
Compassionate support worker /Health Care Assistant with strong skills in patient care and support. Skilled in offering adequate care, assisting with daily living activities, and providing emotional support to patients , children and young people. Demonstrated ability to work collaboratively with healthcare teams to ensure high-quality care and improve patient outcomes. Committed to maintaining safe and clean environment for patients, elderly, children and young people.
1. Vital signs: Taking and recording patients' temperature, pulse, blood pressure, and oxygen saturation.
2. Personal care: Assisting patients with bathing, dressing, grooming, and using the bathroom.
3. Mobility assistance: Helping patients with mobility issues, such as transferring them from beds to wheelchairs.
4. Wound care: Assisting with wound dressing, cleaning, and applying topical treatments.
5. Medication support: Assisting patients with taking medications as prescribed by healthcare professionals.
6. Communication: Maintaining effective communication with patients, families, and healthcare teams.
7. Documentation: Accurately recording patient information, vital signs, and care activities.
8. Stock management: Maintaining stock levels of supplies and equipment.
9. Infection control: Following infection control protocols to prevent the spread of infections.
10. Maintaining a safe environment: Ensuring the patient care area is clean, tidy, and free from hazards.
Supporting healthcare professionals: assisting nurses, doctors, and other healthcare professionals with various tasks.
11. Providing emotional support: Offering emotional support and comfort to patients, and their families.
12 . Maintaining patient confidentiality: respecting patients' confidentiality and adhering to data protection policies.
13. Participating in training and development: Engaging in ongoing training and development to improve skills and knowledge.
Assisting with personal care (bathing, dressing, grooming), supporting with mobility and transfers, helping with meal preparation and feeding, providing emotional support and companionship, assisting with medication management, maintaining a safe and clean environment, supporting with daily living activities (e.g. laundry, shopping), communicating with healthcare professionals and family members, and documenting patient information and care plans.
Assisted with daily living activities, promoting independence amongst elderly clients.