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Healthcare Assistant Support Worker
We are seeking compassionate and caring professionals to provide basic care to all service users within the NHS and other care settings under the direction of the Registered Manager. Our Healthcare Assistants help nurses and doctors at various hospitals, by offering the highest standards of personal care and support to patients. You will be expected to participate / provide a full range of activities to meet the emotional and psychological and social needs of the service users and to assist in the provision of high standard individualised care, under the supervision of the registered nurse/practitioner and other healthcare professionals.
Healthcare Assistant Support Worker Responsibilities:
- To encourage independence in service users within the scope of their individual needs
- To provide personal care as appropriate to service user’s needs
- To maintain the high standard of care with regards to service user’s personal rooms and property
- To support service users and their relatives with their needs
- To report to the Registered Manager to any changes to the service user’s condition
- To maintain accurate records
- To ensure correct and safe use of equipment, adhering to the Health & Safety guidelines
- To report defects of equipment etc to the Manager
- To work within approved guidelines, procedures and policies of the care setting
- To attend statutory training sessions and those designed to assist in your personal development and pursue where possible NVQ training
- To assist in activities for the service users
- Washing and dressing patients and aiding in their personal hygiene
- Assisting patients to access and use toilet facilities
- Serving meals and helping to feed patients
- Helping patients to safely move around
- Assisting with bed making, cleaning tasks, errands, or general duties
- Collecting pathological specimens e.g., Urine, faeces, sputum
- Making patients and their families feel comfortable
- Monitoring and reporting patients conditions by taking temperatures, pulse, respirations and weight measurements
Variation: This job description is not exhaustive and may be reviewed / changed with the job holder according to the needs of the care setting and requirements of the service users.
Job Type: We consider both Part-Time and Full-Time applications, but you MUST be able to work a variety of shifts and days of the week as Bodapel operates a 24 hours a day service, 365 days of the year. Unfortunately, we cannot offer set days or set shifts e.g. nights only.
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
