Healthcare Assistant - SADU

at  East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust

The role of the HCA is to assist in maintaining the highest possible standard of care under the supervision of a Registered nurse. To maintain a tidy and welcoming environment for patients and relatives. The staff will be involved with many members of the MDT
The unit is busy and modern with a professional but friendly team. Delivering high standards of care. We are looking for a highly enthusiastic, motivated, and committed support worker to deliver high quality holistic nursing care to patients and to join our forward thinking and ever developing team. You should have good communication and interpersonal skills, enabling you to work effectively as part of the team and deal with complex sensitive information in a professional manner
1. To meet and greet all patients and direct them to the appropriate areas.
2. Provide good quality personalised care in accordance with agreed local and national protocols.
3. Performs essential nursing care to a high-quality standard which meets the individual needs of patients.
4. Carryout the admission/ bloods/EGC and observations of patients requiring Local anaesthetics with the supervision of the registered nurse.
5. Be responsible for the ordering and stock levels of ward stock.
6. Maintains patient privacy, dignity with respect at all times.
7. Transfer of patients to other ward areas and departments. in adherence with the Trusts transfer policy
8. To ensure the environment is clean and tidy and of a high standard.
Underpinning the Trust’s vision and values are the following key operating principles that influence the way in which the Trust does business: -
Understand the world we live in and deal with it
We are clinically led and management supported
Support departments support the front line
Everything is delivered by and through Divisions
Compliance with standards and targets are a given. They are the things we do to help secure our independence and influence.
Quality is our organising principle – driving quality up an and cost down is not mutually exclusive.
Post holders are expected to work flexibly within their pay band. They should only be expected to carry our activities for which they are competent. Alternatively, they may carry out the additional duties if they are receiving support or training in order to obtain the recognised level of competence.
The Trust operates a Tobacco Control Policy.
1. Performs essential nursing care to a high-quality standard which meets the individual needs of patients.
2. If required, help patients with personal hygiene.
3. Assist in the care of pressure areas.
4. Achieve and maintain Core Skills Training, complete the Care Certificate and Healthcare Assistant Induction
5. Demonstrates compassion by recognising and responding to individual needs in a warm, thoughtful, sensitive, and helpful way.
6. Maintains patient privacy, dignity with respect at all times.
7. Proactively engages with patients, relatives, and carers to seek their views and gain co-operation and agreement.
8. Reports or escalates concerns about any patient’s condition immediately to
a registered nurse.
9. Identify and report any patients needs that are not included in the care
plan
10. Correct use, maintenance and cleaning of pressure relieving devices
11. Provide patients with appropriate activities and stimulation to promote wellbeing and recovery in particular when providing enhanced care supervision.
12. Present a positive image of self, team, and the organisation.
13. Introduces self to patients at the start of each shift.
14. Welcome visitors in a manner which promotes a positive image of yourself and team you work within
15. Ensure compliance with Trust Uniform Policy
16. Take samples from patients for testing or dispatching after appropriate
training and competency assessments eg: Urine, sputum, faeces, MRSA swabs
17. Ensure that any samples taken are dispatched as per Trust procedures
18. Ensure that samples obtained are stored correctly while awaiting collection and take/send samples to pathology as directed.
19. Complete all documentation correctly.
20. Assist patients to meet nutritional and hydration needs in line with their individual care plan.
21. Ensure and prepare patients receive meals in a timely manner.
22. Assists patients with eating and drinking, provides adaptive aids if required.
23. Prepares and administers beverages for patients in timely manner
24. Weighs patients accurately as directed and records results
25. Food/fluid charts are fully completed in a timely manner to Trust standards
26. Assist to maintain patient safety, conforming to health, safety and security legislation, policies, procedures and guidelines.
27. Ensure nurse call systems are answered in timely way
28. Is able to demonstrate the correct use of cot slides, blue tray and wet floor signs

Please refer the Job description for details