Job overview
Plastic Surgery & Burns Department at Royal Preston is seeking a highly motivated, reliable & enthusiastic Health Care Assistant to join our amazing team. The regional Plastic Surgery Centre at Lancashire Teaching Hospitals provides specialist care & treatment for people across Lancashire and South Cumbria. We deliver Monday to Friday services.
As a key member of the Plastic Surgery & Burns team, you will be expected to deliver high standards of perioperative & patient-focused care within a very busy, progressive & varied department. You will be committed to clinical excellence with effective communication & interpersonal skills. You must have a flexible attitude towards work and a desire for new challenges. You should possess good communication and interpersonal skills and work within multidisciplinary team and on your own. You will be expected to be flexible with working hour that includes working late evenings.
Main duties of the job
As a department we are constantly striving for excellence, delivering high quality patient focused care. Our nursing team is compassionate and empathetic and take pride in the high quality care. We proudly hold Silver Star accreditation from our last STAR visit. As a department we will offer you friendly and professional environment with ongoing support and learning opportunities.
Please note – Sponsorship will not be offered for this position, therefore you must have right to work in the UK before applying
Working for our organisation
We expect every single member of staff to treat patients, families and colleagues with care and compassion, and to work together to achieve the very best outcomes. As an organisation we believe that every staff member plays a vital role in the delivery of excellent care with compassion, we are proud of our hospitals, and of the quality of care we provide for our patients, and that makes this a great place to work.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Our Theatre Senior Healthcare Assistants are required to:
– Input necessary data on the computer
– Assist patients on/off theatre trolleys
– Reassuring patients, who may be anxious about going into the operating theatre
– Set out instruments and equipment ready for surgery
– Make sure the department has stocks of items needed
– Clean and tidy theatre areas after surgery
– Dispose of waste
Theatre HCA need to be:
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– Provide good quality personalised care in accordance with agreed local and national standards.
-Present a positive image of self, team and the organisation.
-Undertake clinical duties relevant to clinical area following achievement of competencies.
-Assist to maintain patient safety, conforming to health, safety and security legislation, policies, procedures and guidelines.
-Assist in maintaining standards of care to improve the patient experience and outcome of care.
-Promote equality in care and practice by recognising, respecting and meeting the needs and choices of individuals.
-Contribute to maintaining safe, clean, and productive care environment, compliant with standards for hygiene and cleanliness.
-Maintain and develop own competence.
-Actively try to resolve issues and complaints at local level and then report the outcome to line manager.
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