Induction will be needed for FOUR hours to start working here***
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A Healthcare Assistant (HCA) supports patients with their day-to-day care and helps nurses and other healthcare professionals provide safe, comfortable treatment.
Typical Healthcare Assistant Job Role
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Personal care: Helping patients with washing, dressing, toileting, eating, and mobility.
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Patient support: Providing reassurance, companionship, and emotional support.
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Monitoring: Checking and reporting changes in a patient's condition, such as temperature, pulse, blood pressure, or oxygen levels when trained to do so.
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Mobility: Helping patients move safely, including using mobility aids and following moving-and-handling procedures.
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Nutrition: Assisting with meals and drinks and recording food or fluid intake when required.
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Infection control: Following hand hygiene, PPE, cleaning, and infection-prevention procedures.
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Documentation: Accurately recording care provided and reporting concerns to nurses or senior staff.
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Teamwork: Working with nurses, doctors, therapists, patients, and families.
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Safety: Maintaining patient dignity, confidentiality, safeguarding, and a safe care environment.
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Other duties: Preparing equipment, making beds, supporting clinical procedures within your training, and keeping care areas clean and organised.
Key Skills
Compassion • Communication • Patience • Teamwork • Reliability • Observation • Respect for confidentiality • Time management • Basic clinical awareness
Requirements:
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Up to date DBS
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Mandatory Trainings with Practical Moving and Handling Training with Certificate
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Valid RTW (SHARE CODE or any other identification)
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Professional References
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Other mandatory documents
