Senior Healthcare Assistant
Job Description
Job summary
This purpose of the Health Care Assistant (Band 3) is to assist in the delivery of care within an agreed level of autonomy, following a programme of development through required competencies. Band 3 Health Care Assistants will be required to assist in an enhanced role to include initial patient assessment and providing basic clinical advice under the supervision of Hospital at Night Practitioners/Medical team.
We kindly request previous applicants do not apply at this time.
Main duties of the job
To undertake relevant training in order to independently provide specialist treatment to patients including;
physiological observations
venepuncture/cannulation
venous blood gas sampling
blood cultures
electrocardiography
To updating clinical documentation and electronic patient information including incident reporting in line with data protection standards
To communicate patient condition to registered nurse
To communicate learning from link roles to entire nursing/medical team
To complete mandatory/essential training as needed
About us
Hospital at Night is one of the many ways the NHS is working to provide the right care in the right place at the right time for patients.
Working within the Hospital at Night team will give you an opportunity to be involved in leading and taking part in the running of a out of hours service.
Job responsibilities
To undertake relevant training in order to independently provide specialist treatment to patients including;
physiological observations
venepuncture/cannulation
venous blood gas sampling
blood cultures
electrocardiography
To communicate plans to patients and relatives about their care in oral, written or electronic forms
To updating clinical documentation and electronic patient information including incident reporting in line with data protection standards
To communicate patient condition to registered nurse
To communicate learning from link roles to entire nursing/medical team
To complete mandatory/essential training as needed
Person Specification
Skills
Essential
- clinical skills
Desirable
- experience
Experience
Essential
- Maths/English GCSE C or above
- Care Certificate
Desirable
- IT qualification
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.
Employer details
Employer name
Bolton NHS Foundation Trust
Address
Bolton NHS Foundation Trust
Minerva Road
Bolton
BL4 0JR
