Healthcare Assistant

at  Calderdale and Huddersfield NHS Foundation Trust

Calderdale and Huddersfield NHS Foundation Trust (CHFT) are committed to equal opportunities and welcome applications from all sections of the community, regardless of any protected characteristics.
We are committed to recruiting to our values. Leading One Culture of Care underpins our values by creating an environment, tone and behaviours across all parts of the Trust that are fundamentally rooted in compassionate care.
We are open to considering a wide range of flexible working arrangements. There are opportunities to flex the days of the week, hours and times of work and place of work including: part-time, job-share, flexible working hours and the possibility to work from home when appropriate. Please talk to us during the interview process to discuss any flexibility that you may require.
We are looking for an enthusiastic individual to join our team on 6C at Calderdale Royal Hospital as a health care assistant.
You will work alongside a fast paced team and provide a high standard of patient quality care, working within the multi disciplinary team.
At all times treat patients, visitors and colleagues with dignity and respect, exercising discretion and behaving in a manner consistent with the CHFT standards of behaviour.
To maintain confidentiality in all aspects of work
Work in a collaborative and co-operative manner with other members of the care team.
To maintain Trust policy regarding Control of Infections
To undertake training re Manual Handling and adhere to principals taught
To follow Health and Safety policies relevant to working environment and attend mandatory updates in accordance with Trust policy
Undertake duties that you have received appropriate training for and have been deemed competent
To adhere to Trust policies and procedures
To establish and maintain effective communication and relationships with multi-disciplinary team
Contribute to the development of clinical area, through contribution of new ideas to improve patient care/experience
Carry out all duties in a professional, compassionate and courteous manner. To ensure that no action or omission on your part is detrimental to the condition, safety, wellbeing and interest of the patients.
To attend to the hygiene needs of patients.
To carry out duties outlined in the job specification.
We employ more than 6,500 staff who deliver compassionate care from our two main hospitals, Calderdale Royal Hospital and Huddersfield Royal Infirmary as well as in community sites, health centres and in patients’ homes. We also are incredibly proud to have almost 150 volunteers here at CHFT.
We provide a range of services including urgent and emergency care; medical; surgical; maternity; gynaecology; critical care; children’s and young people’s services; end of life care and outpatient and diagnostic imaging services.
We provide community health services, including sexual health services in Calderdale from Calderdale Royal and local health centres. These include Todmorden Health Centre and Broad Street Plaza.
We continue to modernise and invest in our health services to build on our strong reputation. Foundation trusts are public leaders in improving quality in health services. They are part of the NHS – yet decisions about what they do and how they do it are driven by independent boards. Boards listen to their Council of Governors and respond to the needs of their members – patients, staff and the local community.
Foundation trusts provide what the health service wants, yet are also free to invest quickly in the changes to the local community needs, in striving to be the best, and in putting their patients first.
Working along side the nurses and helping with washing and dressing of patients, making and washing beds.
Using EPR confidently to input skin bundles and intentional rounding’s, updating staff on skin changes or deterioration.
Completing patient observations, monitoring conditions and using nerve centre to input news score.
Helping with serving drinks and meal - assisting with feeding patients

Please refer the Job description for details