Health Care Assistant

Job overview

Are you looking for a new role?

We are thrilled that we are growing our team of Healthcare Assistants.

Within this role we expect you to work effectively as a member of the ward team and to establish and maintain relationships within the team. To support qualified staff in the management and delivery of clinical practice. To promote equality of care and non-discriminatory practice, acknowledging a patient’s personal beliefs and identity. To ensure that information is passed to the appropriate member of the team. To support patients and relatives in adjusting to the changed circumstances caused by illness and injury.

Looking to start your career in Healthcare, then this role could be for you.

Main duties of the job

Within your role your duties will be:

• Take accurate messages and answer the telephone in a courteous manner.
• Work co-operatively with other members of the multi-disciplinary team
• Ensure orientation of new patients to the ward environment
• Following and implementing care plans under the direction of a qualified nurse.
• Basic patient care - this could include feeding, washing, dressing, personal hygiene
• Undertake the care of patients who are dying
• Undertake patient moving and handling using a safe and correct procedure
• Obtaining, testing and recording specimens from the patient
• Responding appropriately to emergency situations

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

We look forward in receiving your application!

For further details regarding the role please refer to the job description.