Healthcare Assistant London, England
Job description
To work as a multi-skilled member of the Children’s Emergency team, within the Children’s Emergency department (Children’s ED) and Children’s Outpatient Department (COPD); maintaining high standards of practice and promoting the philosophy of child and family centered care.
He/she will deliver care that has already been planned by a clinician or a Registered Nurse and will be skilled in taking appropriate action to ensure that outcomes are achieved.
He/she will be competent, confident and adaptable and will require minimal supervision from the registered professionals within the team.
Preform clinical procedures for e.g. cannulation & venipuncture, application of Plaster of Paris and ECG without supervision.
Assist the patients in meeting activities of daily living, for example assisting patients to access and use toilet facilities, including the collection and disposal of body waste
Assist patients to maintain and improve their mobility as directed by a qualified member of staff, for example helping patients to mobilise with frames, or crutches
Have an awareness of pain/pain control and assist in minimising clients discomfort, by reporting to a qualified member of staff
Support the assessment of patient’s care needs, for example through:
Observation of vital signs: Blood Pressure, Pulse, Respiratory rate , oxygen saturations, temperature, Urine testing, Weight and Blood Glucose monitoring, recording of ECG and report findings to qualified member of staff
To participate in managing selected babies, children and young people under close supervision of a qualified child’s nurse.
Lewisham and Greenwich NHS Trust is a community focused provider of local and acute care, providing high quality services to over one million people living across the London boroughs of Lewisham, Greenwich and Bexley. With a turnover of around £700 million, we provide services at Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Woolwich, University Hospital Lewisham and a range of community settings in Lewisham. We also provide some services at Queen Mary’s Hospital in Sidcup.
As an organisation, we’ve made significant improvements for patients and staff in the last two and-a-half years. This is reflected in our most recent Care Quality Commission (CQC) inspection (from February 2020), which found improvements across the organisation and gave us an improved rating of “Good” in the Well-Led and Effective domains, in addition to the rating of “Good” that we had already achieved in the Caring domain. Our staff culture change programme has been key to the Trust’s improvement journey, as we’ve stabilised our workforce by reducing vacancy rates and improving staff retention. We’ve also significantly increased the representation of minority ethnic leaders across our clinical and corporate teams.
Provide first aid as requested by qualified member of staff after initial assessment
Aware of the location of emergency equipment and procedures, and assist the registered nurse to deal with emergency situations cardiac/respiratory arrest.
Clean and re-dress wounds on qualified member of staffs guidance
Undertakes simple wound closure (e.g. adhesive stripes) and removal of sutures under the direction of a qualified member of staff
Apply bandages, tubigrips and splints under supervision
Following appropriate training and assessment, applies Plaster of Paris and/or other splinting methods under the direction of a qualified member of staffs guidance
Following appropriate training and assessment be competent in venepucture and cannulation of infants and children.
Assist with clinical procedures as requested
Completes various discharge treatments as prescribed by a qualified member of staff
