We are looking for a Bank Healthcare Assistant to join our team in the Day Unit.
Some of the duties and responsibilities of the role include the following:
Outpatients
- To receive patients and visitors to the Department in a welcoming and caring manner and escort them to consulting rooms as and when necessary.
- To observe the codes of confidentiality and loyalty to patients, medical staff and colleagues.
- To understand and practise correct procedures with regard to health and safety, infection control, including CPR procedures, fire policy and safe lifting techniques, attending mandatory training on an annual basis.
- To assist qualified nursing staff in the setting up of consulting rooms for each session prior to the start of the clinic and to meet the individual requirements of each consultant.
- To assist or under supervision, set up the colposcopy room prior to each treatment session, specific to individual consultant requirements.
Day Unit
- To assist the qualified staff in the assessment, implementation and evaluation of nursing care delivered.
- To assist qualified nursing staff in general care of patients; on admission, preparation for tests, transfer and discharge.
- To assist in the bathing and personal hygiene of patients and to be attentive to their individual needs.
- To assist and participate in the clinical observation of patients e.g. TPR, P, BP etc.
- To help in the turning, lifting and walking of patients when instructed and assisted by qualified staff.
- To collect specimens as instructed.
- To assist in escorting ambulant patients to hospital departments and /or to accompany qualified nursing staff in the transfer of patients.