Healthcare Assistant

Job summary

The post holder will be expected:To provide the fundamentals of nursing care to patients on the ward. To complete documentation accurately in a timely manner. To work within the multi disciplinary team, and maintain patient comfort and dignity. To complete mandatory training and be able to do basic observations. To provide assistance with eating & drinking and mobilising our patients.The position is a full time vacancy of 37.5 hours per week , day or night shifts to be covered.

Main duties of the job

To provide the patients with assistance to maintain their hygiene and provide all personal care as required. Be competent to do basic observations . Assist with feeding and mobilizing as per therapy guidelines. To complete patients individual paperwork, such as body-maps, skin bundles and fluid balance charts.

You will be expected to follow uniform policy and guidelines. If absent or sickness you will expected to ring the ward and ask to speak to the nurse in charge as per Trust policy and guidelines.

About us

The Secretary of State has approved the partnership between St Helens & Knowsley Teaching Hospitals and Southport & Ormskirk Hospitals.

From 1st July we have come together as a single organisation under the name Mersey & West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust.

The Trust delivers acute hospital care, intermediate care, community, and primary care services to a population of over 600,000 people with a combined workforce of around 9000 dedicated and skilled staff from 17 locations including Whiston, Southport & Formby, St Helens, Ormskirk and Newton hospitals.

The Trust provides regional services for burns, plastic surgery and spinal injuries to more than 4 million people across Mersey and West Lancashire, Cheshire, the Isle of Man and North Wales.

Our Vision is to deliver 5 Star Patient Care:

• CAREthat is evidence based, high quality and compassionate
• SAFETY that is of the highest standards
• COMMUNICATION that is open, inclusive and respectful
• SYSTEMS that are efficient, patient centred and reliable
• PATHWAYS that are best practice and embedded, but also respect the individual needs of patients

Our achievements include:

• Trust rated Outstanding by CQC Inspection August 2018
• Top 100 places to work in the NHS (NHS Employers & Health Service Journal)
• Awarded National Preceptorship Accreditation (2023) for our Nursing & AHP Preceptorship Programme

Please see our Wellbeing & Benefits booklet for more information on our staff benefits.