Job description:

• Helping patients to undertake personal tasks, including washing, showering, and using the toilet
• Serving food to patients and helping them to eat if they are physically weak
• Making the beds & changing linen where necessary
• Talking to patients to ease loneliness and feelings of isolation
• Listening to the needs of patients and acting on these needs as appropriate
• Helping patients move around their environment, to feel comfortable in care homes or hospitals. This involves keeping their living area extremely clean and tidy
• Improving the mobility of patients
• Giving out & collecting bedpans
• Assisting the healthcare professional whilst they administer therapy or treatment
• Ensuring that the patient is comfortable whilst the therapy or treatment is being administered
• Ensuring protection against abuse
• Recording & reporting care progression of patients, including incidents & accidents

Skills needed:

• A caring, approachable & tactful nature
• An open mind
• The desire to work with people of all ages and from all backgrounds
• Good communication and listening skills
• To ensure confidential & sensitive information is shared on a need to know basis
• A respectful approach to patients and colleagues
• Flexibility
• The ability to work as part of a team
• The ability to remain patient and calm in tough situations
• A good sense of humour
• Reliability
• Good organisational skills

Immediate start - Flexible Hours - Pay from £10.00/hour

Email info@htrcare.com to apply