Job details
| 07 March 2025 |
| £24,071.00 to £25,674.00 per year |
| £24071.00 – £25674.00 a year |
| Full time |
| 31 March 2025 |
| Wolverhampton, WV10 0QP |
| NHS Jobs |
| Permanent |
| C9225-25-0067 |
The Renal Unit seek the services of an experienced Health Care Assistant. The Renal Unit at New Cross Hospital offers in-patient and out patient haemodialysis in a hospital setting.
You will be required to deliver a high standard of care and demonstrate the ability to work using your own initiative. Applicants should have a positive attitude, excellent communication skills are essential in order to work closely with patients, relatives and carers.
Flexible working patterns including on-call will be required, and the successful applicant will be enthusiastic and committed to providing a high quality, patient-centered experience. This is an excellent opportunity to be part of a dynamic renal team involved in a number of new initiatives
Health Care Assistant Main Duties
Main duties of the job
We are an acute dialysis unit based in New Cross Hospital.
You will be responsible for opening the renal unit and lining and priming dialysis machines for patients.
Cleaning dialysis machines after use.
Ordering consumables for the unit weekly.
Participating in on-call provision on a rotational basis.
Caring for out-patients attending for their routine dialysis and for acutely unwell in-patients requiring emergency treatment.
Assisting with clinical procedures as required.
About us
The Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust is one of the largest NHS trusts in the West Midlands providing primary, acute and community services and we are incredibly proud of the diversity of both our staff and the communities we serve. We are building a workforce that can help us to fulfil our values, improve the quality of care for patients, and solve the health care problems of tomorrow. We’re passionate about the value that diversity of thinking and lived experience brings in enabling us to become a learning organisation and leader in delivering compassionate care for our patients.
We are delighted that we have been rated as “Good” by CQC. We have achieved numerous awards; The Nursing Times Best Diversity and Inclusion Practice and Best UK Employer of the Year for Nursing Staff in 2020.
The Trust is a supportive working environment committed to creating flexible working arrangements that suit your needs and as such will consider all requests from applicants who wish to work flexibly.
Job description
Job responsibilities
To assist registered nurses* with delivery of haemodialysis to patients.
To ensure the set standards of care are maintained for all patients.
To ensure that patients’ personal hygiene needs are met including skin, mouth, eye, foot and nail care.
To assist patients in meeting their nutritional needs, including assisting with feeding of patients following assessment by a registered nurse trained to undertake dysphasia assessment, where appropriate.
To accurately record electrocardiograms as requested by registered practitioner.
To accurately record and report observations e.g. pulse, respiration, blood pressure and temperature with the aid of specialist equipment as appropriate to the needs of the work place.
To accurately measure blood glucose with the aid of specialist equipment, recording and reporting the results.
To undertake simple dressings utilising appropriate aseptic techniques as instructed by the registered nurse following appropriate training and assessment.
To ensure that appropriate moving and handling techniques and equipment are used when manual handling.
To accurately test urine samples, recording the results and also ensuring that the results are reported to the registered nurse.
To assist in health education or information giving as indicated by the registered nurse.
To answer the telephone and take messages as required.
To take specimens to laboratories as required.
To observe patients during their dialysis for any signs of deterioration and respond appropriately while escalating.
To observe patient during their dialysis treatment for line disconnection or arterio-venous dislodgment.
To safely remove arterio-venous fistula needle as per Renal Clinical Practice.
To support the registered nurse as second on call to provide 1: 1 emergency out of hours dialysis, including assisting the doctor in the procedure room with line insertions.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- QCF/NVQ level 2 in healthcare or equivalent qualification
- Maths and English qualification A-C/4-9 or equivalent
Desirable
- Care Certificate or ability to complete within 12 months of commencing employment
Experience/Skills
Desirable
- Experience in a healthcare environment
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.
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Employer details
Employer name
The Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust
