Job summary
The Emergency Care Centre are looking for an experienced healthcare to join their team as an advanced healthcare assistant.
Our Advanced Healthcare Assistant (AHCA) roles are focused on ensuring that high quality patient centered care is delivered in a safe clinical environment.
We are committed to developing our staff through training and education, supporting you to learn new skills. We have a dedicated Clinical Educator and Practice Development team focused on ensuring our staff have the right skills to care for our patients, where clinical skills can be taught and practiced to support you in your new role. There will be opportunities to develop and gain transferable skills for your future career - which for some may include a pathway into registered nursing.
Main duties of the job
- To maintain the highest possible standards of compassionate and professional patient centered care with particular attention to privacy and dignity.
- Assist patients with personal care, hygiene and sanitary needs, ensuring privacy and dignity is maintained at all times.
- Assist in meeting patients' nutritional needs, including non-oral nutritional and fluid intake.
- Where identified in the plan of care, ensure that food and fluid intake and output are accurately documented on appropriate patient charts.
- Assist in skin and pressure area care to prevent pressure ulcers developing. Under the supervision of registered nurses, ensure patients are helped to move position to prevent discomfort and / or pressure ulcers developing.
- Assist patients with safe mobilisation according to their plan of care and where appropriate seek help from other members of the multidisciplinary team.
- Utilise appropriate moving and handling equipment to reduce the risk of injury to the patient and themselves.
- Assist registered nursing staff in the taking and recording of vital signs as per the patient's plan of care.
- Communicate any changes in the patient's condition to the nurse / midwife in charge.
- Undertake a range of clinical procedures (Aseptic Dressings, cannulation, venepuncture, wound closure, catherterisation and Plastering)
- Escorting patients for Diagnostics
- Support new starters in developing their clinical skills
About us
The Humber Health Partnership is one of the largest acute and community Partnership arrangements in the NHS, seeing well over one million patients every year and managing a budget of over £1.3 billion.
Made up of two Trusts - Northern Lincolnshire and Goole NHS Foundation Trust (NLAG) and Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust (HUTH) - our Partnership has significant ambitions and is committed to delivering world-class hospital and community services for the 1.65 million people we serve.
Together we employ nearly 20,000 staff. Our five main hospital sites are Diana, Princess of Wales Hospital, Scunthorpe General Hospital and Goole and District Hospital, for NLAG and Hull Royal Infirmary and Castle Hill Hospital for HUTH.
As Teaching Hospitals working with the Hull York Medical School, we both lead and contribute to research in many areas - biomedical research, primary care, palliative medicine, cardiovascular and respiratory medicine, vascular surgery, cancer surgery and oncology.
We believe that by developing a diverse, inclusive, innovative, skilled and caring workforce, we can deliver excellent care to our patients and a great future for our employees, our Partnership and our community.
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https://join.humberhealthpartnership.nhs.uk/
Job description
Job responsibilities
For more detailed information, please read the job description linked below.
As a Trust we are keen to offer and encourage flexible working opportunities to address health and wellbeing and work-life balance for our employees, this will have a positive impact on the care we provide.
Flexible working is part of a wider commitment to improve the quality and experience of working life and we recognise that it is a key contributor for the recruitment and retention of our employees.
We therefore support and encourage open conversations around a specific working pattern to suit your work-life balance or a multi-role career, if it works for you and works for the role, we'll do our best to make it happen.
Local flexible working arrangements are developed in partnership between the line manager and employee in order to ensure equality of access to flexible working, as far as practicable, regardless of role, shift pattern, team or pay, based on: patient/service user and staff experience, service delivery and work-life balance of colleagues.
We are committed to creating and maintaining a fair and supportive working environment and culture, where contributions are fully recognised and valued by all and staff feel empowered to carry out their duties to the best of their abilities. As employers we are committed to promoting and protecting the physical and mental health and well-being of all our staff. This underpins our values as set out in the NHS Constitution, supports us to be an Employer of Choice and ultimately enables our employees to support the effective care of our patients.
We strongly value the different perspectives and ideas a diverse workforce brings to deliver better outcomes for our patients. We welcome applications irrespective of peoples age, disability, sex, gender identity and gender expression, race or ethnicity, religion or belief, sexual orientation, or other personal circumstances.
To learn more about Northern Lincolnshire and Goole NHS Foundation Trust, and discover the unique benefits on offer to employees, view our latest videos, plus more, please visit our recruitment website at https://joinnlag.co.uk/
In line with the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), the Recruitment & Workforce team will use and hold your personal data for the intended purpose and in line with the Recruitment & Workforce Privacy Statement.
We are committed to safeguarding the welfare of children/vulnerable adults and expect the same commitment from all staff and volunteers.
Please be aware that all new employees starting work with us will be charged for the cost of their DBS check, if it is required for their role.
Job description
Job responsibilities
For more detailed information, please read the job description linked below.
As a Trust we are keen to offer and encourage flexible working opportunities to address health and wellbeing and work-life balance for our employees, this will have a positive impact on the care we provide.
Flexible working is part of a wider commitment to improve the quality and experience of working life and we recognise that it is a key contributor for the recruitment and retention of our employees.
We therefore support and encourage open conversations around a specific working pattern to suit your work-life balance or a multi-role career, if it works for you and works for the role, we'll do our best to make it happen.
Local flexible working arrangements are developed in partnership between the line manager and employee in order to ensure equality of access to flexible working, as far as practicable, regardless of role, shift pattern, team or pay, based on: patient/service user and staff experience, service delivery and work-life balance of colleagues.
We are committed to creating and maintaining a fair and supportive working environment and culture, where contributions are fully recognised and valued by all and staff feel empowered to carry out their duties to the best of their abilities. As employers we are committed to promoting and protecting the physical and mental health and well-being of all our staff. This underpins our values as set out in the NHS Constitution, supports us to be an Employer of Choice and ultimately enables our employees to support the effective care of our patients.
We strongly value the different perspectives and ideas a diverse workforce brings to deliver better outcomes for our patients. We welcome applications irrespective of peoples age, disability, sex, gender identity and gender expression, race or ethnicity, religion or belief, sexual orientation, or other personal circumstances.
To learn more about Northern Lincolnshire and Goole NHS Foundation Trust, and discover the unique benefits on offer to employees, view our latest videos, plus more, please visit our recruitment website at https://joinnlag.co.uk/
In line with the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), the Recruitment & Workforce team will use and hold your personal data for the intended purpose and in line with the Recruitment & Workforce Privacy Statement.
We are committed to safeguarding the welfare of children/vulnerable adults and expect the same commitment from all staff and volunteers.
Please be aware that all new employees starting work with us will be charged for the cost of their DBS check, if it is required for their role.
Person Specification
Education and Qualifications
Essential
- Hold NVQ level 2 or equivalent in Health or Social care
Desirable
- NVQ Level 2
- Evidence of recent study / development
- Cannulation and venepuncture course
- Minor injuries skills course
- Working towards completion of level 3 or equivalent health or social care
Occupational Experience
Essential
- Experience of working in a health / social care setting for a minimum of 1 year
Desirable
- Ability to obtain bloods through cannulation or venepuncture
- Plastering competency
- Minor injury treatments competency
Person Specification
Education and Qualifications
Essential
- Hold NVQ level 2 or equivalent in Health or Social care
Desirable
- NVQ Level 2
- Evidence of recent study / development
- Cannulation and venepuncture course
- Minor injuries skills course
- Working towards completion of level 3 or equivalent health or social care
Occupational Experience
Essential
- Experience of working in a health / social care setting for a minimum of 1 year
Desirable
- Ability to obtain bloods through cannulation or venepuncture
- Plastering competency
- Minor injury treatments competency
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
