Description
Nursing auxiliaries and assistants assist doctors, nurses and other health professionals in caring for the sick and injured within hospitals, homes, clinics and the wider community.Main Tasks
- Performs basic clinical tasks such as taking patients’ temperature and pulse, weighing and measuring, performing urine tests and extracting blood samples;
- Prepares patient for examination and treatment;
- Distributes and serves food, assists patients in feeding and prepares snacks and hot drinks;
- Assists patients in washing, dressing, toiletry activities and general mobility;
- Changes bed linen, makes beds and tidies wards.
Qualifications
There are no formal academic entry requirements. Off- and on-the-job training is provided. NVQs/ SVQs in Care are available at Levels 2 and 3.UK Prospects
260700
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