HCA(HEALTHCARE ASSISTANT)
| Posting date: | 02 April 2026 |
|---|---|
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 02 May 2026 |
| Location: | Machynlleth, Powys |
| Remote working: | On-site only |
| Company: | SILVER BLUE SERVICES LTD |
| Job type: | Temporary |
| Job reference: |
Summary
* Assist with patient activities and care as assigned by the charge nurse/designee as indicated by the patient’s plan of care.
* Provide for patients’ personal hygiene: Bathes patients, performs oral suctioning and superficial wound care, assists with chronic wound care, provides skin care for patient with TED hose, SCD, casts, skeletal pins, assists with elimination, cares for the incontinent patient, cares for the patient with a urinary catheter, assists or gives cleansing enemas, sitz baths, non-sterile douches, and provides ostomy care.
*Assist with feeding.
* Ambulate, position, and turn patients and cares for the patient with altered mobility.
* Assist with patient safety related to age and condition: Assists with patient restraint, assist with patient specific safety precautions, collect, report and documents data related to patient needs/emergencies and usual patient and family behaviour, and cares for the patient from a correctional environment
* Maintain patient privacy and confidentiality of information and records at all times.
* Provide and maintains a clean, safe environment and performs and/or assists others to perform proper aseptic technique, isolation procedures, and infection control measures
* Assist with patient requests for other hospital services.
* Perform other related duties as required.
* Provide for patients’ personal hygiene: Bathes patients, performs oral suctioning and superficial wound care, assists with chronic wound care, provides skin care for patient with TED hose, SCD, casts, skeletal pins, assists with elimination, cares for the incontinent patient, cares for the patient with a urinary catheter, assists or gives cleansing enemas, sitz baths, non-sterile douches, and provides ostomy care.
*Assist with feeding.
* Ambulate, position, and turn patients and cares for the patient with altered mobility.
* Assist with patient safety related to age and condition: Assists with patient restraint, assist with patient specific safety precautions, collect, report and documents data related to patient needs/emergencies and usual patient and family behaviour, and cares for the patient from a correctional environment
* Maintain patient privacy and confidentiality of information and records at all times.
* Provide and maintains a clean, safe environment and performs and/or assists others to perform proper aseptic technique, isolation procedures, and infection control measures
* Assist with patient requests for other hospital services.
* Perform other related duties as required.