Healthcare Assistant - Ward C14B

General duties will include assisting patients to meet their hygiene needs both at the bedside and in the bathroom with showering etc, pressure area care and positional changes in patients who are unable to move themselves, giving out and collecting in meals to patients and assisting patients who need support to meet their nutritional requirements, working alongside a trained nurse to deliver a high standard of nursing care., Duties will include helping patients to meet their nutritional requirements through providing meals and hydration in a timely manner, ensuring patients are prepared for their meals, monitoring and recording nutritional intake on food record charts and fluid balance charts, following advice from dieticians and SLT. Doing brew rounds throughout the shift. Assisting patients with their hygiene needs, promoting independence where possible but providing assistance as needed for patients who may be acutely unwell or post operative, aiming for a return to independence. Promoting mobility, working alongside physiotherapists and occupational therapists to help patients recover well from surgery or a return to baseline. Having an awareness of falls prevention and implementing strategies to reduce the number of falls and harm to patients. Monitoring patients pressure areas to prevent deterioration in skin condition, working alongside the RN to provide pressure relief to those patients unable to maintain their own or to promote techniques for patients to manage their own where possible. Assisting with the safe running of the ward alongside other members of the ward team to provide safe, personal and effective care to our patients.

You must be able to work under pressure, both within a team and using your own initiative. You must be flexible, punctual and hard working. An understanding of the role and experience is preferable, but training will be provided. Working alongside a trained nurse to deliver safe, personal and effective care is the main responsibility but an enthusiasm to develop yourself within the role is desirable. Further knowledge of basic life support, safer handling and equality and diversity are all areas in which experience is preferable but training can be provided for the successful candidate. T Patients are the most important part of our work and caring for them to a high standard in a caring and safe environment is paramount. If you feel this could be you then please apply.,

• computer literate as using Millenium Cerner for all documentation
• Effective and clear communication skills
• Ability to work within a team or using own initiative
• GCSE English and Maths level 5 or above (or equivalent), previous experience as a HCA or in caring profession
• NVQ level 2 or equivalent in care, care certificate or willingness to undertake
• adaptable, flexible and hard worker
  
  At East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust our vision is to be widely recognised for providing safe, personal and effective care. We currently provide high quality services and treat over 600,000 people across East Lancashire and the surrounding area. We employ over 9,500 staff, many of whom are internationally renowned and have won awards for their work., At East Lancashire Hospitals Trust, our vision is to be widely recognised for providing safe, personal and effective care. We currently provide high quality services and treat over 600,000 people across East Lancashire and the surrounding area. We employ over 7,000 staff, many of whom are internationally renowned and have won awards for their work., The Trust is an equal opportunities employer, committed to improving the working lives of our staff and operates a 'Zero Tolerance' policy to aggression, violence, bullying and harassment. In addition, our aim is to help protect children and vulnerable adults by providing a first-class service to the recruitment of people into positions of trust.
We aim to employ a workforce that reflects the diverse communities we serve. We welcome applications from everyone irrespective of ethnic origin, gender, age, gender identity, sexual orientation, religion, marital status, disability or social background. We especially welcome applications from members of our black, Asian and minority ethnic (BAME) communities, as we have identified that ELHT has an under-representation of BAME employees. Appointments will be made on merit.

It is important you are made aware of the following as regards your application to East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust
• Please note that the salary advertised is for full time hours. If this post is less than 37.5 hours per week, the salary will be pro-rata. For posts on Agenda for Change pay-scales, new entrants to the NHS will normally commence on the first pay point of the relevant band.
• This vacancy may close before the closing date if the recruiting manager deems sufficient applications have been received. Therefore it is advised to complete your application as early as possible to avoid disappointment.
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• Please note that shortlisting is completed anonymously with candidates being assessed against the essential criteria for the post. Therefore only applicants, who can clearly demonstrate how they meet our person specification criteria in their application, will be short-listed.
Disclosure and Barring Scheme (DBS) If the role you are applying for is identified as either controlled or regulated activity as defined in in the Safeguarding vulnerable Groups Act (2006) any offer of employment is provisional upon a satisfactory DBS check being obtained. The healthcare sector is exempted from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974. In line with other NHS organisations in the North West Region, the Trust is now passing the charge for undertaking a DBS check on to candidates in the event they are successfully appointed into the post for which they have applied. Candidates can choose whether to pay this over 1-3 months as a deduction from the monthly salary. However, if you are applying for a post as a BANK worker, the payment must be made in full at the time of employment checks. By applying for this vacancy you are agreeing to this undertaking in the event you are successfully appointed. The cost of an Enhanced Disclosure will be £55.38 and for a Standard Disclosure will be £27.38.