Healthcare Assistant - Same Day Emergency Care

Lewisham and Greenwich NHS Trust; City Of London; On-site; GBP 25,000 - 35,000; Full time

Job summary

A healthcare trust in London seeks a Senior Healthcare Support Worker to deliver patient care in a multidisciplinary team. Responsibilities include performing care tasks, ensuring clinical standards, and supporting patient's physical and psychological needs. Ideal candidates should be compassionate and competent in patient care. Engaging staff culture is emphasized.

Qualifications

• Ability to perform patient care tasks competently as directed.
• Experience in providing clinical care and patient support.
• Skills in monitoring physical and psychological patient needs.

Responsibilities

• Perform necessary aspects of care for patients.
• Ensure effective delivery of clinical care and maintain standards.
• Follow Trust policies for a safe treatment environment.
• Participate in personal development activities.
• Deliver high-quality person-centred care.

Skills

Compassionate patient care

Competent performance of care tasks

Effective communication

Ability to follow policies

Job description

The Senior HCA /Senior Healthcare Support Worker (HCSW) is part of the multidisciplinary team delivering care to patients. Support and supervision is provided by a Registered Professional.

The Senior HCA / Senior Healthcare Support Worker carries out a range of patient care tasks and duties to enable the team to provide an effective and efficient service within Acute hospital settings.

• Competently perform the necessary aspects of care for patients
• Ensure effective delivery of clinical care is provided to patients and that an acceptable standard is maintained.
• Follow Trust policies and provide a safe and person-centred environment for the treatment of patients.
• Participate in personal and practice development activities to maintain standards of care.
• Demonstrates care and compassion to patients, carers and relatives to help ensure high-quality person-centred patient care is delivered at all times.
• To carry out a range of assigned patient care tasks as directed by a Registered Professional to ensure delivery of a high quality of patient care.
• To report observed changes in the patients’ physical/psychological needs to the Registered Professional.
• Performs a range of tests and report results to Registered Professional, e.g. urinalysis, blood pressure, pregnancy testing, patient observations and similar activities.
• Performs a range of patient care tasks e.g. wound observation and dressings, removal of peripheral cannula, stoma bag changing and reports any issues to the Registered Professional.
• To deal with questions and enquiries from patients, carers and relatives e.g. on the clients’ condition or for any suggestions or complaints that they wish to raise. Where appropriate, refer these to a Registered Professional.

Our People Are Our Greatest Asset. When We Feel Supported And Happy At Work, This Positivity Reaches Those Very People We Are Here For, The Patients. Engaged Employees Perform At Their Best And Our Equality, Diversity & Inclusion (EDI) Initiatives Contribute To Cultivate a Culture Of Engagement. We Have Four Staff Networks, a Corporate EDI Team And a Suite Of Programmes And Events Which Aim To Insert The 5 Aspirations

• Improving representation at senior levels of staff with disabilities, from black, Asian, and ethnic minorities background, identify as LGBTQ+ and women, through improved recruitment and leadership development
• Widening access (anchor institution) and employability
• Improving the experience of staff with disability
• Improving the EDI literacy and confidence of trust staff through training and development
• Making equalities mainstream

Certificate of sponsorship unlikely to be issued for this post

For further details / informal visits contact:
Name: Thelma King
Job title: Ward Manager
Email address: [e-mail]
Telephone number: 020 8333 3000
Extension 3326