Nursing Auxiliaries & Assistants

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.

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.

Entry Requirements

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.