Health Care Assistant - Endoscopy Decontamination

NHS National Services Scotland; East Kilbride; Presencial; GBP 21.000 - 25.000; Jornada completa

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Annual Leave

NHS Pension

Incremental Raises

Sick Leave

NHS Discounts

Descripción de la vacante

NHS Lanarkshire is seeking a Health Care Support Worker to join a multidisciplinary team, providing routine personal care and assisting with examinations under supervision. You will help maintain hygiene, safety and high standards of patient care across ward settings.

Key responsibilities include delivering direct care under a registered nurse, collaborating with other disciplines, and maintaining accurate records. Relevant health or social care experience and good teamwork are desirable traits.

Formación

• Experience in health, education or social care settings.
• On-the-job training and induction will be provided.
• Undertake mandatory HCSW standards.
• Ability to work with people and as part of a multidisciplinary team.

Responsabilidades

• Carry out tasks delivering and supporting direct patient care under supervision.
• Co-operate with other disciplines to maximise patient care.
• Maintain empathic relationships with patients' carers and relatives and refer questions to a nurse.
• Report changes in patients' needs and maintain accurate records for communication.

Conocimientos

Personal care procedures

Teamwork

On-the-job training

Communication skills

Descripción del empleo

About The Organisation

Here at NHS Lanarkshire, we put the patient at the heart of everything we do. Each colleague within the organisation plays a key role in how we deliver our healthcare services.

We proudly serve a population of 655,000 across rural and urban communities in both North and South Lanarkshire. NHS Lanarkshire is comprised of Acute Services (which currently provide hospital based services over 3 main sites), Corporate & Property & Support Services, North and South Lanarkshire Health and Social Care Partnerships which provide integrated primary healthcare and social care services to local communities and surrounding areas.

The Role

As part of a multidisciplinary team, the post holder will carry out routine personal care/assist with routine examination duties for patients, in support of (and supervised by), a registered nurse/clinician. The post holder will ensure a person centred approach to care delivery which is safe and effective to ensure and maintain quality strategy.

The post holder will carry out assigned duties to maintain hygiene, order and safety within the ward/department environment.

Duties may vary with the type of ward/department and the degree of patient dependency.

In this key role, you will:

• Carry out assigned tasks in delivering and supporting direct patient care under the direction of a registered nurse to ensure delivery of high quality patient care
• Co-operate with and maintain good relationships with other disciplines that are attending and treating patients to maximise patient care.
• Maintain good relationships and an empathic approach to clients’ carers and relatives and refer them to a registered nurse for any questions they may have on the patients’ condition or for any suggestions or complaints that they wish to raise.
• Report observed changes in the patients’ physical/psychological needs and participate in maintaining accurate and up-to-date records to ensure effective communication.

What You’re Bring:

• Knowledge of personal care and related procedures or previous volunteer or work experience in a health, education or social environment.
• Required to undertake on the job training and induction
• Undertake mandatory HCSW standards
• Ability to work with people and as part of a multidisciplinary team.

What we Offer

As a valued employee of NHS Lanarkshire, you can enjoy an extensive range of benefits including:

• Annual Leave - 35 days including public holidays
• Generous NHS pension scheme
• Annual incremental salary progression
• Paid sick leave increasing with length of service
• NHS discounts and more.

NHS Lanarkshire is dedicated to building a diverse workforce where everyone can thrive, develop, and succeed based on their skills, knowledge, and talent - regardless of race, disability, gender, sexual orientation, or care experience* or any other dimension that can be used to differentiate people from one another.

*Care experienced applicants include those who have lived with foster parents, kinship carers, or in residential/secure children’s settings.

For informal discussion, please contact Nicola Dignam, Charge Nurse on [e-mail]

If you have any questions about the recruitment process or require support with your application, contact Jessica Murphy, Recruitment Administrator on [e-mail]

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Full details about the role are provided in the attached Job Description and Person Specification.