Main area: Post Op Care/Rehabilitation ward
Grade: NHS AfC: Band 2
Contract: 12 months (Fixed Term)
Hours: Part time - 24 hours per week (Days or nights)
Job ref: 409-6378882
Employer: Mersey and West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust
Employer type: NHS
Site: Southport hospital
Town: Southport
Salary: £23,615 per annum, pro rata
Salary period: Yearly
Closing: 06/11/2024 23:59
Health Care Assistant - Surgical Ward 14A
NHS AfC: Band 2
We're looking for a Health Care Assistant on a fixed term basis caring for Orthopaedic and Surgical patients both pre and post operatively.
Your main responsibilities will be:
* Providing day to day care to our patients.
* Ensuring their safety at all times.
* You will be responsible for delivering the care and documenting your actions.
Main duties of the job
You will work as part of the multidisciplinary team delivering care to the patients.
* Maintaining standards on the ward.
* Delivering a high quality of care by assisting with hygiene, nutrition and hydration as well as providing physiological support to the patients and carers.
* The ward cares for elderly and patients many who are living with dementia, this can be challenging at times but very rewarding.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please ensure you have read through the attached Job Description and Person Specification before submitting your application.
* Undertake personal care duties for patients within the care setting accessing supervision from registered healthcare practitioner. Personal care refers to delivery of personal hygiene and assisting with feeding, not requiring clinical skills.
* Record patient’s 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.
Person specification
Qualifications
* Basic literacy and numeracy skills
* Completion of Trust Care Certificate
* NVQ level 2 Health and Social Care or equivalent
* Care Certificate (equivalent to level 1)
Knowledge
* Knowledge of personal care and related procedures
* Experience of working in a team
* Experience of working in a patient care/health related role
Skills
* Ability to communicate effectively in both verbal and written formats
* Able to work within a team
* Basic IT skills
Thank you for considering an application to work for Mersey West Lancashire NHS Trust. You are part of an exciting and forward-thinking NHS Trust who are one of the best places to work for in England.
Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion
We actively cultivate a professional environment of fairness, equality, dignity, and respect for all individuals. We welcome individuals from all backgrounds and value the unique skills, perspective and experience you bring.
Flexible Working
We actively support flexible working patterns throughout MWL. Changes made to the NHS Terms and Conditions of Service Handbook mean that:
* All employees have the right to request flexible working from day one of employment.
* There is no limit on the number of requests they can make.
* Employees have the right to make requests, have them considered, regardless of the reason.
Working for Team MWL
Staff recognition is especially important to us; as well as performance reviews and appraisals, we recognise staff through Employee of the month. Along with supporting you to achieve your career goals we offer a generous pension scheme, unsocial hours payments (where applicable), 27 days annual leave on commencement (pro rata) and access to a range of NHS discounts.
Additional Information
Before applying, we encourage you to review the Trusts Values and Behaviours which are We are KIND, We are OPEN, We are INCLUSIVE.
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