Health Care Assistant | Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust
| Posting date: | 12 May 2025 |
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| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | £24,625 Per Annum (Pro Rata for Part Time) |
| Hours: | Part time |
| Closing date: | 12 June 2025 |
| Location: | Basildon, SS16 5NL |
| Company: | Southend University Hospital NHS Trust |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 7159255/390-MED-BA-1178 |
Summary
Here is an exciting opportunity to join us as a band 3 Health Care Assistant.
Marjory Warren Ward has 27 beds, of which provide care to general medical patients and those requiring End-of-Life palliative care, liaising closely with Community services and St Luke’s Hospice to ensure that patients can choose a preferred place of care, and receive specialist symptom management control.
This is a rewarding and fast-paced area delivering high quality specialist care in Cancer Medicine and Palliative Care, working alongside Macmillan Specialist and Community MDT.
Communicates with other relevant professionals for example senior nurses / MDT for information regarding patients’ clinical condition / clinical problems / workload issues
· Maintain good relationships and an empathetic approach to the patient’s’ family, relatives and carers and refer them to a registered nurse for any questions they may have on the patient’s condition or for any concerns they wish to raise.
· Communicates with others in accordance with the Trust values
· Maintain excellent communication with patients, relatives, and members of the MDT regarding all aspects of care demonstrating a variety of communications skills in accordance with the client group.
· Assist and maintains accurate patient care documentation utilizing a range of different IT systems e.g., datix, electronic observations
· Take & relay messages accurately
Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust is now one of the largest in the country, with a workforce of approximately 15,000 who serve a population of 1.2 million people.
We work together, and in conjunction with MSE Health and Care Partnership, to deliver excellent local and specialist services, to improve the health and wellbeing of our patients in a compassionate way, and provide a respectful, but vibrant place for staff to develop, innovate and build careers.
From facilities through to consultant specialists we want to be the best, to achieve this we need to recruit not just those who are the finest in their field but also those who have the potential to be. Yes, experience is important but so is outlook – if you are dynamic, forward-thinking and enthusiastic we want you to join us.
We not only offer you a good working environment with flexible working opportunities, but also the opportunity to develop your career with access to appropriate training for your job and the support to succeed and progress.
Demonstrates care and compassion to patients, carers, and relatives to help to ensure high quality patient centered care is delivered at all times.
· Accurately measure and record a patient’s weight, height, and BMI in preparation for assessment by a Registered Nurse or Doctor.
· To assist patients with personal and oral hygiene as instructed.
· To assist patients with eating and drinking.
· Monitoring and accurate recording of dietary and fluid intake appropriately reporting any abnormalities to the registered nurse. Complete Malnutrition Universal Screening Tool (MUST) and refer to a registered nurse as necessary.
· Enable patients to access appropriate toilet facilities, collecting and disposing of body waste. Monitor patients who are at risk of falls and escalate concerns where appropriate.
· Following relevant training and competency assessment, catheterise females following clinical decision making by a registered nurse in relevant clinical area
· Testing blood sugars, urine and stool specimens & accurately record results and report abnormalities to the Registered NurseRemoval of male/female
· indwelling urethral catheters
· Obtain specimens & process specimens to the laboratory
· Identify the physical signs and symptoms of pressure damage during a skin assessment and escalate to a registered nurse
· Provide pressure area care to patients recognizing abnormal skin appearance
· Recognise and assess patients who are in pain using a simple pain score and escalate to the registered nurse where appropriate
· Provide care to patients who are end of life
· Able to prepare equipment for aseptic procedures as instructed
· Undertake simple wound dressings as delegated by the Registered Nurse
· Taking and recording of temperature, pulse, respirations, blood pressure, CAVPU, oxygen saturation and pain scores on instruction from the Registered Nurse.
· Accurately recording the results and reporting significant findings, as per NEWS 2 policy.
· Under the supervision of a qualified nurse, support patients undergoing clinical procedures ensuring their dignity, respect, comfort, and safety/chaperone
This advert closes on Wednesday 14 May 2025