Healthcare Support Worker Simpson Ward

Job overview

Do you have an interest in improving the care of patients with dementia? Are you looking for a new challenge and helping establish a new role in the clinical area?

If so, we would like to hear from you!

As a full time Healthcare Support Worker on Simpson Ward you will work as part of the MDT ensuring the delivery of excellent clinical care within the HOP/stroke unit environments, taking a lead role in the assessment and care of patients demonstrating challenging behaviours.

Working 37.5 hours per week you will take a lead role in ensuring the completion of ‘This is Me’ documents and appropriate risk assessments, to gain vital collateral information regarding this group of patients. Elsewhere, you will  in conjunction with the Safeguarding and MH Leads within the ISU, form part of an education team, delivering staff educational programmes to improve knowledge and skills across the HOP/Stroke clinical areas.

Main duties of the job

• The Healthcare Support Worker will work within the sphere of the nursing team to provide a high quality of nursing care across the full spectrum of nursing, in particular those patients displaying challenging behaviours. Working under the leadership of the Registered Nurse.
• The post holder will work as part of the team, delivering health and social care that focuses on the holistic needs of the service users.
• They will carry out specific clinical tasks and responsibilities as delegated by registered practitioners.
• The post holder will be part of an MDT, working with and supporting all members of that team both within and external to the directorate.
• Supervision and teaching of junior staff will be part of the role.
• Key objectives and responsibilities will be identified and agreed at interview and yearly appraisal.
• These additional responsibilities may change on an annual basis and work towards increasing the clinical competencies of the individual.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

• Interview patients and carers as part of the assessment process
• Ensure completion of specific documentation – ‘This is Me’ and Risk Assessments
• Manual handling of patients and loads and use of mechanical aids
• Undertake and record clinical observation, routine tests, and outcome measures
• Concentration on documenting care and observations, multitasking and occasional interruptions

Full vacancy details can be found on the attached Job Description/Person Specification.

Please refer to your suitability to the post in your supporting information from the role requirements or person specification.

Unfortunately, this post is not eligible for sponsorship.