Healthcare Assistant Newport, Newport, Wales
Job description
We are recruiting for a Healthcare Assistant who wishes to join #TeamIOWNHS. You should share our passion and drive to ensure that our patients and staff receive quality and compassionate care and work with us to ensure the Trust continues its journey towards great people, great place.
In the Community Division we have an exciting opportunity for Health Care Assistants to join our Community Rehab Unit.
The Community Unit delivers safe, high quality care and ensures a positive patient experience within an enabling environment where patients are encouraged to do as much as they can to maintain their independence. You will be supported by the Unit Lead and Nurses in the division to achieve this aim.
If you're compassionate, enthusiastic, have great communication skills and are committed to delivering excellent care, this job could be for you! You are also required to be IT literate.
We can offer flexible working patterns in accordance with the Trusts rostering policy, which includes a well-balanced combination of days, nights and weekends in order to meet the needs of our patients and ensure we provide a fair and equal working environment for the whole team.
Attached you will find the person specification document which provides more detail about the essential and desirable skills and experience needed for this role. We highly recommend you review this document and use it when completing your application as these criteria are used by hiring managers as guidance during shortlisting.
For an overview of the main duties of the role please see the 'Job Description and Main Responsibilities' section below. To understand the day-to-day responsibilities in more detail please read the full job description document attached.
We are passionate about providing excellent CARE, which is why our values areCompassion,Accountable,Respect andEveryone counts. Our mission is to make sure that our community is at the heart of everything we do and that we hold our values across all our services.
We are committed to endorsing inclusion, diversity and multiculturalism throughout out services and as such, our procedures and policies ensure that applicants are always treated fairly throughout the recruitment process.
Why not come and see for yourself the CARE we give to our patients and staff. Apply to be part of our team today.
The Isle of Wight NHS Trust is the only integrated acute, community, mental health and ambulance health care provider in England. We serve a population of approximately 150,000 residents, making the services we offer variable and personalised with a flexible approach to our service users.
Working for our Trust brings a variety of benefits, including an onsite day nursery, cycle-to-work scheme, discounts at local businesses and gyms, and the opportunity to hire Trust’s beach hut in Ryde. We offer many flexible working opportunities, speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement for you and if it works for the service, we will do our best to make it work for you.
The Isle of Wight is a unique and stunning gem located off the South Coast of England, a short ferry journey from Portsmouth and Southampton, with journey times taking from as little as 10 minutes. London can be reached in 90 minutes by rail from Southampton or Portsmouth. The island offers an amazing coastline with beautiful countryside, year-round events, festivals and award-winning attractions.
Our 2020-2025 strategy sets out to ensure that we continue to be a provider of excellent and compassionate care. As part of this strategy, we are proactively taking steps to ensure that we recruit and retain the highest quality of talent to provide CARE and we would welcome applications from under-represented groups to ensure our Trust is an inclusive and diverse employer.
The Community rehab Unit is a 14 bedded unit where patients receive intensive physiotherapy once they have been discharged from the acute setting. We also have stepdown patients - these patients are looked after when they are deemed medically optimised from the acute hospital and are awaiting ongoing care.
We encourage patients to maintain their independence as much as possible, and work with our unit rehab team to get them up and moving every day. The job consists of assisting with personal care, mobilising and working with the nurse-led team to provide the best care we can. There would also be some light housekeeping duties, assisting with meal times and providing drinks throughout the shift.
With our Age UK activities co-ordinator we aim to provide an enjoyable stay while keeping them safe as they await the next step of their care journey.
Job Purpose
Supporting registered nursing staff in the provision of clinical care to the patients within the medical unit.
- Some housekeeping tasks e.g. preparation of drinks, breakfasts, cleaning etc.
- Assist the patient in all activities of daily living, with both direct and indirect supervision as delegated by a registered nurse.
- Maintain patient comfort, dignity and privacy at all times.
- Prepare patients drinks, serve meals and provide assistance as required.
- Assist in the emergency resuscitation of patients, following appropriate training.
- Escort patients to other areas and departments as per Trust escort protocol.
- Maintain high standards of care in an environment which promotes equality and sensitivity for all individuals.
