Senior Health Care Assistant – Elderly Medicine Ward

St. Helens and Knowsley Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust; Knowsley; On-site; GBP 23,000 - 28,000; Full time

Job summary

Mersey and West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust is seeking a Senior Health Care Assistant to join Ward 5B, a 36-bed Medicine for Older People ward on level 5 at Whiston Hospital. The care is consultant-led and delivered by a multidisciplinary team.

The SHCSW will work with geriatrics, nursing, therapies and social care to provide patient-centred care, support learners, and supervise junior staff while following Trust policies and ensuring safe, compassionate care in a busy elderly

Qualifications

• NVQ level 3 Health & Social Care or equivalent.
• Care Certificate (level 1)
• Literacy and numeracy functional skills level 2 or equivalent

Responsibilities

• Work with all members of the multidisciplinary team to deliver safe, high-quality, compassionate, person-centred care.
• Support/supervise learners, new staff and junior staff where required.
• Record patient information in accordance with local and trust policies.
• Undertake personal care duties for patients within the care setting accessing supervision from a registered healthcare practitioner.

Skills

Communication

Interpersonal skills

Teamwork

Mentoring staff

Adaptability

Time management

Flexibility

Stress management

IT skills (basic)

Professionalism

Learning support

Education

NVQ level 3 Health & Social Care

Care Certificate

Functional skills level 2 (literacy & numeracy)

Job description

Mersey and West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust is seeking a Senior Health Care Assistant to join Ward 5B, a 36-bed Medicine for Older People ward on level 5 at Whiston Hospital. The care is consultant-led and delivered by a multidisciplinary team.

The SHCSW will work with geriatrics, nursing, therapies and social care to provide patient-centred care, support learners, and supervise junior staff while following Trust policies and ensuring safe, compassionate care in a busy elderly