Torbay and South Devon NHS Foundation Trust
Healthcare Support Worker
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Healthcare Support Worker
Our Healthcare Support Worker will work as part of our nursing team providing personal nursing care and clinical interventions to patients in the inpatient hospital care setting.
They may contribute to the assessment of care needs and the delivery of planned care under delegation and direction of the Registered Nurse. This will include recording and documenting physiological observations and changes to the patient’s clinical condition. To practice in accordance with our Trust standards and policies and to work within the boundaries of their role and individual competence.
Main Duties of the Job
- Provide direct patient-centred care in accordance with patient needs and in line with Trust policies. This may include providing personal care, such as washing and dressing patients, as needed, whilst promoting independence; oral care and supporting with toileting and continence needs.
- Establish and maintain good interpersonal skills. To provide and receive factual and accurate information and to overcome communication barriers using other methods, such as visual prompts, reassurance, empathy, persuasion.
- Undertake training in order to perform high-quality clinical interventions effectively and remain competent to practice these interventions, such as clinical observations, blood glucose monitoring, urinalysis, venepuncture, removal or urinary catheter, insertion and removal of peripheral cannulas, perform ECG, calculation of BMI, all following assessment and completion of clinical competency. This is not an exhaustive list and other clinical interventions may be required dependent on the area of practice.
- Assess a person’s clinical condition, within the individual’s scope of competence using tools such as, NEWS2 parameters, pain assessment tool, non-verbal signs of deterioration and know how to urgently escalate concerns appropriately.
- Work independently or as part of a team to plan your own workload, prioritising the clinical needs of the patients in your care.
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Working for Torbay & South Devon NHS Trust
We deliver a wide range of emergency, specialist, and medical services. We deliver integrated health and social care services, across a variety of settings, including inpatient acute hospital, community hospitals, and outpatient clinics.
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Please Note
Priority will be given to applicants with recognised 'Priority' or 'At Risk' status, including NHS staff identified across Devon.
For further details / informal visits contact:
- Name: Helen Thatcher
- Job title: Matron
- Email address: helen.thatcher@nhs.net
- Telephone number: 01626895270
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