Healthcare Support Worker

Our Senior Healthcare Support Worker will work as part of our nursing team providing personal nursing care and clinical interventions to patients in the inpatient hospital care setting.

They may contribute to the assessment of care needs and the delivery of planned care under delegation and direction of the Registered Nurse. This will include recording and documenting physiological observations and changes to the patient’s clinical condition. To practice in accordance of our Trust standards and policies and to work within the boundaries of their role and individual competence.

• Provide direct patient centred care in accordance with patient needs and in line with Trust policies. This may include providing personal care, such as washing and dressing patients, as needed, whilst promoting independence; oral care and supporting with toileting and continence needs
• Establish and maintain good interpersonal skills. To provide and receive factual and accurate information and to overcome communication barriers using other methods, such as visual prompts, reassurance, empathy, persuasion

Undertake training in order to perform high quality clinical interventions effectively and remain competent to practice these interventions, such as clinical observations, blood glucose monitoring, urinalysis, venepuncture.

Why Work With Us

The Outpatient Dermatology Department at Torbay Hospital runs different variety of clinics and treatments to accommodate surgical and inflammatory patients.

We are looking for highly motivated and innovative individual to join our Team. Dermatology Team is now in a position of restructuring of service and introducing new ways of working as well as developing new services. It is an excellent time to be joining us where you will have the opportunity to learn and develop new skills within a supportive environment. There will be lots of opportunities for building and improving new ways of working, alongside learning about Dermatology subspecialities (surgery and inflammatory) and we will do this by working in conjunction with both Nurse specialist teams and the Consultant team.

We promote a positive working environment where the health and wellbeing of staff is prioritized.

For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Elaine Wilson Job title: Nurse Manager Email address: ***email_hidden*** Telephone number: 01803655888