Bank - Healthcare Assistant for Urgent Care

We are looking for experienced healthcare assistants, who hold an NHS care certificate, to join our trust bank and work in our urgent care centres. The successful applicants, will work under indirect supervision of the Lead Nurse, Clinical Lead, Service Manager, Senior Nurses and GPs and undertake tasks and duties delegated by colleagues who are suitably qualified regulated professionals. They will work collaboratively with the UTC team to meet the needs of patients, following policy and procedures. The post holder will support their peers and team leader and be an effective team member whilst working on their own initiative. They will have a commitment to collaborative working and actively supporting and liaising with other health and social professionals and agencies.Main duties of the job The duties of the role would include but are not limited to:

• Basic patient care - this could include feeding, washing, dressing, personal hygiene
• Following and implementing care plans under the direction of a qualified nurse
• Ensuring patient privacy , dignity and confidentiality
• Ensure orientation of new patients to the environment
• Obtaining, testing and recording specimens from the patient
• Responding appropriately to emergency situations
• Undertake and accurately record clinical observations
• Use correct procedures for barrier nursing
• Work co-operatively with other members of the multi-disciplinary team
• Undertake, record and follow guidelines for the tasks for which you have received appropriate training
• Urinalysis and preparation of specimens for investigation by the pathology laboratory
• Measuring and recording the following physiological measurements in routine presentations:
1. blood pressure 2. pulse rate and rhythm 3. temperature 4. height and weight 5. visual acuity 6. venepuncture 7. ECG
• Support and monitor patients during nebulisation therapy
• Perform simple wound care
  
  NELFT NHS Foundation Trust provides mental health and community services for over 4.9 million people living in the London Boroughs of Waltham Forest, Redbridge, Barking and Dagenham, Havering, and across Essex. We work to ensure our patients, their friends and family, feel confident that their health needs are well met. With an excellent reputation for research and development, our skilled health professionals are at the cutting edge of evidence-based innovation, opening up the possibilities for better ways of working and delivery of care.