Job summary
Assist in the provision of care to patients, supporting and being supervised by a registered nurse.
Assist patients with all activities of daily living.
Assists qualified staff by undertaking personal care duties for patients.
Reports patient's condition to qualified staff.
Full range of manual and clerical duties.
Will be required to maintain the orderliness and hygiene and safety of the ward/departmental environment.
Main duties of the job
This is an excellent opportunity for an enthusiastic, patient-focused and conscientious HCA to join Duke of Gloucester Ward.
We are looking for a HCA who has excellent care values, deliver high quality patient centred care and provides gold standard documentation.
Previous orthopaedic experience would be advantageous. The candidate will be fully supported.
As an individual you must be flexible, have excellent communication skills and capable of working well with members of the team and wider MDT.
The successful candidate must be motivated to develop to their full potential.
About us
The RNOH is a national centre of excellence with an international reputation for diagnosis, assessment and treatment of neuro-musculoskeletal conditions. This ranges from the most acute spinal cord injury, bone tumour and complex joint reconstruction to orthopaedic and specialist rehabilitation.
It offers an integrated range of clinical, teaching and research services unique within the UK and in partnership with University College London.
Job description
Job responsibilities
- Check and prepare patients for treatment by qualified staff
- Perform simple non-aseptic dressings
- Collect specimens
- Supervise, where appropriate, less experienced health care assistants
- Perform intermittent catheterisation, record and report outcome to a trained nurse
- Perform and record vital observations and report findings to a trained nurse
- Perform bowel management for patients; record and report outcomes to a trained nurse
- Perform tracheal suction for patients who require domiciliary ventilation under supervision of trained nurses.
- Apply brace and splints as necessary
- Perform hoisting and transferring safely of a patient from: bed chair commode.
Job description
Job responsibilities
- Check and prepare patients for treatment by qualified staff
- Perform simple non-aseptic dressings
- Collect specimens
- Supervise, where appropriate, less experienced health care assistants
- Perform intermittent catheterisation, record and report outcome to a trained nurse
- Perform and record vital observations and report findings to a trained nurse
- Perform bowel management for patients; record and report outcomes to a trained nurse
- Perform tracheal suction for patients who require domiciliary ventilation under supervision of trained nurses.
- Apply brace and splints as necessary
- Perform hoisting and transferring safely of a patient from: bed chair commode.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Good general education
- After 1 year: Be working to NVQ level 2
Desirable
- GCSE in maths and English NVQ level II in care or equivalent
Experience
Essential
- Previous experience in a health care setting.
- Housekeeping experience
- After 1 year: Taking of general patient observations Manual handling of patients using lifting aids
Desirable
- Health care experience in a acute hospital environment
- Taking of general patient observations
- Manual handling of patients using lifting aids
- After 1 year: Hospital Computer systems
Skills
Essential
- Able to communicate clearly and effectively - to understand and be understood
- Basic numeracy Basic literacy
- Good basic hygiene skills - food handling, hand washing
- Ability to follow a clear instruction and feed back to senior staff
- Able to prioritise and meet deadlines
- Ability to work as part of a team, as well as on own initiative
- Caring for people
- Able to work with minimal supervision
- After 1 year: Able to carry out assigned tasks effectively in a busy, ever changing environment
Desirable
- After 1 year: Computer experience
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Good general education
- After 1 year: Be working to NVQ level 2
Desirable
- GCSE in maths and English NVQ level II in care or equivalent
Experience
Essential
- Previous experience in a health care setting.
- Housekeeping experience
- After 1 year: Taking of general patient observations Manual handling of patients using lifting aids
Desirable
- Health care experience in a acute hospital environment
- Taking of general patient observations
- Manual handling of patients using lifting aids
- After 1 year: Hospital Computer systems
Skills
Essential
- Able to communicate clearly and effectively - to understand and be understood
- Basic numeracy Basic literacy
- Good basic hygiene skills - food handling, hand washing
- Ability to follow a clear instruction and feed back to senior staff
- Able to prioritise and meet deadlines
- Ability to work as part of a team, as well as on own initiative
- Caring for people
- Able to work with minimal supervision
- After 1 year: Able to carry out assigned tasks effectively in a busy, ever changing environment
Desirable
- After 1 year: Computer experience
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.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
Additional information
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.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).