About this role
Job summary
Job overview
An exciting opportunity has arisen for inspirational and motivated Health Care Assistants to join our Trust within our Medicine and Emergency Care Division and Surgical Division at Blackpool Teaching Hospitals.
The successful candidates will be supported by both our nursing and medical team and essential training for the role will be provided.
You will work closely with a range of healthcare professionals to deliver high-quality patient care. The role includes supporting patients with eating and drinking, personal care, attending procedures, and assisting the nursing and medical teams with treatment.
In addition to providing essential nursing care, there will be a range of clinical skills you are expected to acquire to fulfil the role requirements, such as undertaking clinical observations and venepuncture (taking blood samples). All necessary training for acquiring these skills will be provided by the Trust, through our induction and training program, including enrolment in the Care Certificate qualification.
Working alongside skilled health professionals who work within this multidisciplinary team, the departments provide a fantastic place to learn and for you to develop your skills.
Please apply early as this vacancy may close early.
The Trust DOES NOT provide sponsorship for this role.
Main duties of the job
Main duties of the job
We are looking to recruit a number of caring and enthusiastic healthcare assistants to join various wards across Blackpool Teaching Hospitals.
You need to have excellent communication skills, as our patients are often complex and require you to be patient and understanding.You will be required to liaise with the multi-disciplinary team to ensure patient needs are identified and communicated effectively so that safe decisions are made around patient care.
You will be expected to maintain high standards of nursing care under the supervision of a Registered Nurse and be personally responsible for your actions following the Trust's Policies and Procedures. You will be required to support the safe admission, transfer and discharges of patients and be pro-active in the timely support provided to patients at all times.
You will be expected to maintain accurate written and/or electronic records ensuring all legal requirements are met.
You will be encouraged and supported to gain new skills and to be actively involved in change improvement and being a champion for an area of care that you feel interested in. You should also be committed to and have evidence of continuing professional development.
The Trust supports continuous development through clinical supervision, training, and appraisal, with ongoing career development opportunities available once in post such as Senior Healthcare Support Worker Apprenticeship Standard.
About us
Working for our organisation
Working for Blackpool Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust will provide you with lots of opportunity to develop your skills and further your career. The Trust provides services to the 440,000 residents of Blackpool, Fylde and Wyre and North Lancashire.
We are proud of the care we strive to provide, and we want to continue to build on this by the addition of passionate, kind and caring people to our teams. Using the latest pathways, evidence-based care and, using all the community therapy support networks available to us to give every patient the best opportunity to remain independent, safe and supported. We are looking for people who strongly align with our Trust values and share common goals.
As a Trust we are committed to:
Developing new roles and ways of working to ensure a flexible and innovative approach to staff. Real equality of opportunity. Continuous learning and development for staff. Achieving a work life balance We are committed to the effective recruitment, retention and development for our employees, which is why we offer a great working environment, an attractive range of benefits and excellent opportunities for training and development.
The Trust is accredited as a Disability Confident employer. That means we recognise our obligations to ensure people with disabilities are afforded equal opportunity to enter employment and progress if and where possible.
Job description Job responsibilities
Main Duties:
Responsible for the maintenance of your own skills and competencies required to undertake the role.
Assist the Registered nurse (RN) in the delivery of care to a designated patient group, demonstrating an ability to prioritise such care.
Determine the comfort of patients by talking and listening to them and building up a rapport.
Assist in providing personal hygiene of patients who are unable to do so themselves, including washing, bathing and assistance with using the toilet.
Assessing patients' health safety and wellbeing, escalating to appropriate colleagues if required
Assist in feeding/ giving drinks to patients who are unable to do so for themselves and complete food and fluid charts where necessary.
Ensure patient dignity supporting patients with tact, empathy, and persuasion.
Ensure that all care provided by yourself is documented appropriately.
Report any changes in patient condition to the RN.
Person Specification
Education & Qualifications Essential
Care certificate is essential or be willing to work towards completing on successful appointment to the post.
Desirable
IT Qualification
Experience Essential
Knowledge and/or experience of care and related procedures. Experience with manual handling of patients, using moving aids Experience of completing patient care records
Desirable
Experience and involvement of an improvement project/s Experience of holding an area of responsibility relating to training/audit
Skills, Ability & Knowledge Essential
Knowledge and/or experience of personal care and related procedures Able to accurately update patient records for care delivered including changes to patient condition. Ability to communicate factual information clearly and effectively with tact and empathy overcoming barriers to communication such as physical impairments or mental health/learning disabilities Ability to carry out routine duties acting on own initiative with limited supervision. Ability to work as part of a team, as well as on own initiative with access to supervision. Understands confidentiality Be able to participate in audits that are relevant to the role. Ability to follow Trust policy's relevant to the role. Ability to use IT skills proficiently on using relevant IT systems. Ability to deliver (with appropriate training and competency assessment) a range of clinical/technical skills and care duties such as (but not limited to): clinical observations, blood glucose monitoring, ECG's, simple wound dressings. Able to supervise others e.g. T- level students, new B3 HCA's, Band 2 HCA's
Personal Qualities Essential
Caring Adaptable to the changing needs of the service Self-motivated Enthusiastic Approachable Diplomatic Innovative Flexible Responsible and accountable
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.
Employer details Employer name Blackpool Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Address Blackpool Victoria Hospital
Whinney Heys Rd
Blackpool
FY3 8NR
United Kingdom
Employer's website https://www.blackpoolteachinghospitals.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)