NHS Jobs
Job role: Senior Healthcare Support Worker
Salary: £27,106 to £28,850 a year
Company name: NHS Jobs
Job Location: United Kingdom
Job Sector: Healthcare
Job reference: 323-ACS3317-MH
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About the Job:
Our Healthcare Support Workers are at the heart of providing direct patient centred care, supporting the Registered Nurses and Nursing Associates as well as the wider Multi-Disciplinary Teams.
The role is varied, equally challenging and rewarding, where you will have the opportunity to really make a difference to the experience of our patients. The role includes:
- Providing direct patient care including meeting hygiene, continence, nutrition, pressure area care and mobility needs
- Taking and recording patients’ vital signs, identifying and escalating changes to a patient’s condition
- Providing one to one observation for patients who present a high risk of harm and vulnerable patients
- Undertaking training and competencies related to the role such as undertaking ECGs, venepuncture and cannulation, and other competencies related to the specific department
- Escorting patients to different departments such as x-ray and theatres
- Keeping the department and equipment clean, tidy, and restocking supplies
- Training and supporting new and junior team members
- Supporting the registered nursing team in providing high quality pre and post operative care
To apply for this job please visit beta.jobs.nhs.uk.
