Healthcare Assistant - Ward C1

at  East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust

An opportunity has arisen for Healthcare assistants to join the Older Persons Unit at Royal Blackburn Hospital.
OPU/OPRA is a busy unit with a professional but friendly team delivering high standards of care. Our focus is providing an appropriate, comprehensive geriatric assessment for patients in our care, with a focus on frailty pathways. We care for patients from the emergency department. You will work alongside the nursing team and wider multidisciplinary team to ensure the admission, discharge and transfer of patients runs smoothly.
We are seeking to appoint Band 2 healthcare assistants who are flexible, compassionate and motivated and who can demonstrate an ability to develop within the role. This is a very busy area, with a high patient turnover.
The unit comprises of ten assessment areas and 48 inpatient beds, the patients admitted are frail, elderly and often have multiple comorbidities.
We are looking for compassionate, caring individuals who share the ethos of the unit, and will help drive the service forward, supported by the unit managers and both the qualified ward staff and the current healthcare assistants. The unit is comprised of bay areas and in order to maximise patient safety the unit operates the system of bay nursing. This would be an ideal opportunity for a new in post healthcare assistant or one seeking to gain new knowledge and skills within frailty.
The post holder will provide experience of working with older people, have knowledge of frailty and will be willing to undertake any relevant training to progress the unit.
The successful applicant must also be able to demonstrate excellent interpersonal and communication skills, be aware of, and actively demonstrate the Trusts vision and values, and have a genuine interest in this new and exciting unit.
We are a forward thinking, positive, progressive department and you will be supported to further develop your expertise in order to provide the best outcomes for patients.
We currently high quality services and treat over 600,000 people across East Lancashire and the surrounding areas. We employ over 7000 staff many of whom are internationally renowned and have won awards for their work.
The main responsibilities of the job role include -
Assisting with personal care needs of patients and activities of daily living.
Promoting and assisting patients with oral nutrition and fluids and reporting any concerns.
Assist with admission and discharge of patients, including checking valuables.
Assisting with infection control and prevention strategies.
Supporting of patients and their families in the last stages of their life.
Maintaining effective communication

Please refer the Job description for details