Healthcare Assistant Job In Manchester

Woodrow Mercer Healthcare are currently recruiting for Healthcare Assistants to support a healthcare provider based in Manchester.

Job Overview:

To be an active member of the multi-professional team, supporting the rehabilitation of patients through the promotion of independence and planned programmes of care. Treating all patients with respect and courtesy, maintaining dignity, and respecting individual needs and differences, both physical and cultural.

• To build professional rapport with patients and their families, communicate with them in a way that respects their views, autonomy, and culture.
• To communicate effectively with all professionals concerned with the patient’s care.
• Ensure patient confidentiality is maintained at all times.
• To report effectively to the team on patient’s progress and performance in relation to the patient goals.
• To ensure that up to date written and electronic records and activity data are maintained in accordance with Professional Standards.

Key Responsibilities

• Supervision and Appraisal - Review and reflect on your own practice through regular participation in professional supervision and appraisal.
• Assist with the informal supervision of other assistants.
• Training staff and students - To assist with the induction, training, and education of students, volunteers, and other staff members.
• Assist the qualified practitioners to identify and address the training needs of other assistants.
• Participate in the training of other healthcare assistants and staff.
• Undertake clerical duties as required.
• Professional development - To undertake relevant activities to meet the training objectives identified with your supervisor.
• Clinical governance - Participate in clinical governance and quality improvement projects as allocated by your manager.
• Research and development - As part of the team, incorporate up-to-date techniques and evidence based practice into your work.
• To participate in audit and evaluation of the service as requested by your supervisor.
• Service delivery - To ensure that clinical areas used for treatment are well maintained and comply with health and safety regulations, ensuring the safe use of equipment.

Main Tasks

• To work effectively as a team member in providing and facilitating a high standard of nursing, social and rehabilitative support in the unit or in the community.
• Under the supervision of a qualified practitioner, participate in planned treatment activities taking account of the fluctuating needs of the patient.
• To report variances in a patient’s condition immediately to a relevant professional.
• Ensure Patient’s physical environment is maintained e.g. Warmth, cleanliness.
• To undertake nursing tasks under the direction of a qualified practitioner i.e. prompting medication, catheter care, temperature taking, basic wound care, blood sugar monitoring, stoma care.
• To undertake Therapy tasks under the supervision of a qualified Therapist. This may include supervising exercise programmes, teaching use of equipment, teaching kitchen skill, supervising walking inside and out, stair practice.
• To undertake further training to gain skills and knowledge in specific clinical areas e.g. phlebotomy.
• To support and encourage patients to undertake domestic tasks necessary to return/remain at home i.e. laundry, shopping.
• To encourage patients to return to social activities when appropriate and facilitate them to achieve this.

If you have have at least 6 months’ relevant experience working in a primary care environment in the last 2 years as a Healthcare Assistant then we would love to hear from you!