Health Care Support Worker - ICU

Job overview

We are actively looking for Health Care Assistants to come and work within Wye Valley NHS Trust in Herefordshire.

This is an exciting time to be working here. Wye Valley NHS Trust is the first of its kind in England as an Integrated Care Organisation that combines acute, community and adult social care.

The key principles of the organisation are to improve the health and well being of the people we serve in Herefordshire and the surrounding areas.

We are a clinical and practitioner-led organisation owned by our local community and staff.

There are plenty of opportunities to work in a variety of settings and opportunities to rotate through community and an acute hospital environment.

Proven acute ward experience is required.

We offer a critical care induction and critical care competency framework.

We work within a Multidisciplinary team promoting independence and patient centred care, implementing realistic individualised goals to allow proactive discharge planning.

Main duties of the job

• To assist the registered nurse in the delivery of direct and indirect patient care.
• To report any concerns to the registered nurse relating to standards of cleanliness, hazards and patient safety within the clinical area.
• To ensure the registered nurse is regularly updated on patients’ condition and progress.
• To ensure the equipment is clean and in good working order.
• To ensure the environment is clean and tidy.
• To participate with the induction of staff new to the clinical area.
• To minimize hazards in the working area and report any identifiable hazards to the line manager. To adhere to all safe systems of work applicable to the work area.
• To demonstrate effective communication, both orally and in writing, to ensure dissemination of information.
• To maintain confidentiality at all times.
• To promote awareness of child protection issues referring to area child protection policy and Trust policy. Attend child protection training in accordance with the policy.
• To promote awareness of adult protection issues referring to the Herefordshire Multi-Agency Policy and Procedures for The Protection of Vulnerable Adults from Abuse. Attend adult protection training sessions in accordance with the policies and procedures.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

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