Non Clinical Support Worker

Job summary

An opportunity has arisen for a non clinical Support Worker to join the team on L12- a 27 bedded multi-Speciality, Medically Optimised for Discharge ward within the Centre for Neurosciences at Leeds General Infirmary.

If you are a hard working, friendly team player that wants to help make a difference to the patient's experience in hospital then please apply!

Main duties of the job

You will work in conjunction with all staff in order to maintain a clean and safe environment and ensure housekeeping jobs are completed in a satisfactory manner.

To support clinical care delivery

When patients are discharged clear the bed area, clean and set up ready for the next admission.

To co-ordinate all patient facilities services within the ward area

To ensure that the ward is a safe, clean, tidy and comfortable environment

Ensure that food is available to meet the patients' needs

Assist the ward staff to receive, welcome and guide patients and visitors onto the ward

Assist in daily bed making

Assist in the cleaning of patient equipment.

Assist nursing staff with the feeding of patients who are unable to do so for themselves and complete food charts where necessary

Ensure all patients are afforded privacy and dignity throughout their stay

Ensure that there is an adequate linen supply throughout the day

Ensure store rooms are kept clean, tidy and stocked up.

About us

L12 is a medically optimised for discharge ward that has often up to 10 discharges and admissions per shift. We take patients from anywhere within Leeds General Infirmary from stroke, neurosurgery, vascular, plastic surgery, cardiology and trauma and orthopaedics. The patients are awaiting for care in the community, nursing homes or discharge to their own homes.

The team is quite a new developing team as the ward has only been set up in the last year. Being a hard working, friendly, team player with attention to detail and improving the patient's hospital experience is key. We are constantly driving to improve the quality of care that we give and to improve the standards in accordance with The Leeds Way Values. If you feel like this is the job for you then please apply! We welcome potential candidates to come for an informal visit to the ward.

Leeds Teaching Hospitals is committed to our process of redeploying 'at risk' members of our existing workforce to new roles. As such, all our job adverts are subject to this policy and we reserve the right to close, delay or remove adverts while this process is completed. If you do experience a delay in the shortlisting stage of the recruitment cycle, please bear with us while this process is completed, and contact the named contact if you have any questions.

Employer details

Employer name

Leeds Teaching Hospitals

Address

Leeds General Infirmary

Great George Street

Leeds

LS13EX

Employer's website

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

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Employer details

Employer name

Leeds Teaching Hospitals

Address

Leeds General Infirmary

Great George Street

Leeds

LS13EX

Employer's website

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

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