Health Care Assistant - Open Day Recruitment

Job summary

As a HCA you will be the eyes and the ears of our patients, we are looking to employ caring individuals who want to provide excellent care to patients in our service. We are proud to be going back to basics with our fundamentals of care programme and want you to be part of this.

We expect you to undertake all aspects of basic nursing care, including personal care supporting the patients to remain independent. We expect all staff to participate in the maintenance of the ward and with support of professionally qualified members of the multidisciplinary team ensuring the highest standard of patient/client care.

We will support you to undertake core and additional trainings and ensure you have the support you need to flourish in this vital role.

You will be delivering care under the supervision and direction of qualified members of the team.

We expect to deliver excellent standard of care -review and report any change to patient's condition to appropriately qualifiedsenior members of the team.

Main duties of the job

1 Contribute to the delivery of care and clinical activity in accordance with agreed plan of care and appropriate policies, procedures and protocols of ward/department.

2 Report any alteration in patients'/client's condition including the initiation of emergency action to the qualified clinical nurse.

3 To be aware of spiritual, cultural and religious needs of patients and to ensure care provided is particularly sensitive tothose needs.

4 Collect specimens of urine, faeces, or sputum as directed by qualified clinical nurse, ensuring its safe storage/transportor disposal as appropriate.

5 Assist with the control of infection including the safe disposal of clinical waste.

6 Provide assistance to address the nutritional /dietary needs of patients/clients:

a. Ensuring specific care instructions are complied with i.e. nil by mouth.b. Assisting patients/clients with their oral care needsc. Assisting patients/clients to ensure they receive necessary fluid intake.d. Assisting patients/clients with their meals, which will include aiding patients/clients to complete menu choices,assisting and encouraging patients to eat meals.e. Ensure all dietary intake or refusals are appropriately documented in patient's notes.

7 Provide assistance to ensure the psychological/emotional and physical needs of patients/clients are met respondingand reporting appropriately:

About us

Sandwell and West Birmingham NHS Trust (SWBT) is an integrated careorganisation with a budget of approximately £600 million and over 7,000 staff. Diversity and social care is at the core of what we do as the Trust provides Community and Acute Services to over half a million people in an urban centre that demands massive regeneration and has substantial premature mortality.

Our new acute hospital, the Midland Metropolitan University Hospital (MMUH), opens in 2024 and will provide care to our local population from first class, purpose-built premises.As a result, the base of this role may change to MMUH from 2024 (or beyond). If this is applicable to your role, you will be informed during the recruitment process and continuing your application with this understanding.The development of the new hospital will play an important role in the regeneration of the wider area and in improving the lives of local people and reducing health inequalities.

We have three newly emerging strategic objectives:

1. Our People - to cultivate and sustain happy, productive and engaged staff
2. Our Patients - to be good or outstanding in everything we do
3. Our Population - to work seamlessly with our partners to improve live

Employer details

Employer name

Sandwell and West Birmingham NHS Trust

Address

SWB NHS Trust

Lyndon West Bromwich

Sandwell/Birmingham

B71 4HJ

Employer's website

https://www.swbh.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

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Employer details

Employer name

Sandwell and West Birmingham NHS Trust

Address

SWB NHS Trust

Lyndon West Bromwich

Sandwell/Birmingham

B71 4HJ

Employer's website

https://www.swbh.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

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