Ward Healthcare Assistant

As our Ward Healthcare Assistant, you’ll work closely with registered members of the ward Inpatients team, providing a safe and supportive environment for all patients. You’ll ensure that our patients receive a high standard of care by carrying out routine patient monitoring and care duties such as; changing bedding and assisting with personal hygiene. You’ll be undertaking basic nursing care practices like catheter fitting and bag changing.

You’ll ensure your patient are prepared, fit and ready for their treatments to take place having gained knowledge of  by investigating the patent pathway. You'll have the responsibility of adding to and following that patents pathway, ensuring particulars such as; consent obtained before any treatment is carried out.

There'll be elements of administration tasks to be carried out, you'll be called upon to collect all patient information together for admissions and discharging or for follow-up calls. You may be required to photocopy particulars and transport patient paperwork to other departments.

As the Ward Healthcare Assistant, you'll be conscious of health, safety and hygiene aspects.  Not only will you look to make sure the ward is clean, you'll monitor and look for potential hazards, ensuring they are made safe or the issue is quickly bright to the attention or the department manager. In addition, you’ll assist with the management of stock and equipment, ensuring good levels and ordering when appropriate, pre-empting any shortfalls.