Health Care Assistant-M.Seacole London, England
Job description
ASSESSMENT DAY & INTERVIEWS 17-APRIL 2023
THIS VACANCY IS FOR MARY SEACOLE WARD , QUEEN MARY'S HOSPITAL , ROEHAMPTON -ONLY
Working under the supervision of the qualified nursing staff, the HCA will participate and support the members of the multi-disciplinary team in delivering high quality patient care.
The postholder is expected to have a clear understanding of how this post contributes to the achievement of the trust vision of:
We expect all our staff to share the values that are important to the Trust, being Excellent, Kind, Responsible & Respectful, and behave in a way that reflect these.
To assist with nursing care as instructed by the nursing staff, including bathing, bed making, assisting with eating and drinking and helping with meals as necessary.
To assist with the administration of medication under the supervision of a qualified nurse and in line with Trust policy.
To assist with patient toileting/elimination. To care for the patient’s personal clothing, property and valuables in accordance with relevant Trust policies.
To assist with the moving and handling of patients and loads using the correct moving and handling aids and techniques in accordance with local guidelines and risk assessments. To ensure that patient privacy and dignity are respected at all times. To demonstrate an awareness of the importance of patient confidentiality and ensure a safe and secure environment at all times.
To perform patient observations e.g. temperature, pulse, blood pressure, respiration,
With nearly 9,000 dedicated staff caring for patients around the clock, they are the largest healthcare provider in southwest London.
Their main site, St George’s Hospital in Tooting – one of the country’s principal teaching hospitals – is shared with St George’s, University of London, which trains medical students and carries out advanced medical research. St George’s Hospital also hosts the St George’s, University of London and Kingston University Faculty of Health and Social Care Sciences, which is responsible for training a wide range of healthcare professionals from across the region.
As well as acute hospital services, they provide a wide variety of specialist care and a full range of community services to patients of all ages following integration with Community Services Wandsworth in 2010.
St George’s University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust serves a population of 1.3 million across southwest London. A large number of services, such as cardiothoracic medicine and surgery, neurosciences and renal transplantation, also cover significant populations from Surrey and Sussex, totalling around 3.5 million people.
The trust also provides care for patients from a larger catchment area in southeast England, for specialties such as complex pelvic trauma. Other services treat patients from all over the country, such as family HIV care and bone marrow transplantation for non-cancer diseases. The trust also provides a nationwide state-of-the-art endoscopy training centre.
Please see the attached supporting document which contains more and person specification information about the role.
