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Healthcare Assistant
| Posting date: | 29 August 2024 |
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| Salary: | £22,383.00 per year |
| Additional salary information: | £22383.00 a year |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 12 September 2024 |
| Location: | Milton Keynes, MK6 5LD |
| Company: | NHS Jobs |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | C9430-24-0548 |
Summary
Care Establish and maintain an open and sensitive communicative manner with children, relatives and staff. Accord friendly, helpful and respectful attention to everyone. Assist visitors to the department as necessary. Report any complaints or untoward incidents to the nurse in charge of the shift. Answer the telephone, take accurate messages and relay as necessary. Accompany children and parents to other departments when requested by nurse in charge, i.e. X-ray Department. Domestic/Environmental Assist the staff to keep the ward environment clean and tidy. Report any faulty equipment, to EBME and inform the nurse in charge of the shift. Record temperature of fridges daily in kitchen, drug room, and cubicles where appropriate and take action if temperature outside limits. Assist in the ordering, checking, unpacking and storage of stores and equipment for kitchen and store cupboard. Check and clean commodes ensuring they have a I am clean" label. Assist in annual stock take of equipment and stores. Cleaning and maintenance of equipment. Clean and remake beds as required. Please see the attached job description for additional information on the main responsibilities of the post holder. MKUH is committed to equal opportunities and improving the working lives of our staff and as such we offer a range of flexible working practices. We promote an inclusive workforce and encourage applications from applicants from all backgrounds. We reserve the right to expire vacancies prior to the advertised closing date once a sufficient number of applications have been received. MKUH uses identification scanning technology to confirm the authenticity of documents; all prospective employees of MKUH will have their original documents verified using this technology. By applying for this role, you accept if successful, that information from your application will be transferred into the national NHS Electronic Staff Record (ESR) system. Your personal data may be transferred from the Trust to another NHS organisation where your employment transfers within the NHS. This is in accordance with the streamlining programme which aims at saving you time and improving efficiencies within the NHS when your employment transfers. Upon commencing employment with the Trust, all employees (except Medical & Dental Staff on national terms and conditions) are subject to a probationary period lasting a period of six months with an option to extend for a further six months to a total of 12 months.