Overview
A great opportunity has arisen to join us as a Healthcare Assistant on our Sulis Ward, St Martins Hospital, Bath. You will join a welcoming multidisciplinary team on our John Stacey ward, where our services run 7 days per week. We have the opportunity to offer full time and part time positions to help with the flexibility of hours to suit you! We provide general medical and stroke rehabilitation for those stepping down form the acute trusts; as well as supporting our primary care colleagues with admission avoidance and stepping up from the community.
Responsibilities
* Provide compassionate, patient-centred care in line with individual care plans.
* Support daily care and treatment under the guidance of a registered practitioner.
* Encourage patient and carer involvement in decision-making.
* Promote patient independence and dignity at all times.
* Work collaboratively within a multi-professional team.
* Ensure clear, respectful communication, including support for language or hearing barriers.
* Maintain accurate documentation of patient needs and preferences.
* Practice effective infection control and contribute to a safe care environment.
* Assist in clinics (e.g. dressing, fracture) and carry out delegated tasks confidently.
* Support junior staff and seek guidance from registered staff when needed.
* Perform select administrative duties as required.
* Obtain appropriate consent and provide or request a chaperone when needed.
* Uphold policies, procedures, and professional standards at all times.
Essential qualifications and attributes
* Good general education.
* Care Certificate - or willingness to achieve.
* Experience of working under supervision.
* Experience of supporting other workers.
* Ability to work as a team member.
* Delivering patient focused care.
* Ability to recognise own limitations.
* Typing/data inputting skills.
* Physical skills to manually handle patients and use appropriate lifting aids.
* Undertake specific nursing/therapy skills.
* Driven to achieve.
* Self-motivated.
* Good time management.
Desirable qualifications
* Experience of the NHS.
* Experience of work in an acute or urgent health care setting.
* Basic wound care knowledge and skills.
Benefits and about us
We change lives by transforming health and care. Established in 2006, we are one of the UK's leading independent providers of community health and care services, working with health and care commissioners and communities to transform services with a focus on experience, efficiency and improved outcomes. We deliver and transform adult and children community health services, primary care services including urgent care, sexual health, dermatology and MSK services as well as adult social care and wellbeing services. Across England, we support communities of many millions and directly help more than half a million people each year - guided by our simple values: we care, we think, we do. We\'re committed to equal opportunities and welcome applications from a broad, diverse range of people who want to join our team. We\'re a Disability Confident Committed company, so we work to provide facilities, work environment adjustments and technical solutions to be as inclusive of everyone. While it doesn\'t happen often, sometimes a role is very popular, and we\'ll need to close it earlier than the date we\'ve shown here. If you\'re keen to join our team, we\'d love to hear from you so please apply as soon as you can. Safeguarding and protecting children, young people and vulnerable adults is of utmost importance, so we have policies and procedures in place to promote safeguarding and safer working practices and everyone who joins the team is subject to a safer recruitment process, including the disclosure of criminal records and vetting checks.
You will feel valued as a Healthcare Assistant within HCRG Care Group, receiving access to exclusive rewards and benefits including:
* £23,875.00 with access to our group pension
* Free tea and coffee at your base location
* Membership of My Reward Hub, giving you discounts on everyday purchases and cashback offers
* Access to your wages as you earn them to help cover life's emergencies
* Online and face to face help with mental and physical wellbeing, career coaching and counselling
* Access to eLearning, bespoke career pathways and continuing professional development
* An open, just culture encouraging ideas to improve services, supported by funding for innovation
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