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• Observing
• Monitoring and recording patients' conditions by taking temperatures, pulse, respirations and weight.
• Communication with patients, relatives and carers.
• Assisting with clinical duties.
• Personal care including infection prevention and control, food, personal hygiene and overall reassurance, comfort and safety.

Main Duties:
1. Assists qualified staff by undertaking personal care duties for patients.
2. Reports on patients’ condition to qualified staff
3. Performs clerical and housekeeping duties as delegated by the Ward Manager.
4. Works co-operatively with others in the unit in ensuring good inter-disciplinary team work to meet the needs of patients with severe complex neurodisability, and their families
5. Be able to communicate with the multi-disciplinary team members, families and the patient in a professional manner.
6. Assist with patient nutritional needs.
7. Answer the telephone and patient call bell in a timely manner and ensures accurate messages are communicated accurately to the nurse in charge .
8. Participates fully in the delivery of planned nursing care, as directed by qualified nurses.
9. Recognizes and responds appropriately to urgent and emergency situations, being aware of own competence and asking for assistance as required.
10. Undertakes recording of temperature, pulse, respirations and blood pressure, collecting and testing specimens as required and reporting findings to nurse in charge of patient care.
11. Assists in bed making and the disposal of soiled linen

London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust (LNWH) cares for the people of Brent, Ealing, Harrow and beyond.

Our team of more than 8,200 clinical and support staff serve a diverse population of almost one million people.

We run major acute services at:

• Northwick Park Hospital: home to one of the busiest emergency departments (A&E) in the country. The hospital provides a full range of services including the country’s top-rated hyper-acute stroke unit and one of only three hyper-acute rehabilitation units in the UK
• St Mark’s Hospital: an internationally renowned specialist centre for bowel disease
• Ealing Hospital: a busy district general hospital providing a range of clinical services, as well as 24/7 emergency department and urgent care centre, and specialist care at Meadow House Hospice
• Central Middlesex Hospital: our planned care site, hosting a range of surgical and outpatient services and collocated with an urgent care centre.

We are a university teaching NHS trust, in recognition of the important role we play in training clinicians of the future and bringing the benefits of research to the public.

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