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Job role: Healthcare Assistant
Company name: NHS Jobs
Salary: £25,000.00 per year
Job Reference: U0061-25-0053
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About the Job:
- Work as a member of the multi-disciplinary team to ensure patients and carers are supported as appropriate.
- Undertake a range of patient interventions (e.g. venepuncture, ECG, urinalysis, blood glucose, NHS health checks, diabetic foot checks, BP reviews and basic clinical observations) within the scope of Health and Social Care level 3 skills and competencies for patients as delegated by qualified professional clinical staff.
- Undertake other designated clinical procedures and interventions following appropriate training and updates as per your scope of competence.
- Prepare and maintain clinical environments and equipment before, during and after patient care interventions by ensuring clinical cleanliness and ordering, receiving and maintaining stock.
- Act as a patient/clinician chaperone as required and undertake mandatory training.
- Apply simple dressings as appropriate and in line with the dressings formulary and assist in aseptic procedures in line with scope of competence.
- Work within existing clinical guidelines, policies and infection control procedures.
- Be responsible for ensuring that patients are cared for in a safe environment and that privacy and dignity are maintained at all times.
- Provide advice and information to patients, carers and their families.
- Communicate in order to enable the delivery of factual and sensitive information within confidentiality guidelines to patients, ensuring all information is appropriately documented and reported as appropriate.
Benefits package
As an employee of gtd healthcare, you’ll be able to take advantage of our benefits package, including:
- working for a values-driven organisation;
- real living wage employer;
- access to Wagestream, which provides flexible and on-demand access to stream your pay during the month, in real-time, when picking-up extra shifts;
- 30 days annual leave, rising to 32 after five years of continuous service;
- flexible pension benefits including NHS pension scheme;
- flexible working hours and policies;
- family friendly and carer policies;
- opportunities to apply for innovation and quality awards;
- access to gtd healthcares wellbeing initiatives, which offer a wide range of tools and resources;
- gtd healthcare social and fun activities;
- cycle to work scheme.
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To apply for this job please visit beta.jobs.nhs.uk.