Healthcare Assistant - Liverpool, United Kingdom - Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
3 weeks ago
Description
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Band 3 Health Care Assistant to join our Integrated Discharge Unit at Aintree University Hospital.
You must be highly motivated, innovative and have a passion for delivering outstanding care to our patients and our community.
Under the supervision of a registered nurse, assisting the Ward/Department team in providing the highest possible standard of care for patients and their families/carer.
Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust was created on 1 October 2019 following the merger of two adult acute Trusts, Aintree University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust and the Royal Liverpool and Broadgreen University Hospitals NHS Trust.
The merger provides an opportunity to reconfigure services in a way that provides the best healthcare services to the city and improves the quality of care and health outcomes that patients experience.
It serves a core population of around 630,000 people across Merseyside as well as providing a range of highly specialist services to a catchment area of more than two million people in the North West region and beyond.
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Participates in all aspects of patient care with particular attention to personal hygiene and grooming.
Provision of patients toileting needs, ensuring privacy and dignity is maintained.
Support of patients in managing incontinence and promotion of continence
The recording of a patient's fluid intake and output using fluid balance charts
Preparation and serving of a patients meals, drinks and snacks. Assisting/feeding patients as necessary.
The recording of a patient's dietary intake when indicated in the patients plan of care.
Enable patients to maintain/improve their mobility by use of exercise and mobility appliances.
Assist in the prevention of pressure sore development as directed by the registered nurse in conjunction with the patient's plan of care.
For a full list of duties, please refer to the attached job description
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