Healthcare Assistant

To be a flexible member of the team working in all areas of the department as and when required covering the units opening hours with the addition of working in outlying areas, including Allerton ward and endoscopy unit.

Detailed job description and responsibilities

Communication and working relationships

Provide and receive routine information

Exchange factual information with patients and other team members

Uses tact, persuasion, reassurance and empathy with patients and carers

Able to overcome barriers to communication such as physical or mental health difficulties, learning difficulties, sensory impairments.

Record in the relevant documentation the care that has been delivered contemporaneously

Ensure by clear communication a happy atmosphere, and an effective and safe working environment

To be able to work flexibly between day unit, outpatient clinics, GI ward and endoscopy, providing cross-cover as needed to ensure safety is maintained in all areas

Complete and monitor patient clinical observations: ensure own documentation is completed to the unit agreed standard.

Demonstrates own role to junior collegues and assists with the induction of new starters

Analytical and judgement

To contribute to the assessment of patient needs and the evaluation of care programs within the Day Case Unit and outpatients

Instigate emergency procedures as requires, alert registered nurses to the condition of the patients under their care

Report any incidents, accidents or complaints to the nurse in charge of the ward, in accordance with Trust policy.

To undertake an active role in training student nurses and other healthcare assistants on the unit.

Recognise and respond appropriately to urgent and emergency situations.

To be aware of and abide by Trust approved policies, i.e. child protection, infection control, standards and quality initiatives.

Planning and organisation

To undertake skilled nursing activities for which training and competency assessment has been undertaken (dressings, drain removal, cannulation, cannula removal, Ng tube insertion/ removal, Blood sugar and INR recording)

Organises own workload and plans own work activities

Ensures the smooth running of the clinics assigned to them

Awareness of stock required for clinic and day unit and orders via stock control as required

Why Work With Us

Hutchings is a day unit and outpatient facility that provides care, infusions, procedures and clinical reviews of patients with multiple GI conditions.

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