Health Care Assistant, ICU

Health Care Assistant, Band 2, West Cumberland Hospital 24 hours available (Temporary post)

To assist the registered nurse (or other health practitioners) in providing high quality patient care.

Provide patient care in a kind compassionate and sensitive manner.

Continue to develop and maintain competencies in nursing tasks to maintain high quality safe care

Be an effective part of the multi-disciplinary team contributing to the departmental objectives and work under direct or indirect supervision of registered practitioners

Contribute to housekeeping and other ward/department duties as required e.g general tidiness, replenish stock, and ensure clinical equipment is clean, working and stored correctly.

Main duties of the job

Will carry out delegated, repetitive , routine and familiar tasks.

Providing personal care to patients by supporting/providing assistance with all aspects of daily living. Providing individualised care and promoting independence, using appropriately identified aids e,g, hoists, special mattresses.

Assisting with escorting and transferring patients to different wards and departments

Ensure nutritional needs of the patient are met by assisting them to eat and complete their daily menu card

Plans own day to day work tasks or activities to meet the individuals health and wellbeing needs

At NCIC, we have an ambition to deliver outstanding healthcare services to the population of North Cumbria. The Trust is committed to creating a centre of excellence in providing rural and remote healthcare and provides a wide range of community and acute services throughout our county.

Our 5 key principles demonstrate our belief in the delivery of 'safe, high quality care every time':

Being a clinically led organisation

Quality and safety at the heart of our Trust

A positive patient experience every time

A great place to work

Managing our money well

As an organisation we are serious about supporting a diverse workforce that reflects our local community and are very much focused on being an inclusive and compassionate place to work.

Across the North East and North Cumbria we are working together to deliver our ambition to be the greenest region in England by 2030. All staff are expected to support sustainability.