Healthcare Assistant - Salford, United Kingdom - Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust

Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust

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Salford, United Kingdom

3 weeks ago

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Description

To assist the healthcare practitioner to carry out routine health related activities to ensure patient focused care, facilitating patient enablement and independence as appropriate.

To provide clinical support as required to help ensure the efficient and effective running of the work area.

To provide excellent customer service to all internal and external customers.

Clinical responsibilities

Complete physiological observations, blood glucose monitoring, urine analysis, swabbing (MRSA, wound etc), height & weight measurements, pregnancy testing.
Undertake routine assessment tasks related to individuals' health and wellbeing, making modifications within prescribed parameters and reporting back to Senior Staff on patients' progress.
Complete Venepuncture
Complete ECG recording
Provide written & verbal lifestyle advice.

- communicate with people in an appropriate manner to ensure level of understanding incorporates preferred ways of communicating, culture and background.
- effectively communicate complex and sensitive information.

Agree the arrangements for communication with the patient/family/carer, and to document these in accordance with Trust policy and the patients right to confidentiality.

- encourage others to seek advice and solutions.

Liaise with other clinical Professionals & teams (internal & external) within normal scope of practise

The Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust (NCA) provides hospital and integrated health and social care services to over one million people living across Greater Manchester.

Our 20,000 colleagues care for people in hospital and in the community, working across Bury, Rochdale, Oldham and Salford, to save and improve lives.

As a large NHS trust we are committed to enhancing the health of our local population by delivering consistently high standards of care and working closely with local authorities and key partners.

We believe in our power and potential to make a difference and we're always looking for people who demonstrate our three core values - care, appreciate and inspire - to join our team.

In return, we can offer you a job role with purpose and flexibility.

The size and scale of the NCA means we can provide more challenge and opportunities so your career can always be moving in the right direction.

By joining us you can also access a competitive benefits package, including, a fantastic annual leave allowance, flexible working opportunities and protected hours for health and wellbeing activities, helping you to achieve more personal downtime and a better work-life balance.