Job summary
Are you compassionate, caring and communicative? Would you like to work at one of the
Countries leading teaching hospitals? If
so, NHS Professionals are currently recruiting for Health Care Assistants
to work at Southampton General Hospital.
As a Health Care Assistant, you will work under the guidance of a
Registered Nurse on one of the hospitals busy wards. Being on the bank at University Hospital
Southampton gives you full flexibility on both when you work and on what wards.
University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust
provides services to around 1.9 million people across Southampton and South
Hampshire and with their specialist services including neurosciences, cardiac
services and childrens intensive care unit they care for more than 3.7 million
across Southern England and the Channel Islands. The trust is also a major centre for teaching
and research in association with the University of Southampton and partners
including the Medical Research Council and Welcome Trust.
UHS gained foundation trust status in 2011. Every year the team of 11,500 treats around
150,000 day
and inpatients including 50,000 emergency admissions.
Main duties of the job
- Offer
enhanced care with a flexible learning approach for all our patients.
- Work
in the hospital area, providing guidance and encouragement to patients through
physical and emotional support.
- Maintain
a safe, clean and enjoyable environment.
- Assist
patients with their medical and welfare needs, and report as required.
- Safeguard
patients.
- Learn
about individuals specific needs and provide help in the most appropriate way.
- Patient
Observations including heart rate, blood pressure and oxygen saturations.
- Washing and dressing patients and
aiding in their personal care
- Assisting patients to access and use
toilet facilities
- Serving meals and helping to feed
patients
- Helping patients to safely move
around
- Assisting with bed making, cleaning
tasks, errands, or general duties
- Collecting pathological specimens
e.g., Urine, faeces, sputum
- Making patients and their families
feel comfortable
- Monitoring and reporting patients
conditions by taking temperatures, pulse, respirations and weight measurements
About us
Here at NHS Professionals, we run England's largest NHS staff bank and are experts at putting people in places to care. Every year we help thousands of dedicated and highly skilled NHS workers enjoy better career opportunities, more flexible shifts, and a healthier work-life balance across our partnered Trusts.
Career Progression access to Learning & Development opportunities, so that you can take on new roles and challenges
Work-life Balance flexible shifts, committed shifts, wellbeing resources and build paid annual leave
Opportunity & Access over 50 partner NHS Trusts to give you the flexibility of choice to work how and where you want
Job description
Job responsibilities
We have
flexible Bank shiftsandlong-termplacement opportunities for Health Care Assistants available at University Hospitals Southampton. Health
Care Assistants are required across the hospital on a wide range of wards.
These wards include:
- Surgery
- Medicine for Older People
- Trauma & Orthopaedic unit
- Acute Surgical Admissions
- Acute Medicine unit
- Emergency Department
- Child Health
- Cancer Care
- Intensive Care Unit
- Ophthalmology
- Theatres
- Neuro
University
Hospital Southampton has a rich tradition of developing Nursing and Midwifery
practice, and of delivering excellence in patient care.
Whilst
proud of their heritage, their focus is the future, and central to this
vision is providing evidence and value-based individualised care to the people
supported.
We are
looking for high calibre individuals with good interpersonal and communication
skills. The successful candidate should relish the challenge of a fast paced
and exciting environment whilst wanting to deliver the highest standard of
care.
Excellent
transport links mean their location is commutable from:
- Southampton
- Portsmouth
- Winchester
- New
Forest
- Bournemouth
- Oxford
Skills/Responsibilities:
- It is important that personal
limitations in knowledge and competence are acknowledged by the healthcare
assistant (HCA).
- The HCA should be aware of and concerned with the essential
needs of patients and assist the health care team by undertaking the following
under direct supervision of a registered nurse/practitioner:
Assessment of Care:
- Acknowledge personal beliefs and wishes
of patients.
- Communicate with individuals in ways,
which are appropriate and take account of individual needs and requests.
- Recognise vulnerable adults including
safeguarding and report to registered nurse/practitioner.
- Undertake, record, report and escalate
information relating to care accurately and in timely way.
- To be involved in review of all
patient risks including falls, nutrition, pressure ulcer prevention, infection
prevention and manual handling.
- Assist with dietary and fluid
intake, monitor and record as appropriate Adhere to nil by mouth and
pre-operative fasting instructions when enforced.
- Receive patients and their
relatives in a calm, courteous and reassuring manner, providing appropriate
information and support.
- Ensure that all documentation is
appropriately completed.
- Maintain accurate fluid balance
monitoring and report any changes to registered nurse/ practitioner ensuring
accurate record keeping is maintained.
- Provide literature on health
promotion and support of healthy living
Planning of Care:
- Handover care of patients both formally
and informally
Delivery of Care:
- Respect and always maintain the
patients privacy and dignity.
- Undertake a range of duties involving
direct patient care, as instructed by experienced practitioners and ensure
delegated nursing care is completed safely and effectively: e.g., Washing
patients Shaving patients Caring for deceased patients
- Assist patients to access and use toilet
facilities and dispose of body waste. 4. Assist in the collection of pathological
specimens e.g., Urine, faeces, sputum
- Following appropriate training, safely
escort stable/non acute patients to/from wards/departments as per current Trust
policy.
- Ensure that correct use of moving &
handling equipment, personal protective equipment and personal hygiene
standards are maintained.
- Take appropriate action in an emergency,
as per current Trust policy.
- Collect any requested specimens, label
correctly and send to the appropriate department, advising the registered
nurse/practitioner.
- Undertake and report basic observations.
- Record patients personal property, clothing
and valuables.
- Assist patients with menu choices,
taking account of any dietary requirements and offer alternatives depending on
medical condition as appropriate. Adhere to nil by mouth policies and
procedures.
- Provide physical, emotional and
spiritual support to individuals and their relatives/friends during emotional
distress and offer appropriate support from other members of the
multidisciplinary team e.g., chaplaincy.
- Assist with bed making, cleaning tasks,
errands or general duties appropriate to the clinical area as required.
- Ensure that all equipment is in good
working order and ready for immediate use. Report any faults to registered
nurse/practitioner in charge
Job description
Job responsibilities
We have
flexible Bank shiftsandlong-termplacement opportunities for Health Care Assistants available at University Hospitals Southampton. Health
Care Assistants are required across the hospital on a wide range of wards.
These wards include:
- Surgery
- Medicine for Older People
- Trauma & Orthopaedic unit
- Acute Surgical Admissions
- Acute Medicine unit
- Emergency Department
- Child Health
- Cancer Care
- Intensive Care Unit
- Ophthalmology
- Theatres
- Neuro
University
Hospital Southampton has a rich tradition of developing Nursing and Midwifery
practice, and of delivering excellence in patient care.
Whilst
proud of their heritage, their focus is the future, and central to this
vision is providing evidence and value-based individualised care to the people
supported.
We are
looking for high calibre individuals with good interpersonal and communication
skills. The successful candidate should relish the challenge of a fast paced
and exciting environment whilst wanting to deliver the highest standard of
care.
Excellent
transport links mean their location is commutable from:
- Southampton
- Portsmouth
- Winchester
- New
Forest
- Bournemouth
- Oxford
Skills/Responsibilities:
- It is important that personal
limitations in knowledge and competence are acknowledged by the healthcare
assistant (HCA).
- The HCA should be aware of and concerned with the essential
needs of patients and assist the health care team by undertaking the following
under direct supervision of a registered nurse/practitioner:
Assessment of Care:
- Acknowledge personal beliefs and wishes
of patients.
- Communicate with individuals in ways,
which are appropriate and take account of individual needs and requests.
- Recognise vulnerable adults including
safeguarding and report to registered nurse/practitioner.
- Undertake, record, report and escalate
information relating to care accurately and in timely way.
- To be involved in review of all
patient risks including falls, nutrition, pressure ulcer prevention, infection
prevention and manual handling.
- Assist with dietary and fluid
intake, monitor and record as appropriate Adhere to nil by mouth and
pre-operative fasting instructions when enforced.
- Receive patients and their
relatives in a calm, courteous and reassuring manner, providing appropriate
information and support.
- Ensure that all documentation is
appropriately completed.
- Maintain accurate fluid balance
monitoring and report any changes to registered nurse/ practitioner ensuring
accurate record keeping is maintained.
- Provide literature on health
promotion and support of healthy living
Planning of Care:
- Handover care of patients both formally
and informally
Delivery of Care:
- Respect and always maintain the
patients privacy and dignity.
- Undertake a range of duties involving
direct patient care, as instructed by experienced practitioners and ensure
delegated nursing care is completed safely and effectively: e.g., Washing
patients Shaving patients Caring for deceased patients
- Assist patients to access and use toilet
facilities and dispose of body waste. 4. Assist in the collection of pathological
specimens e.g., Urine, faeces, sputum
- Following appropriate training, safely
escort stable/non acute patients to/from wards/departments as per current Trust
policy.
- Ensure that correct use of moving &
handling equipment, personal protective equipment and personal hygiene
standards are maintained.
- Take appropriate action in an emergency,
as per current Trust policy.
- Collect any requested specimens, label
correctly and send to the appropriate department, advising the registered
nurse/practitioner.
- Undertake and report basic observations.
- Record patients personal property, clothing
and valuables.
- Assist patients with menu choices,
taking account of any dietary requirements and offer alternatives depending on
medical condition as appropriate. Adhere to nil by mouth policies and
procedures.
- Provide physical, emotional and
spiritual support to individuals and their relatives/friends during emotional
distress and offer appropriate support from other members of the
multidisciplinary team e.g., chaplaincy.
- Assist with bed making, cleaning tasks,
errands or general duties appropriate to the clinical area as required.
- Ensure that all equipment is in good
working order and ready for immediate use. Report any faults to registered
nurse/practitioner in charge
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- - Level 2 Health & Social Care or Equivalent/Care Certificate -
- - Minimum of 12 months Care Experience in the past 2 years -
Experience
Desirable
- - Minimum of 6 months Care Experience within NHS setting in the past 2 years
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- - Level 2 Health & Social Care or Equivalent/Care Certificate -
- - Minimum of 12 months Care Experience in the past 2 years -
Experience
Desirable
- - Minimum of 6 months Care Experience within NHS setting in the past 2 years
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.
