Patient Key Worker
| Posting date: | 19 April 2024 |
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| Salary: | £22,816.00 to £24,336.00 per year |
| Additional salary information: | £22816.00 - £24336.00 a year |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 09 May 2024 |
| Location: | Dorchester, DT1 2JY |
| Company: | NHS Jobs |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | C9405-24-0229 |
Summary
- To fully participate in the inter-professional evaluation of care, to ensure patients meet their ongoing health & wellbeing needs, focusing on safe and effective discharge/transfer out of the acute hospital. - Ensure the initiation of DOLs and MCA at the earliest opportunity in conjunction with the nurse in charge and that restricted interventions appropriateness is discussed daily at board round. - To promote comfort and well-being by ensuring that patients personal and social needs are met and be able to care for a patients nursing needs to include; vital signs, continence care, pressure area care, wound care, nutrition, hydration, foot care, skin integrity and mood identification. - To identify and report changes in patients condition, thus enabling appropriate action to be taken as directed by multidisciplinary team. - Demonstrate safe and effective skills in helping patients to eat and drink; to ensure nutritional needs are met in the most suitable manner. - Adhere to Trust and service guidelines regarding the moving, handling and positioning of patients as laid down in mandatory training sessions, to ensure the safety of self, patients, carers and colleagues. - Demonstrate understanding and practice of optimum Infection Control practice as laid down in training sessions, to ensure safety of patients and colleagues. - Maintain accurate and timely records of care using appropriate documentation/ electronic devices according to local and Trust standards.