Band 3 Medical Assistant - Emergency Department

Job summary

The main duties are as follows:

• Assisting with nursing care as instructed by the nursing staff, including bathing, bed making, assisting with eating and drinking and helping with meals as necessary.
• Assisting with the administration of medication under the supervision of a qualified nurse and in line with trust policies.
• Assisting with patient toileting and elimination.
• Caring for the patients personal clothing, property and valuables in accordance with trust policies.
• Assisting with the moving and handling of patients and loads, using the correct moving and handling aids and techniques in accordance with local guidelines and risk assessments.
• Ensuring that patient privacy and dignity is respected at all times.

Main duties of the job

• Are you looking for a challenge and excited about working in a fast-paced, innovative environment?
• We are seeking enthusiastic Medical Assistants at Band 3 level to join our Emergency Department team.
• In this post, you will work with all types of patients, including trauma patients, paediatric patients and adult. You should have extensive experience working with patients, and in the ED you will gain extended skills such as cannulation and plastering.
• This is an excellent opportunity to expand your skills and be part of an evolving and developing service. Please read the job description carefully to ensure that you meet the experience criteria.

About us

With nearly9,000 dedicated staff caring for patients around the clock, they are the largest healthcare provider in southwest London.Their main site, St George's Hospital in Tooting - one of the country's principal teaching hospitals - is shared with St George's, University of London, which trains medical students and carries out advanced medical research. St George's Hospital also hosts the St George's, University of London and Kingston University Faculty of Health and Social Care Sciences, which is responsible for training a wide range of healthcare professionals from across the region.As well as acute hospital services, they provide a wide variety of specialist care and a full range of community services to patients of all ages following integration with Community Services Wandsworth in 2010.St George's University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust serves a population of 1.3 million across southwest London. A large number of services, such as cardiothoracic medicine and surgery, neurosciences and renal transplantation, also cover significant populations from Surrey and Sussex, totalling around 3.5 million people.The trust also provides care for patients from a larger catchment area in southeast England, for specialties such as complex pelvic trauma. Other services treat patients from all over the country, such as family HIV care and bone marrow transplantation for non-cancer diseases. The trust also provides a nationwide state-of-the-art endoscopy training centre.