Health Care Assistant

Role Overview & Responsibilities

You will be responsible for assisting nursing staff with clinical tasks, such as vital signs, personal care and maintaining a clean and safe ward environment. You will be required to be have strong communication skills and have excellent customer service skills.

Duties & Responsibilities

· Greet patients, visitors, consultants and staff in a professional and welcoming manner.

· Assist with patient care requirements under the supervision of a registered nurse. Assess patient’s condition through basic measurements.

· Maintain stock control and careful use of equipment

· Ensuring patient comfort, dignity and privacy are maintained at all times and are specific to the patients’ needs.

· Chaperoning patients and required equipment as necessary for appointments and clinic.

· Ensure strict confidentiality is applied to all clients and staff, ensuring need to know basis is applied at all times.

· Communicate care to patients, their family and/or carers using appropriate language and rationale

· Assists the registered nurse with appropriate clinical documentation

· Reports any concerns to the trained nurse in charge of the patient

· Decontamination of instruments and clinical equipment

Job Type: Freelance

Salary: £11.00 per hour

Benefits:

• Flexitime
• Language training provided

Flexible Language Requirement:

• English not required

Schedule:

• Flexitime

Ability to commute/relocate:

• Liverpool, L36: reliably commute or plan to relocate before starting work (required)

Education:

• GCSE or equivalent (preferred)

Experience:

• Care home (preferred)
• Home care (preferred)

Language:

• English (preferred)

Licence/Certification:

• Enhanced DBS (preferred)

Work Location: In person