-ACS089-0226-B
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About the Job:
- Assist the registered nurse to deliver a high standard of holistic patient care, ensuring that the patients` dignity and equality is maintained at all times.
- Ensure the principles set out in the fundamentals of care are incorporated into daily practice to ensure high quality service for patients and clients.
- Assist the patients to maintain their own hygiene and personal appearance.
- To perform duties within the plan of care delegated by a qualified practitioner, only for which the post holder has the relevant training and assessment.
- Prepare ward/clinical area for receiving patients by ensuring area is generally clean and tidy assist in maintaining the standards in the clinical area and report any untidiness/clutter to the appropriate person.
- Assist in the admission of new patients on to the ward by preparing bed area, welcoming patient, directing to bed/other area, showing patient around the ward.
- Complete patient menu cards involving patients in the process, taking in to account any dietary instructions as identified by qualified nurse.
- Participate in protected mealtime for patients by ensuring patients receive their meals/beverages in a timely and safe manner, ensuring hands are washed and the environment is conducive to mealtimes e.g. preparing bed area.
- Participate in the serving of patients meals by cutting up food where required, opening packets, helping patients to sit up, Ensure patients nutritional status is maintained by assisting with feeding/providing beverages and maintaining nutritional chart (as directed). Report any poor dietary intake to the registered nurse in charge of patient care.
- Act as a chaperon for patients undergoing examinations or other procedures and accompany patients to x ray or other departments taking the appropriate documentation and relaying relevant messages under the direction of a registered nurse.
- Maintain privacy and dignity whilst assisting in the personal hygiene and toileting of patients who are unable to care for themselves.
- Perform patient observations; temperature. pulse and respirations following a period of appropriate training and assessment.
- Accurately document information relating to patient care as instructed by the nurse in charge.
- Observe and report changes in patients` conditions to the Registered Nurse.
- Provide psychological and physical support to patients/clients prior to, during and following clinical procedures or investigations.
- Assist in the moving and handling of patients ensuring that they are moved safely in line with organisational guidelines and policies.
- Help the registered nurse establish and maintain effective communications with the patient and carers/relatives.
- Recognise and respond appropriately to urgent and emergency situations.
- Communicate basic information to patients and their carers maintaining confidentiality, dignity and respect.
- Undertake last offices and provide support to family and/or friends.
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