Health Care Assistant Ward 9a Mersey and West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust

Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust; Sefton; On-site; GBP 10,000 - 40,000

Job description

If you have a caring and compassionate approach, and want to join a motivated, friendly and supportive team, we are keen to hear from you. We require staff who have a genuine interest in helping care for acutely unwell patients as part of a multi-disciplinary team as well as having excellent communication and interpersonal skills.

Southport Short Stay unit is a 29 bedded ward. We are half an acute unit and half endocrinology.

Successful applicants will be supported through a supernumerary period and will become proficient in providing basic care as well as other day to day responsibilities.

The Health Care Support Worker (HCSW) will:

• Undertake personal care duties for patients within the care setting accessing supervision from registered healthcare practitioners. Personal care refers to delivery of personal hygiene and assisting with feeding, not requiring clinical skills.
• Record patients' personal care information in accordance with local and trust policies.
• Work with all members of the multi-disciplinary team to deliver the Trust's vision and values providing safe, high quality compassionate, person-centred care.
• Demonstrate ward routine to new employees in own work area, where required.

The Secretary of State has approved the partnership between St Helens & Knowsley Teaching Hospitals and Southport & Ormskirk Hospitals. From 1st July we have come together as a single organisation under the name Mersey & West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust.

The Trust delivers acute hospital care, intermediate care, community, and primary care services to a population of over 600,000 people with a combined workforce of around 9000 dedicated and skilled staff from 17 locations including Whiston, Southport & Formby, St Helens, Ormskirk and Newton hospitals.

The Trust provides regional services for burns, plastic surgery and spinal injuries to more than 4 million people across Mersey and West Lancashire, Cheshire, the Isle of Man and North Wales.

Our Vision Is To Deliver 5 Star Patient Care

CARE that is evidence based, high quality and compassionate.

• SAFETY that is of the highest standards.

COMMUNICATION that is open, inclusive and respectful.

SYSTEMS that are efficient, patient centred and reliable.

PATHWAYS that are best practice and embedded, but also respect the individual needs of patients.

Our Achievements Include:

• Trust rated Outstanding by CQC Inspection August 2018.
• Top 100 places to work in the NHS (NHS Employers & Health Service Journal).
• Awarded National Preceptorship Accreditation (2023) for our Nursing & AHP Preceptorship Programme.

Key Responsibilities:

1. Work as part of a team and duties will be delegated by the registered healthcare professional.
2. Act within the scope of your training and competence, knowing who to ask for help and support if you are not sure.
3. Work within agreed ways of working, following relevant Trust standards, policies and protocol.
4. Communicate compassionately and effectively with individuals and their families, carers and healthcare practitioners using a range of techniques, maintaining confidentiality and using tact, empathy, persuasion and reassurance.
5. Observe, assess and respond to personal care patients' needs appropriately, escalating concerns to nursing staff, as required.
6. Organise self in general work tasks or when delivering patient care with supervision where needed from Senior Health Care Assistant and/or nursing staff.
7. As directed, undertake personal care duties and support activities of daily living, e.g. mouth care, personal hygiene, and toileting needs, demonstrating person-centred care.
8. Safely deliver care duties including manoeuvring of patient equipment (such as hoists and wheelchairs).
9. Under supervision of a registered healthcare practitioner, undertake delegated procedures within the limits of required training and measured competence, where appropriate. For example, patient moving and handling, and providing personal care.
10. Support of patients' feeding, diet and nutritional needs and accurately record patients' nutritional intake and fluid intake and output, noticing and reporting changes to the nursing staff.
11. Ensure patient property is managed as per Trust policy.
12. Monitor levels of supplies and order supplies for the department as appropriate.
13. Demonstrate own duties to new starters, contributing to the learning environment.
14. To work in line with Trust policies and procedures.
15. Contribute to maintaining a safe, healthy working environment.
16. Follow the principles for implementing a duty of care, always acting in the best interest of individuals to ensure they do not come to harm.
17. Work in partnership with the individual, their carers/families and the wider healthcare team.
18. Maintain and further develop your own skills and knowledge through development and learning activities; maintain evidence of your personal development and actively prepare for and participate in appraisal.
19. Participate in team handovers.

This advert closes on Friday 14 Mar 2025.

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