Now Hiring: Health Care Assistant in Folkestone (Visa Sponsorship Offered)

Job role: Health Care Assistant

Company name: NHS Jobs

Salary: £11.44 to £12.92 per hour

Job Reference: A2847-24-0007

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About the Job: 

 The post-holder will implement and lead on a full range of promotion and management their own and others health and safety and infection control as defined in the practice Health & Safety policy, the practice Health & Safety manual, and the practice Infection Control policy and published procedures. This will include but will not be limited to Using personal security systems within the workplace according to practice guidelines Awareness of national standards of infection control and cleanliness and regulatory, contractual, professional requirements, and good practice guidelines.

Responsible for the correct and safe management of the specimens process, including collection, labelling, handling, use of correct and clean containers, storage, and transport arrangements. Management and maintenance of Personal Protective Equipment for the practice, including provision, ordering, availability, and ongoing correct usage by staff. Responsible for hand hygiene across the practice Ownership of infection control and clinically based patient care protocols, and implementation of those protocols across the practice

Active observation of current working practices across the practice in relation to infection control, cleanliness, and related activities, ensuring that procedures are followed, and weaknesses, training needs are identified, escalating issues as appropriate. Identifying the risks involved in work activities and undertaking such activities in a way that manages those risks across clinical and patient process. Making effective use of training to update knowledge and skills and initiate and manage the training of others across the full range of infection control and patient processes.

Monitoring practice facilities and equipment in relation to infection control, ensuring that provision of hand cleansing facilities, wipes etc are sufficient to ensure a good clinical working environment. Lack of facilities to be escalated as appropriate. Safe management of sharps procedures including training, use, storage, and disposal Using appropriate infection control procedures, maintaining work areas in a tidy, clean, and sterile, and safe way, free from hazards. Initiation of remedial or corrective action where needed or escalation to responsible management.

Actively identifying, reporting, and correction of health and safety hazards and infection hazards immediately when recognised Keeping own work areas and general – patient areas generally clean, sterile, identifying issues and hazards – risks in relation to other work areas within the business, and assuming responsibility in the maintenance of general standards of cleanliness across the business in consultation with other sector managers

Undertaking periodic infection control training Waste management including collection, handling, segregation, container management, storage, and collection. Spillage control procedures, management, and training Decontamination control procedures, management and training, and equipment maintenance Maintenance of sterile environments Demonstrate due regard for safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children.

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