Job summary
- Main area
- Stroke
- Grade
- NHS AfC: Band 2
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time
- Flexible working
- Job ref
- 151-CH009
- Employer
- Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Frimley Park Hospital
- Town
- Camberley
- Salary
- £24,873 per annum, pro rata
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 10/12/2024 23:59
Employer heading
Care Assistant
NHS AfC: Band 2
Job overview
G3 Stroke Unit is a 28 bedded unit incorporating 12 hyper acute beds and 16 acute/rehab stroke patients.
A post has become available for an enthusiastic, dynamic Care Assistant, with strong interpersonal skills. In this environment you will need to have a calm but assertive manner and be able to manage a changing workload.
Main duties of the job
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.
When joining Frimley Health, we can offer you a supportive working environment as well as training and development to meet your needs. If you have an interest in providing exceptional patient care as well as developing your clinical knowledge and skills then please apply via this vacancy.
Working for our organisation
Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust is committed to being an inclusive and disability confident employer and has been awarded the Gold for the Armed Forces Employment Recognition Scheme. We provide first class development opportunities for all staff and have a wide range of professional, management and leadership, and clinical skills training available.
Here at Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust, we know how important it is to have a healthy work life balance; this benefits not only individuals but the patients we care for too.
We encourage applications from people who wish to work on a flexible basis, recognising that flexibility may mean a range of different working patterns and hours, we do our utmost to work with our staff to meet their needs and the needs of our service and its users.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
- 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 NEWS 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, 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
Person specification
Skills
Essential criteria
- Ability to communicate clearly
- Basic numeracy and literacy
- Ability to follow clear instructions and feedback from staff
- Ability to work with minimal supervision
Experience
Essential criteria
- Previous experience of dealing with the general public
Desirable criteria
- Experience in a healthcare setting
- Experience of manual handling
- Experience on a hospital ward
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- GCSE Maths and English Grade C/4 or above or equivalent
Special Requirements
Essential criteria
- Willingness to work full shift patterns, including early/late/night shifts and weekends and bank holidays
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Emma Wells
- Job title
- Ward Manager
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 03006134225
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