Senior Healthcare Assistant Apprentice

Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust; Chorley; Vor Ort; GBP 21.000 - 25.000; Vollzeit

Zusammenfassung

Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust in Chorley is seeking a healthcare assistant to deliver high quality personalised care in line with local and national standards.

Under supervision you will assist with taking samples for testing, support patients' nutritional needs, and undertake clinical duties as competencies are met, while maintaining safety, confidentiality and a positive patient experience.

Qualifikationen

• Experience of working in a health care setting.
• Understanding of confidentiality and data handling in the health sector.
• Numeracy and literacy at Level 1 or equivalent; willingness to attain Level 2.
• Understanding of health and safety issues within healthcare is desirable.

Aufgaben

• Provide good quality personalised care in accordance with standards.
• Under supervision take samples from patients for testing or dispatching (urine, sputum, faeces, MRSA swabs, blood sugars).
• Assist patients to meet nutritional needs in line with their care plan.
• Undertake clinical duties relevant to the area following competencies.
• Assist to maintain patient safety, conforming to health, safety and security policies.
• Assist in maintaining standards of care to improve patient experience and outcomes.
• Promote equality in care and practice by recognising and meeting individuals' needs.
• Contribute to maintaining a safe, clean, and productive care environment.
• Assist with resolving issues and complaints at local level and report outcomes to line manager.
• Maintain and develop own competence.

Kenntnisse

Healthcare experience

Confidentiality understanding

Numeracy skills

Literacy skills

Willingness to upskill

Health and safety awareness

Ausbildung

Level 1 numeracy equivalent

Level 1 literacy equivalent

Jobbeschreibung

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

• Provide good quality personalised care in
  accordance with agreed local and national
  standards.
• Under supervision take samples from patients
  for testing or dispatching eg: Urine, sputum,
  faeces, MRSA swabs, blood sugars
• Assist patients to meet nutritional needs in line
  with their individual care plan.
• Undertake clinical duties relevant to clinical
  area following achievement of competencies.
• Assist to maintain patient safety, conforming to
  health, safety and security legislation, policies,
  procedures and guidelines as competency is
  achieved.
• Assist in maintaining standards of care to
  improve the patient experience and outcome
  of care.
• Promote equality in care and practice by
  recognising, respecting and meeting the needs
  and choices of individuals
• Contribute to maintaining safe, clean, and
  productive care environment, compliant with
  standards for hygiene and cleanliness.
• Assist with resolving issues and complaints at
  local level and then report the outcome to line
  manager.
• Maintain and develop own competence

Person specification

Knowledge and Experience

Essential criteria

• Previous experience of working in a health care setting
• Understanding of concept and application of confidentiality

Desirable criteria

• Understanding of health and safety issues within healthcare

Qualifications and Education

Essential criteria

• Demonstrable numeracy and literacy skills at a minimum of Level 1/Grade D/Grade 3
• Willingness to work towards level 2 in numeracy and literacy Functional skills if not already achieved equivalent.

Desirable criteria

• Demonstrable numeracy and literacy skills in line with Level 2/Grade A*-C/Grade 4-9

We are committed to promoting equality of opportunity, celebrating and valuing diversity and eliminating any form of unlawful discrimination across our workforce, ensuring our people are truly representative of the communities we serve. All individuals regardless of race, age, disability, ethnicity, nationality, gender, gender reassignment, sexual orientation, religion or belief, marriage and civil partnership, neurodiversity or veteran status are encouraged to apply for this post. Our Statement on the Recruitment of Ex-Offenders is available