Heathcare Assistant - Ward 6 - Broadgreen Hospital

Ward 6 is an 18 bedded ward providing a high standard of care for older patients. We work closely with therapists and the multidisciplinary team (MDT) to care for and plan a safe discharge for our patients. We also specialise in movement disorders.

The main duties of a Band 2 HCA are to assist the nursing staff in the care of our patient group. The role involves:

• Caring for patients' activities of daily living, nutrition and hydration, and continence needs.
• Promoting activity and monitoring pressure area care.
• Providing emotional and psychological support.

Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust was created on 1 October 2019 following the merger of two adult acute Trusts, Aintree University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust and the Royal Liverpool and Broadgreen University Hospitals NHS Trust. The merger provides an opportunity to reconfigure services in a way that provides the best healthcare services to the city and improves the quality of care and health outcomes that patients experience.

The Trust runs Aintree University Hospital, Broadgreen Hospital, Liverpool University Dental Hospital, and the Royal Liverpool University Hospital. It serves a core population of around 630,000 people across Merseyside, as well as providing a range of highly specialist services to a catchment area of more than two million people in the North West region and beyond.

Care Duties include:

• Assisting patients in meeting their hygiene needs and carrying out all aspects of personal care and grooming (to include emptying catheter bags).
• Provision of patients' toileting needs, ensuring privacy and dignity is maintained.
• Supporting patients in managing incontinence.
• Measuring patients' fluid intake and output using fluid balance charts and reporting information to the Registered Nurse.
• Preparing and serving patients' meals, drinks, and snacks, and assisting/feeding patients as necessary.
• Assisting patients in completing menu forms and liaising with the Catering Department regarding the number of meals needed.
• Reporting patients' dietary intake as indicated in the patients' plan of care.
• Carrying out any movement and handling within the safe practice guidelines from mandatory training and in relation to the patient’s manual handling plan.
• Enabling patients to maintain/improve their mobility by use of exercise and mobility appliances as directed by individual care plans.
• Assisting in the prevention of pressure sore development as directed by the Registered Nurse in conjunction with the patient’s plan of care.
• Obtaining specimens from patients for ward or laboratory testing.
• Escorting patients to clinical departments within the hospital.
• Assisting the Registered Nurse in performing last offices.
• Conducting general observations of patients and reporting anything untoward to the Registered Nursing Staff.
• Initiating Basic Life Support techniques as appropriate and providing assistance to the registered nurse as required in prolonged resuscitation situations.
• Ensuring due regard is given to the customs, values, and spiritual beliefs of patients and carers.