Health Care Assistant Job summary
Your main duties as a health care assistant include providing personal care, such as washing dressing toileting and monitoring health and wellbeing of our patients. Throughout your shift you will maintain health records and reporting any changes.
There will be an expectation of a flexible approach to shifts patterns with day nights and weekend working.
We are looking to appoint Health Care Assistants who are enthusiastic and motivated with a passion for caring to join our team on Hestercombe South West.
Our ward’s specialities are Trauma and Orthopaedics Spinal, Gynae and Bariatric surgery with both planned and emergency admissions. We are a 29 bedded ward with all patients either in single or double side rooms.
As a Health Care Assistant you will work as part of a large multidisciplinary team and will play a key role in delivering the fundamentals of care for patients under the supervision of a nurse, whilst supporting the patients to achieve the shared goals. Individuals should be able to demonstrate excellent communication skills who are willing to learn and take on new challenges as the service develops.
Health Care Assistant Main duties
Experience of working in a care setting would be advantageous but all necessary skills training, professional updates and mandatory training as appropriate to the post will be provided.
Full details of duties can be found in the job description.
Please be advised – this vacancy may close early if we reach a sufficient number of applications.
About us
As an organisation, the NHS offers a wide range of benefits including flexible working, fantastic pension contributions, market leading annual leave allowance, career progression and regular conversations, not to mention our Blue Light Card and NHS exclusive discounts.The benefits of working in Somerset include the idyllic countryside, with our areas of outstanding beauty and stunning coastlines. You will get to enjoy these perks whilst still only being a stone’s throw away from bustling city centres like Bristol, Bath and Exeter and only two hours away from London.There are excellent educational facilities in the area and, when compared to other regions, house prices are reasonable. You will to experience the best of both in Somerset, the countryside and the cosmopolitan – there is truly something for everyone!
To apply for this job please visit findajob.dwp.gov.uk.