Healthcare Assistant Southport, England
Job description
An exciting opportunity has arisen within ICRAS Southport and Formby; we are seeking to appoint a highly enthusiastic and motivated individual to join the service as a Health Care Assistant. Successful applicant would work under the direction of the ICRAS nurse practitioners supporting the provision of high quality holistic care to patients. The Health Care Assistant will work without direct supervision providing care to patients in their own homes and other community settings, as delegated by the Nurse Practitioners following appropriate training and supervision to ensure clinical competence and safe effective care.
Operational hours of the service are 24 hours a day 7 days per week 365 days per year
The post holder will work under supervision as part of the multi-disciplinary team and will assist and support the clinical team(s). This may include working within the patient’s home environment and other clinical settings in the community.
Ensure the delivery of the quality strategy within the designated area incorporating establishment of systems and processes.
Mersey Care is one of the largest trusts providing physical health and mental health services in the North West, serving more than 11 million people.
We offer specialist inpatient and community services that support physical and mental health and specialist inpatient mental health, learning disability, addiction and brain injury services. Mersey Care is one of only three trusts in the UK that offer high secure mental health facilities.
At the heart of all we do is our commitment to ‘perfect care’ – care that is safe, effective, positively experienced, timely, equitable and efficient. We support our staff to do the best job they can and work alongside service users, their families, and carers to design and develop future services together. We’re currently delivering a programme of organisational and service transformation to significantly improve the quality of the services we provide and safely reduce cost as we do so.
Work as a member of the multi-disciplinary team.
Undertake a range of patient interventions within the scope of NVQ level 3 skills for patients as delegated by service lead or other qualified clinical staff.
Offer advice to patients and carers on a wide range of health issues to include health promotion, lifestyle advice and self-care.
Plan and organise own work schedule once delegated from service lead.
Undertake basic patient observations.
Work within existing clinical guidelines, policies and infection control procedures.
Offer advice and support to patients and families in a wide range of situations.
Communicate factual and sensitive information within confidentiality guidelines to patients, ensuring all information is appropriately documented and reported back to the service lead.
Demonstrate own role to new starters and students.
Communicate information to multi-disciplinary team and other agencies as
appropriate.
Undertake ordering and receipt of stores.
Undertake further training to gain skills in other areas.
Assist in the set-up of the Pulmonary Rehabilitation class
Support patients with the prescribed Pulmonary Rehabilitation exercises under the direct supervision of the Physiotherapist.
Provide refreshments to the Pulmonary Rehabilitation patients.
Support Administration staff in contacting patients for Pulmonary Rehabilitation and chest Physiotherapy.
To support with the delivery and collection of Respiratory equipment.
