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You'll work under the guidance of a healthcare professional such as a nurse and your job will vary depending on where you're based. For example, in a hospital you may: wash and dress patients serve meals and help to feed patients help people to move around make beds make patients feel comfortable monitor patients' conditions by taking temperatures, pulse, respirations and weight Skills and personal characteristics needed To be a healthcare assistant, you'll need to be caring and kind cheerful and friendly willing to be hands-on with patients willing to do personal care tasks (washing, toileting, etc) able to follow instructions and procedures able to work in a team but use their own initiative You'll also need communication skills, including listening organisation skills observational skills Training and development...

You'll work under the guidance of a healthcare professional such as a nurse and your job will vary depending on where you're based. For example, in a hospital you may: wash and dress patients serve meals and help to feed patients help people to move around make beds make patients feel comfortable monitor patients' conditions by taking temperatures, pulse, respirations and weight Skills and personal characteristics needed To be a healthcare assistant, you'll need to be caring and kind cheerful and friendly willing to be hands-on with patients willing to do personal care tasks (washing, toileting, etc) able to follow instructions and procedures able to work in a team but use their own initiative You'll also need communication skills, including listening organisation skills observational skills Training and development...

You'll work under the guidance of a healthcare professional such as a nurse and your job will vary depending on where you're based. For example, in a hospital you may: wash and dress patients serve meals and help to feed patients help people to move around make beds make patients feel comfortable monitor patients' conditions by taking temperatures, pulse, respirations and weight Skills and personal characteristics needed To be a healthcare assistant, you'll need to be caring and kind cheerful and friendly willing to be hands-on with patients willing to do personal care tasks (washing, toileting, etc) able to follow instructions and procedures able to work in a team but use their own initiative You'll also need communication skills, including listening organisation skills observational skills Training and development...

You'll work under the guidance of a healthcare professional such as a nurse and your job will vary depending on where you're based. For example, in a hospital you may: wash and dress patients serve meals and help to feed patients help people to move around make beds make patients feel comfortable monitor patients' conditions by taking temperatures, pulse, respirations and weight Skills and personal characteristics needed To be a healthcare assistant, you'll need to be caring and kind cheerful and friendly willing to be hands-on with patients willing to do personal care tasks (washing, toileting, etc) able to follow instructions and procedures able to work in a team but use their own initiative You'll also need communication skills, including listening organisation skills observational skills Training and development...