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Job Description
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- Staff who provide basic care and support to patients in various settings
- Responsible for tasks such as hygiene, mobility, feeding, observations, and medication
- Involved in keeping the environment and equipment clean and safe
- Part of the wider healthcare team that includes nurses, doctors, and other professionals
- Taking patients observations such as blood pressure, temperature, oxygen saturations and pulse.
- Helping patients with meal times and feeding.
- Staff who provide basic care and support to patients in various settings
- Responsible for tasks such as hygiene, mobility, feeding, observations, and medication
- Involved in keeping the environment and equipment clean and safe
- Part of the wider healthcare team that includes nurses, doctors, and other professionals
- Taking patients observations such as blood pressure, temperature, oxygen saturations and pulse.
- Helping patients with meal times and feeding.
- Knowledge of National targets within an Acute care setting
- To be educated to GCSE (or equivalent) standard with a pass in English & Mathematics.
- Have a completed Care Certificate
- NVQ3 in Health & Social Care
- enthusiastic caring attitude, good time management, able to deal with the demands of a rapidly developing service
- must be a team player, able to demonstrate empathy, sensitivity and discretion
- Knowledge of National targets within an Acute care setting
- To be educated to GCSE (or equivalent) standard with a pass in English & Mathematics.
- Have a completed Care Certificate
- NVQ3 in Health & Social Care
- enthusiastic caring attitude, good time management, able to deal with the demands of a rapidly developing service
- must be a team player, able to demonstrate empathy, sensitivity and discretion
Job summary
The post holder will be expected to be a responsible individual who will work in conjunction with the nursing team to assess patients at the point of admission and assist in the collection of the clinical and social information required to plan for individualised care and treatment. You will work independently at times to maintain flow and efficiency through the department, being involved with transfers and discharge planning. We require you to act as a role model for more junior health care assistants by supporting them to deliver a high standard of care to our patients.
Main duties of the job
Providing personal care to patients
Handing out meals & help with feeding patients
Completing observations and escalating to the nurses if required
Filling out the care plans
Keeping general areas tidy and clean e.g. kitchen
Venepuncture and Cannulation
Monitoring confused or mental health patients
Mentoring Band 2 HCA's
Liaising with other multidisciplinary teams e.g pharmacy, physiotherapists, doctors
Escorting patients to wards, CT and other appointments
Booking transport
Communicating with relatives & carers
Assisting with the Consultant Post Take Ward Round
About us
Our values define who we are as #TeamUHD. They underpin everything we do now and in the future. They define how we treat our patients, visitors, and each other, our valued teammates and colleagues.
UHD are investing in services across the Trust, with many being transformed and developed following merger and the New Hospital Programme.
This means that some services may move site this year or next, either temporarily or long term. Recruiting Managers interviewing for this role will be happy to answer any specific questions that you have about this at interview.
Details
Date posted
08 July 2025
Pay scheme
Agenda for change
Band
Band 3
Salary
£24,625 to £25,674 a year pa
Contract
Permanent
Working pattern
Full-time
Reference number
153-ME04774
Job locations
Acute Medical Unit, Royal Bournemouth Hospital UHD.
Castle lane
bournemouth
BH7 7DW
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Job responsibilities
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Qualifications
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Desirable
personal attributes
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Desirable
personal attributes
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Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Employer details
Employer name
University Hospitals Dorset NHS Foundation Trust
Address
Acute Medical Unit, Royal Bournemouth Hospital UHD.
Castle lane
bournemouth
BH7 7DW
Employer's website
Employer details
Employer name
University Hospitals Dorset NHS Foundation Trust
Address
Acute Medical Unit, Royal Bournemouth Hospital UHD.
Castle lane
bournemouth
BH7 7DW
Employer's website
About the company
National Health Service (NHS) is the umbrella term for the publicly-funded healthcare systems of the United Kingdom (UK). The founding principles were that services should be comprehensive, universal and free at the point of delivery—a health service based on clinical need, not ability to pay. Each service provides a comprehensive range of health services, free at the point of use for people ordinarily resident in the United Kingdom apart from dental treatment and optical care.
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