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If you’re looking for information to support your work and personal development you’ve come to the right place!
Below is a whole range of ways the Library can support you throughout your HCA career or training at Lancashire Teaching Hospitals.
We can help you:
The British Journal of Healthcare Assistants
The British Journal of Healthcare Assistants (BJHCA) is the only monthly, peer-reviewed journal to recognise the importance and potential of healthcare assistants (HCAs) and assistant practitioners (APs).
The journal is essential reading for all HCAs and APs who are serious about developing their own career, as well as providing the best possible support for the patients in their care.
Each issue contains a wide range of bespoke, evidence-based articles providing examples of good practice in all areas of healthcare. Every article highlights learning outcomes, to support practitioners’ training and to help extend their knowledge and skills.
Access today with an NHS Open Athens account
The Royal Marsden Manual of Clinical Nursing Procedures, 10th ed. online
Clinical nurse experts from one of the UK’s leading centres of expertise have brought together all the latest clinical evidence nurses need to meet confidently the requirements of their demanding profession. The Manual includes over 350 evidence-based clinical procedures related to every aspect of care, from handwashing to cardiopulmonary resuscitation.
The Royal Marsden Hospital Manual of Clinical Nursing Procedures is an excellent tool to enable nurses to access the latest research relevant to practice quickly and easily from a source they can trust. For many nurses it has become a defining text.
Access today with an NHS OpenAthens account.
The Care Certificate is a set of 15 standards that health and care professionals adhere to in their working life. The Care Certificate is aimed at HCAs and other non-regulated staff groups. The 15 standards are:
Understand your role
Your personal development
Duty of care
Equality and diversity
Work in a person centred way
Communication
Privacy and dignity
Fluids and nutrition
Awareness of mental health, dementia and learning disability
Safeguarding adults
Safeguarding children
Basic life support
Health and safety
Handling information
Infection prevention and control.
Print Books
E-Books
We have a Health & Wellbeing Collection to help you relax and stay fit & healthy. The collection includes books on stress, healthy eating, exercise, hobbies and much more. There are both eBooks and print books available in the collection.
We also have a large fiction and non-fiction collection to help you relax and unwind after a busy day working.
We have relaxation areas where you can take some time out and reflect after a busy or difficult shift, including a Health and Well-being room at Chorley and comfy seating areas at Preston.
The Library and these resources can be accessed 24/7 with your Trust ID Badge.
