NHS Jobs
Job role: Healthcare Assistant
Salary: £25,760 to £27,476 a year
Company name: NHS Jobs
Job Location: United Kingdom
Job Sector: Healthcare
Job reference: 265-8200240-FAM
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About the Job:
- Welcome and orientate patients, carers, relatives, and other visitors to the ward/department, demonstrating care and compassion at all times.
- Report any observed changes or concerns in the patient’s physical or psychological needs to the registered practitioner.
- Provide support to the registered practitioner and, where appropriate, other members of the ward/department clinical team as required.
- Initiate and participate with emergencies, i.e., cardiac arrest, patient falls, and patients with a rapidly deteriorating condition.
- Undertake transfer/escort of patients from one area to another within their scope of practice and after appropriate delegation from the registered practitioner.
- If required, log patients’ personal property/valuables on admission.
- Perform area-specific clinical duties to enhance the delivery of patient care, which may include:
- Maintaining personal hygiene, grooming, and dressing needs with specific concern for their religious, cultural, and personal preferences, ensuring privacy and dignity at all times.
- Assisting patients in gaining access to appropriate toilet facilities and measuring and recording body waste accurately.
- Assisting or undertaking mouth care, including brushing of teeth/care of dentures
- Assisting patients with their mobility needs, helping them move and position appropriately to maximize comfort, using equipment when trained to use it and as directed by a registered practitioner.
To apply for this job please visit beta.jobs.nhs.uk.
