Common use of Manager Date Clause in Contracts

Manager Date. Activities that a Health Care Assistant can perform with indirect supervision • Wash down and make beds • Keep cubicle/ bed space tidy • Restocking and tidying in xxxx areas • Check suction and oxygen equipment • Answering the phone and taking messages from staff • Help pack and unpack patients belonging on discharge/ admission • Locating, moving and cleaning equipment • Maintenance requests • Reads patient notes/care plan for clinical HCA’s where this is appropriate to support the model of care • Attends handover for clinical HCA’s where this is appropriate to support the model of care HCA activities whether working with a registered nurse or delegated by a registered nurse once the patient has been assessed by the registered nurse • Shower/ bed bath a stable patient who requires minimal assistance or providing the second person assist due to high acuity or decreased mobility • Personal cares such as hair grooming, teeth cleaning and facial shaves • Apply anti DVT stockings • Mobilise a patient who can get out of bed with minimal assistance and needs guidance only e.g. walking frame, stick • Assist patients with toileting requirements • Accompany patient who do not require a clinical handover • Transferring, positioning or mobilising a patient using slide sheets, hoist and other moving equipment • Basic life support and emergency management • Document in patient notes. Registered nurse to countersign any documentation • Assist a non-compromised patient with eating and drinking • Apply pressure relieving mattress to the bed • Measure adult and paediatric heights and weights • Assist with baby bath • Patient watches • Intentional rounding Specific HCA activities directed and delegated by a registered nurse ensuring the principles of delegation are maintained which include that the HCA has the level of knowledge, skill and experience to perform the delegated activity. Specific training needs to have been provided to the HCA. • Empty an indwelling catheter bag/ colostomy bag, measure, record and dispose of urine in a safe manner • Auditing or monitoring for areas for example fridge monitoring, meter auditing • Patient urinalysis testing • Documenting on fluid balance charts • Obtaining an MSU • Urine HCGs • Making up relevant area packs • Glucose and urine meter quality control • Changing oxygen cylinders Activities not to be delegated to an HCA • Taking patients observations • Administering medication nebulisers and oxygen • Point of care testing- including blood glucose • Touch or manage pumps used to administer fluid, medications or feeds. This includes silencing alarms or disconnecting them from patients • Have patients allocated to them • Assess, plan or evaluate care • Wound or pressure dressings • Discuss patient’s condition with visitors or medical staff