Health Care Support Worker - Enhanced Intermediate Care

Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust; Greater Manchester; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A major NHS trust in Greater Manchester is seeking individuals for healthcare assistant roles. As part of the team, you'll assist in holistic patient care, ensure dignity and respect, and report on patient conditions. Ideal candidates will have good communication skills and experience working with patients. We offer a competitive benefits package, including flexible working options and generous leave allowances, ensuring a good work-life balance.

Benefits

Competitive benefits package

Flexible working opportunities

Annual leave allowance

Protected hours for health and wellbeing

Qualifications

• NVQ Level 2 in Health and Social Care preferred.
• Experience in a healthcare environment is beneficial.

Responsibilities

• Assist in delivering high quality holistic care.
• Report any changes in patients' conditions.
• Communicate basic information to patients and carers.

Skills

Patient care skills

Communication

Teamwork

Attention to detail

Job description

Responsibilities

• Assist in delivering high quality holistic care, ensuring that the patients' dignity and equality is maintained at all times.
• Assist the patient to meet their nutritional requirements.
• Report any changes in the patients'/clients' condition to the registered clinicians.
• Assist with the moving and handling of patients ensuring that they are moved safely.
• Recognise and respond appropriately to urgent and emergency situations assisting the registered clinicians when indicated.
• Communicate basic information to patients/clients and their carers maintaining confidentiality, dignity and respect.
• Work through the competency framework appropriate to NVQ level 2 health care assistant.
• To correctly undertake tasks that have been delegated.
• To record information accurately and pass it to the relevant people in the team in a timely manner.
• To identify and report any changes that might affect the patient's condition.
• To obtain agreement from patient/carers before commencing any care related tasks.
• To respect the individual's privacy, dignity and beliefs.
• To prepare and support the patient appropriately during any activity that is to be undertaken.
• To promptly alert the team where there are any changes in the patient's health and well-being or any possible risks.

About the Trust

The Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust (NCA) provides hospital and integrated health and social care services to over one million people living across Greater Manchester. Our 20,000 colleagues care for people in hospital and in the community, working across Bury, Rochdale, Oldham and Salford, to save and improve lives. As a large NHS trust we are committed to enhancing the health of our local population by delivering consistently high standards of care and working closely with local authorities and key partners. We believe in our power and potential to make a difference and we're always looking for people who demonstrate our three core values - care, appreciate and inspire - to join our team. In return, we can offer you a job role with purpose and flexibility. The size and scale of the NCA means we can provide more challenge and opportunities so your career can always be moving in the right direction. By joining us you can also access a competitive benefits package, including, a fantastic annual leave allowance, flexible working opportunities and protected hours for health and wellbeing activities, helping you to achieve more personal downtime and a better work-life balance.