Healthcare Assistant - Band 3 Liverpool, England
Job description
An exciting opportunity has arisen for experienced Band 3 HCA's to join the team in the Theatre Admissions Unit in The Royal Liverpool Hospital.
The Theatre Admissions Unit (TAU) is a large ward area made up of 18 side rooms and 4 'bays' that hold 7 patients. It is a fast paced and dynamic ward/unit that admits all TCI's for the hospital for varying specialities, including but not limited to Urology, Colorectal, HPB, General Surgery, Interventional Radiology and Ophthalmology.
TAU prepares the patients for theatre and also provides post operative care to the day case patients who do not need an overnight stay.
The post holder is expected to assist the Ward/Unit team in providing the highest possible standard of pre and post operative care for patients and their families/carers.
You must be able to demonstrate experience in a hospital setting working at NVQ L3 and must be signed off on the Care Certificate.
The role will involve participating in the assessment, planning, implementation and evaluation of nursing care. Participating in all aspects of patient care, you will give particular attention to pressure ulcer care, personal hygiene, toileting and feeding reporting progress and will raise any concerns to the Registered Nurse (RN). You will work collaboratively and co-operatively with others to meet the needs of patients and their families. You will undertake a range of skilled tasks and duties with support from the Registered Nurse. You will proactively lead in delivering all aspects of basic patient care, from admission to discharge and will take a leading role in supporting and developing more junior staff and the development of the ward.
In return, the Trust can offer you excellent developmental opportunities within a fully supportive, positive and friendly environment.
Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust was created on 1 October 2019 following the merger of two adult acute Trusts; Aintree University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust and the Royal Liverpool and Broadgreen University Hospitals NHS Trust.
The merger provides an opportunity to reconfigure services in a way that provides the best healthcare services to the city and improves the quality of care and health outcomes that patients experience.
The Trust runs Aintree University Hospital, Broadgreen Hospital and the Royal Liverpool University Hospital.
To hear more about our achievements click here https://www.liverpoolft.nhs.uk/media/13089/1606-annual-report-booklet_final.pdf
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CLINICAL RESPONSIBILITIES
- Participates in all aspects of patient care with particular attention to pre-operative and post-operative care
- Complete pre-operative checks
- General and clinical observations of patients, reporting anything untoward to Registered Nursing Staff, to include: 1. Recording of blood pressure, pulse, temperature, oxygen saturations and respiration rate
- Prepare and maintain environment for clinical treatments and investigations
- Prepare patients for treatments, investigations or procedures including offering support, answering questions appropriate to own knowledge/experience and assisting in recovery
- Chaperoning and escorting patients to clinical departments within the hospital and to other hospitals for investigations.
- Removal of cannulae post surgery.
- Provision of patient’s toileting needs, ensuring privacy and dignity is maintained.
- Preparation and serving of patient’s meals, drinks and snacks.
- Undertake blood glucose monitoring, venepuncture and/or cannulation upon the direction of the registered nurse
- Documentation in patients nursing records of any care given, ensuring the entry is countersigned by the Registered Nurse responsible for the patient at the time.
- Enable patients to maintain/improve their mobility by use of exercise and mobility appliances.
- Assist in the prevention of pressure sore development as directed by the Registered nurse in conjunction with the patient’s plan of care
- Carry out any movement and handling within the safe practice guidelines from your mandatory training and in relation to the patient’s manual handling plan.
- Obtaining specimens from patients for ward or laboratory testing.
- Collection of Blood products from laboratory as requested
- Initiate Basic Life Support techniques as appropriate and provides assist to the registered nurse as required in prolonged resuscitation situations.
- Contribute to the development of Essence of Care and benchmarking
- Provide a verbal handover of the patients care under the direct supervision of the registered nurse
- Ensure due regard is given to customs, values and spiritual beliefs of patients and carers.
- Promotes effective communication within the multi-disciplinary team and takes measures to overcome communication difficulties
- Contributes to the management of aggressive and abusive behaviour
- General bed making/making up of clean beds in readiness for new admissions, and operation beds. (Refer to policy for the care of mattresses and beds).
- Clear and clean vacated bed spaces and prepare ready for use according to the ward/unit protocol.
- Prepare used linen bags for collection by Porters and ensure adequate supply of linen bags/skips ready for use.
- Assist in maintaining a clean and safe environment in all areas.
- Safe disposal of clinical waste and sharps as per Trust policy
- Be familiar with Trust policy and procedure for reporting clinical incidents, reporting of incidents if they occur.
- Attend to the needs of visitors and patients particularly those who may be distressed or bereaved.
- Care for patients’ property, including valuables, in accordance with Trust policy.
- Obtain demographic details and social history from patients/visitors to assist in the admission process.
- Provide support and assistance to new and junior members of staff.
- Undertake a range of clerical duties in the absence of or in support of the Ward Clerk to ensure a smooth-running service, this may involve: 1. Reception/telephone duties
3. Obtaining case notes/x-rays
4. Filing
- Act as messenger in the absence of other more appropriate person e.g. to other wards, laboratory, Medical Engineering etc.
- Complete maintenance repair forms
- Monitor and maintain adequate stock levels of stationary, ward provisions, clean linen etc. completing as necessary requisitions forms for authorisation
- The post holder shall, as necessary, provide cover for and undertake duties of absent colleagues.
- The post holder shall follow all the policies and procedures of the organisation.
- Attend induction course and complete orientation programme in order to achieve core competencies if new to the Trust
- Participate in Training and Development as identified in Personal Development Plan (PDP)
- Participate in orientation, instruction of less experienced staff.
- Attend mandatory in-service training sessions as per Trust policy.
- Comply with all Trust and Unit policies in relation to all aspects of practice.
- Act at all times in a manner that upholds the reputation of the Trust and safeguards the wellbeing and dignity of patients and their relatives.
- Undertake allocated workload under the supervision and direction of a Registered Nurse
- Identify objectives within a PDP that supports the delivery of high standards of clinical care
- Acknowledge limitations of knowledge and clinical skills
- Seek appropriate advice and support
It is the responsibility of every member of staff to understand our equality and diversity commitments and statutory obligations under current equality legislation (the Equality Act 2010) and to:
- Act in ways that support equality and diversity and recognises the importance of people’s rights in accordance with legislation, policies, procedures and good practice;
- Valuing people as individuals and treating everyone with dignity and respect, consideration and without prejudice, respecting diversity and recognising peoples expressed beliefs, preferences and choices in working with others and delivering appropriate services;
- Recognise and report behaviour that undermines equality under Trust policy.
- Be consciously aware of own behaviour and encourage the same levels of behaviour in colleagues;
- Acknowledge others’ different perspectives and recognise the diverse needs and experiences of everyone they come into contact with;
- With the support of managers develop an equality and diversity objective through the personal development review process.
