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Company name: NHS Jobs
Salary: £23,615 per annum
Job Reference: 6855374/287-ASUR-136-24-A
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About the Job:
• Assist patients in meeting their hygiene needs and carry out all aspects of personal care and grooming (to include emptying catheter bags).
• Provision of patients toileting needs, ensuring privacy and dignity is maintained.
• Support of patients in managing incontinence.
• Measures patients fluid intake and output using fluid balance charts and reports information to Registered nurse.
• Preparation and serving of patient’s meals, drinks and snacks. Assisting / feeding patients as necessary
• Assist patients in completing menu forms and liaise with the Catering
• Department with regard to the number of meals needed.
• Reports patients dietary intake as indicated in the patients plan of care
• Carry out any movement and handling within the safe practice guidelines from mandatory training and in relation to the patient’s manual handling plan.
• Enable patients to maintain/improve their mobility by use of exercise and mobility appliances as directed by individual care plans.
• Assist in the prevention of pressure sore development as directed by the Registered Nurse in conjunction with the patient’s plan of care.
• Obtaining specimens from patients for ward or laboratory testing.
• Escorting patients to clinical departments within the hospital
• Assist Registered Nurse in performing last offices.
• General observations of patients, reporting anything untoward to Registered Nursing Staff.
• Initiate Basic Life Support techniques as appropriate and provides assist to the registered nurse as required in prolonged resuscitation situations.
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To apply for this job please visit findajob.dwp.gov.uk.