Healthcare assistant - AMU | Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust - Camberley
This is a great opportunity for Care Assistants to take more responsibility and role in Acute Medical Care environment at Frimley Park Hospital.
AMU is a 42 bedded busy unit looking after patients with various medical conditions, these allows a great deal of exposure to areas of cardiology, respiratory, gastro enterology, endocrine, elderly care and mental health.
You will be working with the nursing and multi disciplinary team to deliver high quality patient care to patients and relatives.
You will be supporting the nursing staff in ensuring the all the documentation is up to date. Dementia care and acute care skills are essential.
Reporting any changes in a patient's condition and making sure your area is kept safe.
Essential skills needed are venepuncture, cannulation and catheterization. Being familiar with EPIC is desirable.
The role also involves mentoring new staff members (Care Assistants).
Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust is committed to being an inclusive and disability confident employer and has been awarded the Gold for the Armed Forces Employment Recognition Scheme. We provide first class development opportunities for all staff and have a wide range of professional, management and leadership, and clinical skills training available.
Here at Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust, we know how important it is to have a healthy work life balance; this benefits not only individuals but the patients we care for too.
We encourage applications from people who wish to work on a flexible basis, recognising that flexibility may mean a range of different working patterns and hours, we do our utmost to work with our staff to meet their needs and the needs of our service and its users.
Frimley Health Trust benefits on Vimeo- To provide professional, competent basic nursing care to patients and relatives without direct supervision.
- To competently undertake basic agreed clinical activities without direct supervision.
- To prioritise own workload and make independent minor decisions.
- To provide Health Education and Promotion to both patients and relatives.
- To provide basic wound care following training under senior supervision until evidence of competency has been demonstrated, including aseptic technique and obtaining wound swabs correctly and application of slings and tub grip.
For further details, please refer to Job Description/Person Specification
This advert closes on Wednesday 5 Feb 2025