Overview
Ward 7 is a 23 bedded reablement unit. Your role as a Band 3 Healthcare Assistant is to work under the supervision of a registered nurse, assisting the Ward/Department team in delivering the highest possible standard of care for patients and their families/carers. The post holder will undertake a range of tasks and duties as delegated by a registered nurse.
Responsibilities
* Promotes effective communication within the multi-disciplinary team and takes measures to overcome communication difficulties.
* Contributes to the management of aggressive and abusive behaviour.
* General bed making and making up clean beds in readiness for new admissions and operation beds (refer to policy for the care of mattresses and beds).
* Clear and clean vacated bed spaces and prepare them for use according to ward/unit protocol.
* Prepare used linen bags for collection by Porters and ensure an adequate supply of linen bags/skips.
* Assist in maintaining a clean and safe environment in all areas.
* Safe disposal of clinical waste and sharps as per Trust policy.
* Be familiar with Trust policy and procedure for reporting clinical incidents, and report incidents if they occur.
* Attend to the needs of visitors and patients, particularly those who may be distressed or bereaved.
* Care for patients' property, including valuables, in accordance with Trust policy.
* Obtain demographic details and social history from patients/visitors to assist in the admission process.
* Provide support and assistance to new and junior members of staff.
* Participate in all aspects of patient care with particular attention to personal hygiene and grooming.
* Provision of patients’ toileting needs, ensuring privacy and dignity is maintained.
* Support of patients in managing incontinence and promotion of continence.
* Record a patient’s fluid intake and output using fluid balance charts.
* Prepare and serve patients’ meals, drinks and snacks; assist in feeding as necessary and record dietary intake when indicated in the plan of care.
* Enable patients to maintain/improve mobility using exercise and mobility appliances.
* Assist in the prevention of pressure sore development as directed by the Registered Nurse and the patient’s plan of care.
* Carry out movement and handling within safe practice guidelines from mandatory training and in relation to the patient’s manual handling plan.
* Obtain specimens from patients for ward or laboratory testing.
* Removal of cannulas, catheters and nasogastric tubes as required.
* Undertake dressing of non-complex wounds (in accordance with identified competencies and in conjunction with the care plan).
* Prepare and maintain environments for clinical treatments and investigations.
* Prepare patients for treatments, investigations or procedures, including offering support, answering questions appropriate to own knowledge/experience and assisting in recovery.
* Collection of blood products from laboratory as requested.
* Chaperoning and escorting patients to clinical departments within the hospital and to other hospitals for investigations.
* Assist the Registered Nurse in performing last offices.
* Carry out general and clinical observations of patients, reporting anything untoward to Registered Nursing Staff, including: recording blood pressure, pulse, temperature and respiration rate; oxygen saturation monitoring; recording peak flow; undertaking blood glucose monitoring and venepuncture as directed by the registered nurse.
* Documentation in patients’ nursing records of any care given, ensuring the entry is countersigned by the Registered Nurse responsible for the patient at the time.
* Initiate Basic Life Support techniques as appropriate and provide assistance to the registered nurse during prolonged resuscitation situations.
* Contribute to the development of Essence of Care and benchmarking.
* Provide a verbal handover of the patients’ care under the direct supervision of the registered nurse.
* Ensure due regard is given to customs, values and spiritual beliefs of patients and carers.
Additional Information
This advert closes on Monday 6 Oct 2025.
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