Health Care Assistant - David Marsden Ward

Job overview

We are looking for Band 2 Healthcare Assistants  to join the David Marsden Ward at the Kings College Hospital, Denmark Hill site.

No experience? No problem. You don’t need any healthcare experience to join us at King’s as a Health Care Assistant (HCA). It is more important to us that you are a kind, respectful team player with a passion to want to help and support our patients, their families and colleagues. We will teach you everything you need to know.

As a HCA, you will be a hugely valuable in supporting our Nursing and Midwifery teams providing care to our patients. Every day will be different and you will work alongside the rest of the team carrying out a wide range of tasks and assisting with care to support the needs of the patients and their families.

Note: Advert will close early if we receive enough applications.

Main duties of the job

Day to day, you’ll work under the supervision of our registered staff to help:

• Wash and dress patients
• Monitor and record clinical observations including GCS
• Support patients to eat and drink
• Help patients move around
• Make beds and maintain a clean, safe clinical area
• Talk to patients and their families
• Perform specialised skills such as telemetry monitoring and pre/post operative care
• Manage stock levels for linen and other supplies

With our comprehensive training and dedicated HCA education team, the HCA role can also lead to a variety of career opportunities. With the right support, those who want to can undertake the necessary training to become our future nursing associates, nurses, and midwives. Career opportunities to develop and progress within neurosurgery: telemetry training, stroke care, high dependency care and other specialised care in Neuro.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

• To assist under supervision in the delivery of nursing care in liaison with the multidisciplinary team.
• To assist with clinical duties to ensure the effective running of the ward/department.
• To maintain own personal development with support from ward/departmental manager.

Person specification

Qualifications and skills

• Functional Skills Level 1 in Numeracy and Literacy - GCSEs Maths and English Grades A-E or 9-2. Or equivalent.
• NVQ level 2 or equivalent or willing to work towards diploma level 2 in Health Care.