Healthcare Assistant

Main Duties

• Responsible for the maintenance of your own skills and competencies required to undertake the role.
• Assist the Registered nurse (RN) in the delivery of care to a designated patient group, demonstrating an ability to prioritise such care.
• Determine the comfort of patients by talking and listening to them and building up a rapport.
• Assist in providing personal hygiene of patients who are unable to do so themselves, including washing, bathing and assistance with using the toilet.
• Assessing patients' health safety and wellbeing, escalating to appropriate colleagues if required
• Assist in feeding/ giving drinks to patients who are unable to do so for themselves and complete food and fluid charts where necessary.
• Ensure patient dignity supporting patients with tact, empathy, and persuasion.
• Ensure that all care provided by yourself is documented appropriately.
• Report any changes in patient condition to the RN.