Healthcare Assistant - Trinity Ward **Internal Apps Only**

Job overview

**Internal Applicants Only**

We are recruiting!

Where: Trinity Ward, Ripon Community Hospital

Who: Care Support Worker

Ripon Community Hospital is a much loved local hospital and provides a friendly and welcoming atmosphere with a real sense of community amongst the staff. We aim to reflect the Trust’s values in everything we do, kindness, integrity, teamwork and equality (KITE).

Trinity ward is a 19-bedded ward caring for patients requiring rehabilitation and includes 2 palliative care beds. We are seeking a compassionate individual to provide excellent care in a busy and rewarding environment. The role will require flexibility in working a range of shifts over a 24 hour period.

If you are passionate about patient care and safety we look forward to hearing from you. Experience in a caring environment is preferred.

Main duties of the job

Following instructions, assisting with moving, turning and positioning the dependent patient, having knowledge of the correct use of moving and handling equipment.

Assisting with care given to pressure areas of patients and the appropriate use of pressure relieving devices.

Assisting the patient with their personal hygiene needs, ensuring privacy and dignity is maintained and promoting independence.

Assistance with feeding patients and preparing patients prior to meals, including assisting patients to order their meals from the menus. Assisting the patients to maintain adequate oral fluid intake and accurate record keeping.

Assisting patients to dress and undress.

Assisting with toileting and escorting patients to and from the toilet

Making beds, including stripping of bed linen

Assisting in the care of terminally ill patient and with the performance of the Last Offices

Assist in the collection of specimens following appropriate instruction.

Using relevant policies and procedures including infection control and the use of standard precautions when undertaking patient

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification. If you have any questions, please contact Tammara Millward on tammara.millward@nhs.net.

Applicant requirements

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.