Care Assistant - Frimley, United Kingdom - Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust

Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust

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Frimley, United Kingdom

1 week ago

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We are looking for an enthusiastic band 2 who is interested in working in Surgical Ward.

F7 Ward is a General Surgical ward with many specialities as Colorectal, Upper GI, Urology, Vascular and Emergency Surgery

You will have the opportunity to gain a great understanding in the care of a variety of acute patients. Key areas will include pre
- and post-operative care, meeting rehab needs, post-operative pain management and establishing working relationships with the multidisciplinary team.

F7 is a great place to learn a whole new speciality as the unit features a completely specific patient dynamic.

Because of this, you will build great working relationships within the teams.

This vacancy is linked to a level 2 apprenticeship.

This will support you to gain relevant knowledge, skills and experience that will help you achieve your potential in this role.

Working alongside the Trust's experienced staff you will be supported to gain the apprenticeship qualification and functional skills in maths and English if required.

This is a great opportunity to gain a national recognised qualification while you are working and earning, which will support you in both this role and in your future career at Frimley Health.

You will not be required to undertake an apprenticeship if you have previously completed a relevant apprenticeship, NVQ or similar qualification.

You will be primarily assisting the nursing team with care of the patients and will facilitate the smooth running of the department.

You need to be driven and prepared to deliver high quality care and attention to detail.

In this role you can look forward to a career full of development opportunities and the support from an excellent team of healthcare professionals - working alongside a reliable and friendly team.

You will also have access to a full program of training and development as well as a range of employee benefits.

Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust provides NHS hospital services for around 900,000 people across Berkshire, Hampshire, Surrey and south Buckinghamshire.

As well as delivering excellent general hospital services to local people, we provide specialist heart attack, vascular, stroke, spinal, cystic fibrosis and plastic surgery services across a much wider area.

We have three main hospitals - Frimley Park in Frimley near Camberley, Heatherwood in Ascot and Wexham Park near Slough.

Our threecore values, and the behaviours that support them, guide everything we do and set out what we expect of our staff in the way they treat patients, visitors, service users and each other,Committed to Excellence, Working Together and Facing the Future.

We are also proud to host the Defence Medical Group South East at Frimley Park with military surgical, medical and nursing personnel working alongside the hospital's NHS staff providing care to patients in all specialties.

To undertake agreed clinical activities including collection of urine and faecal samples, swabs, recording of fluid intake/output, changing of stomas and urine drainage bags, catheter care, recording of pulse/temperature/blood pressure/saturations and MET scoring, and to advise the team nurse of any changes in a patient's condition.
To assist patients to eat and drink as required, assisting in menu selection and being aware of special diets and cultural requirements.
To enable and assist patients to maintain their personal hygiene.
To contribute to the safe movement of patients, using equipment to mobilise and move patients, after mobility assessment, to ensure patient comfort.
To answer the ward telephone as required
To assist with discharge procedures
To maintain patient records.
To tidy rooms and bed areas, and to clean and strip beds and remake after patient discharge, dealing with disposal of soiled linen as per policy
To ensure ward equipment is suitably maintained and cleaned frequently.