Care Assistant

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Full time
Location: Frimley
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Job offered by: NHS
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A Brand new 13 bedded Elective T & O ward is opening in Feb 2025!

An exciting opportunity has arisen within the Orthopaedic Directorate at Frimley Health Foundation Trust based at Frimley Park Hospital. We are looking to recruit Health Care Assistants to join our new Elective Orthopaedic Unit at Frimley. The Elective Orthopaedic Unit is a brand new 13 bedded ward in Frimley Park Hospital which will run a service 7 days a week. All 13 bed spaces are isolated side rooms. It is a fast-paced department catering for patients having a range of orthopaedic surgical procedures.

The successful individual should be dynamic, enthusiastic, and motivated who is committed to delivering a high standard of nursing care. The post holder must be an excellent team player, compassionate, and have exemplary communication and interpersonal skills. You will be supported with specialty specific training. It is essential for the candidate to have health care experience. Internal rotation within Ortho Trauma ward is expected to gain the skills and knowledge.

Main duties of the job The post holder will carry out duties in support and under supervision of a registered nurse and participate in patient care as a member of the ward nursing team.

To assist patients to maintain basic needs and ensure patient safety is maintained.

To assist with a range of clinical and non-clinical duties as per service demand adhering to GIRFT principles.

The post holder is expected to work within the trust with weekend, evening, and night duties as required by the service.

To assist members of the multi-disciplinary team to maintain patient's basic needs and ensure patient safety.

To assist with a range of non-clinical duties.

Please see attached Job Description for a comprehensive list of role specific duties and responsibilities.

About us 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.

Job 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 report to 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 in a professional manner.

To assist with admission, pre-op check, post-op check and discharge procedures as per role limitations.

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 IPC policy.

To ensure ward equipment is suitably maintained and cleaned frequently.

Please see attached Job Description for a comprehensive list of role specific duties and responsibilities.

Person Specification Qualifications

Maths and English to GCSE Grade 4/C or above or equivalent

Evidence of higher education

Experience

Customer care/public facing experience

Ortho/Surgical health care experience

Skills

Ability to communicate clearly (verbal & written)

Basic IT skills

Ability to work with minimal supervision and within a team

Disclosure and Barring Service Check This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

£24,873 a year per annum pro rata incl HCAS

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