Care Assistant

Job summary

The Parkside Inpatient Ward at Heatherwood is a modern purpose-built Private Patient unit whichcomprises of10 en-suite single roomsthat are light and airy. The Private inpatient ward will be for elective surgical patients only, especially for Orthopaedics/Surgical/Gynae and is situated on the 3rd floor of new build.

We would welcome Band 2 Care Assistants to apply for the vacant posts that are available.You should enjoy working as part of a team and demonstrate excellent customer care and communication skills. We positively promote the opportunity of working with variety of clients and specialists whilst also enjoying the benefits of belonging to an acute NHS Foundation Trust. Our Trust prides itself on offering comprehensive staff development opportunities, a full induction programme with full support and training.

Main duties of the job

The Care Assistant at this level will work in support of the Registered Nurse and is competent to work unsupervised in all tasks as detailed below. Responsibility for delegating such tasks remains with the Registered Nurse:

• To enable patients to maintain their personal hygiene and appearance by
  • Assisting patients with bathing, dressing, oral hygiene, bed-making. etc
  • Enabling/facilitating patients to meet their own hygiene needs
• Contribute to the movement and comfort of patients by:
  • Incouraging and assisting patients in mobilization
  • Assisting with the movement of patients, for which instruction has been given, taking into consideration patient comfort and safety
  • Using equipment, for which instruction has been given, to mobilize/move patients

• Assisting patients
• Support Nursing and Medical Staff
• Sort all incoming post and blood reports for each team
• If necessary, take charts to and collect drugs from Pharmacy
• Photocopying as requested
• Maintain a safe environment
• Keep nurse base and seating area clean and tidy
• Ensure papers and magazines are kept tidy
• Report any unsafe practices promptly to the Ward Manager/ Senior Nurse.
• Any other tasks commensurate with your grade.

About us

We offer dedicated facilities for private patients at Frimley Park, Heatherwood and Wexham Park hospitals, with hotel quality services and access to some of the region's finest specialist consultants. Parkside Frimley, within Frimley Park Hospital, provides private patients with access to the latest technology, treatments and diagnostic services. Facilities at Parkside include 26 en-suite rooms for inpatients, a short stay unit, outpatient suite and a pre-op assessment centre, all offering privacy and hotel quality services. Within Wexham Park Hospital, Parkside Wexham also provides en-suite bedrooms and access to the most up-to-date equipment, technology and diagnostic services such as MRI and CT scanning.

As part of the new hospital at Ascot, we can now offer private consultancy at Heatherwood Hospital. Parkside Heatherwood has 10 private, en-suite rooms. The Hospital has been well planned with excellent attention to detail, clinicians, supporting staff and patients considerations have been accounted for during the build, resulting in impressive facility.

Income generated by our private patient suites is reinvested directly back into the NHScare we provide.

Employer details

Employer name

Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Heatherwood Hospital

Brook Street

Ascot

SL5 7GB

Employer's website

https://www.fhft.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

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Employer details

Employer name

Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Heatherwood Hospital

Brook Street

Ascot

SL5 7GB

Employer's website

https://www.fhft.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

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