BANK STAFF - NHS ST. HELIER HOSPITAL
(2018)
Providing direct patient care, working under the guidance of nurses or other healthcare professionals. Their duties vary depending on the specific setting, but generally involve helping patients with personal care, basic health checks, and assisting with clinical tasks.
- Personal Care: Assisting patients with washing, dressing, toileting, and moving around.
- Basic Health Checks: Taking vital signs like temperature, pulse, and respirations, and monitoring patients' conditions.
- Clinical Support: Assisting with tasks like sterilizing equipment, preparing examination areas, and taking blood samples.
- Communication and Support: Talking to patients, reassuring them, and helping them feel comfortable.
- Mealtime Support: Serving meals, helping patients eat, and ensuring they have a comfortable and safe eating environment.
- Maintaining a Clean and Organized Environment: Tidy the ward or patients' homes, and ensure that equipment is clean.
- Assisting with Movement: Using equipment to help patients move around, including getting in and out of bed.
- Recording Observations: Updating patient records and documenting observations.
- Teamwork: Working effectively with other healthcare professionals, such as nurses and doctors, to provide comprehensive care.
- Provide leadership and support for care staff and act as a champion for residents' safety and dignity.
- Ensure the ongoing safety of residents, staff and visitors through systematic assessment, monitoring and reviewing processes.
- Act as a role model for good clinical and care governance practice.
- Provide effective leadership and support for the care team.
- Supervise care staff on a day to day basis and through formal supervision processes.
- Liaise with GPs and other health professionals to ensure that residents receive the medical and clinical support they require.
- Promote the professional image of the services through excellent communication, appropriate behaviour and professional appearance.
- Act at all time within your own skills and competence.
- To attend all statutory and mandatory training as required by the Company in order to fulfil your duties.
- Ensure that residents are encouraged and supported to remain as independent and active as possible. Promote the philosophy of activity base care.
- Ensure the safety and comfort of all residents, whilst encouraging a happy, homely atmosphere.
- Be responsible for the care and protection of residents' property.
- Ensure effective and clearly documented handover systems are maintained to facilitate the effective transfer of information between staff and shifts.
- Attend and participate in Team Leader and staff meetings as arranged by the Home Manager/Deputy Manager/Clinical Lead.
- Provide information to residents and relatives in relation to care delivery, being mindful of data protection.
Care Team Leader - The Avenues Trust Group (ATG)
(2011 - 2018)
- Managing and supporting workers so they can perform their roles safely and to the best of their ability
- Supporting your manager to run your workplace according to standards and legislation
- Acting as a positive role model to colleagues
- Developing care plans that outline what care and support individuals need
- Doing inductions, supervisions and appraisals
- Working in partnership with other professionals to ensure individuals get the support they need
- To professionally lead the care team during any span of duty, ensuring that a safe, effective and efficient care service is maintained
CARER - HERITAGE CARE HOME GARDENIA HOUSE
(2009 - 2011)
I am very hard-working person and experienced in this job. I undertake personal care and other care work of both male and female service users in accordance with agreed care plans. Work as a member of a team on a regular basis to feedback information on the progress of individual service users, their changing needs and circumstances and to undertake regular supervision.
- In addition to specified job requirements I also undertake the key worker role with identified service users and to undertake responsibilities according to the policies and procedures detailed. Working in a way that present a positive image and follow policies and procedures relating to Health and Safety at work.
CARER - CAMELOT CARE HOMES
(2007 - 2009)
- Work with others in meeting the personal care needs of all service users. To maintain the philosophy of care and observe the service users charter. To support senior care staff, trained staff and management in helping the service user physical environment.
- Helping service user with mobility problems or other physical difficulties and help those who are unable to feed themselves. Assisting in the promotion of service users mental and physical stimulation, by means of activities, active listening and conversation.
