An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Health Care Assistant to join our Medicine for Older People ward 5A. 5A is a 36‑bedded Medicine for Older People ward based on level 5 at Whiston Hospital. The care on 5A is consultant‑led and delivered by an expert multidisciplinary team of geriatricians, nurses, physiotherapists, occupational therapists, resident doctors and social workers. Their aim is to provide patient‑centred comprehensive medical care to older people.
* Undertake personal care duties for patients within the care setting accessing supervision from a registered healthcare practitioner. Personal care refers to delivery of personal hygiene and assisting with feeding, not requiring clinical skills.
* Record patients' 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, and act within the scope of your training and competence, knowing who to ask for help and support if you are not sure.
* Work within agreed ways of working, following relevant Trust standards, policies and protocols.
* Communicate compassionately and effectively with individuals and their families, carers and health‑care practitioners using a range of techniques, maintaining confidentiality and using tact, empathy, persuasion and reassurance.
* Observe, assess and respond to personal care patients' needs appropriately, escalating concerns to nursing staff as required.
* Organise yourself in general work tasks or when delivering patient care with supervision where needed from Senior Health Care Assistant and/or nursing staff.
* As directed, undertake personal care duties and support activities of daily living, e.g. mouth care, personal hygiene and toileting needs, demonstrating person‑centred care.
* Safely deliver care duties including manoeuvring of patient equipment such as hoists and wheelchairs.
* Under supervision of a registered healthcare practitioner, undertake delegated procedures within the limits of required training and measured competence, where appropriate. For example, patient moving and handling and providing personal care.
* Support patients' feeding, diet and nutritional needs and accurately record patients' nutritional intake and fluid intake and output, noticing and reporting changes to the nursing staff.
* Ensure patient property is managed as per Trust policy.
* Monitor levels of supplies and order supplies for the department as appropriate.
* Demonstrate own duties to new starters, contributing to the learning environment.
* Work in line with Trust policies and procedures.
* Contribute to maintaining a safe, healthy working environment.
* Follow the principles for implementing a duty of care, always acting in the best interest of individuals to ensure they do not come to harm.
* Work in partnership with the individual, their carers/families and the wider health‑care team.
* Maintain and further develop your own skills and knowledge through development and learning activities; maintain evidence of your personal development and actively prepare for and participate in appraisal.
* Participate in team handovers.
* Disability Confident.
About Disability Confident
A Disability Confident employer will generally offer an interview to any applicant that declares they have a disability and meets the minimum criteria for the job as defined by the employer. It is important to note that in certain recruitment situations such as high‑volume, seasonal and high‑peak times, the employer may wish to limit the overall numbers of interviews offered to both disabled people and non‑disabled people.
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 at Whiston, Southport and Ormskirk hospitals, primary care at Marshalls Cross Medical Centre in St Helens, community services and specialist regional services such as the Mersey Regional Burns & Plastic Surgery Unit at Whiston Hospital and the Spinal Injuries Unit at Southport Hospital.
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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