An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Health Care Assistant to join our busy team here in Ward 5B. 5B is a 36‑bedded Medicine for Older People ward based on level 5 at Whiston Hospital. The care on 5B is consultant‑led and delivered by an expert multidisciplinary team of geriatricians, nurses, physiotherapy and occupational therapists, resident doctors and social workers; their aim is to provide patient‑centred comprehensive medical care to older people. Geriatricians and the multidisciplinary team are concerned with all aspects of health and illness in older people and treat a wide range of general medical conditions but also possess the specialist skills that are needed to diagnose and manage illness in patients with multiple conditions and those living with frailty.
* 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.
Mersey and West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust serves a population of over 600,000 with a workforce of over 9,000 dedicated and skilled staff across 21 sites. We strongly believe that the communities we serve should all have access to Five Star Patient Care. Our services include acute care providing emergency and maternity services at Whiston, Southport and Ormskirk hospitals, and medical and surgical specialties across all our sites. Primary care services are provided at Marshalls Cross Medical Centre in St Helens Hospital. Community services include adult community services for St Helens and a wheelchair service in Chorley, South Ribble, and West Lancashire. Our inpatient unit at Newton Community Hospital is where patients needing acute hospital beds can continue rehabilitation, freeing up space for more unwell patients. We also provide urgent care at our Urgent Treatment Centre located in St Helens town centre. Specialist regional services include Mersey Regional Burns & Plastic Surgery Unit at Whiston Hospital and the Spinal Injuries Unit at Southport Hospital to more than 4 million people across Merseyside, West Lancashire, Cheshire, Isle of Man and North Wales.
Achievements
* Rated Outstanding by CQC Inspection August 2018
* Top 100 places to work in the NHS (NHS Employers & Health Service Journal)
* National Preceptorship Accreditation (2023) for Nursing & AHP Preceptorship Programme
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