Healthcare Assistant Staff Pool Liverpool, England
Job description
PLEASE NOTE THIS VACANCEY IS FOR THE AINTREE SITE OF THE TRUST AND IS A PERMANENT ROLE NOT THE STAFF BANK
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a number of dynamic Band 2 Health Care Assistants to join our highly motivated and committed Internal Staff Pool Team.
Our Trust consists of four separate hospitals; Aintree University Hospital, the Royal Liverpool Hospital, Broadgreen Hospital and the Liverpool University Dental Hospital.
The successful candidates must be driven to develop new skills and knowledge whilst always keeping the patient at the centre of what they do. Applicants must be willing to work at the Aintree site , have a flexible working approach and a willingness to work as part of a forward thinking team
The Internal Staff Pool is a permanent position and not the Staff Bank , providing opportunity to give and gain experience when working in all areas of the Trust, shifts and annual leave are requested on a four weekly basis to suit your personal requirements, the management team will accommodate your requests where possible with significantly more flexibility than working in a set area however requests are not guaranteed as we will always need to meet the clinical needs of the organisation. The flexibility to work in any given area is part of the contractual commitment you will sign up to. Shifts are allocated a week or two in advance based on the clinical need. As this position is permanent your contract brings full NHS benefits.
Under the supervision of a registered nurse, the post holder will assist the Ward team in providing the highest possible standard of care for patients and their families/carer. The post holder will undertake a range of tasks and duties as delegated by a registered nurse.
If you are looking for a fresh challenge where no two days are the same with the advantage to gain experience in various clinical areas across the entire Trust with flexibility the Internal Pool may be the ideal opportunity for you.
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, Liverpool University Dental Hospital and the Royal Liverpool University Hospital.
It serves a core population of around 630,000 people across Merseyside as well as providing a range of highly specialist services to a catchment area of more than two million people in the North West region and beyond.
To hear more about our achievements click herehttps://www.liverpoolft.nhs.uk/media/13089/1606-annual-report-booklet_final.pdf
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Detailed job description and main responsibilities
- Participates in all aspects of patient care with particular attention to personal hygiene and grooming.
- Provision of patients toileting needs, ensuring privacy and dignity is maintained.
- Support of patients in managing incontinence and promotion of continence.
- The recording of a patient’s fluid intake and output using fluid balance charts.
- Preparation and serving of patient’s meals, drinks and snacks. Assisting/feeding patients as necessary.
- The recording of patient’s dietary intake when indicated in the patient’s plane of care.
- 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.
- Prepare and maintain environments for clinical treatments and investigations
- Prepare patient’s for treatments, investigations or procedures including offering support, answering questions appropriate to own knowledge/experience and assisting in recovery.
- Collection of blood products from laboratory as requested
- Chaperoning and escorting patients to clinical departments within the hospital and to other hospitals for investigations.
- Initiative Basic Life Support techniques as appropriate and provides assistance 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, vales and spiritual beliefs of patients and care.
- 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 clear and safe environment in all areas
- Safe disposal of clinical waste and sharps as per Trust policy
- Be familiar with Trust police 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 patient’s property, including valuables in accordance with Trust policy.
- Obtain demographic details and social history from patients/visitors to assist in the admission process.
- 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 reception/telephone duties, basic computer skills, obtaining case notes/x-rays, filing, acting as messenger in the absence of other, more appropriate person e.g., to wards, laboratory, Medical Engineering etc., completion of maintenance repair forms, monitoring and maintaining 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 policies and procedures of the organisation
