Job responsibilities
Community Healthcare Support
(Carer)
Are you:
- A frustrated carer
paid per visit and with no guaranteed salary? We can offer guaranteed
hours per week paid as a salary regardless of how many visits you make.
This can be full time/part time hours including evening/weekend.
Or
- frustrated
with the work you do and looking for something different that leaves you
feeling rewarded, fulfilled and work that makes a difference to peoples
lives
Here at Priory Medical Group we can offer you:
- Certainty and security in your employment within one of the UKs biggest Healthcare
Provider.
- You tell us how many hours you would like to
work to suit your lifestyle, we are all ears
- Fulfilling and rewarding work that really
matters, you really make a difference!
- An environment where we all act with kindness
and compassion towards colleagues at all times
- An opportunity to develop strong customer
service and healthcare skills (with great support on hand from colleagues)
in your career that will last a lifetime.
What is a Community Health Care Support (carer)?
- Attend
patients homes and follow a care plan provided to you. This plan may
include providing health or social care such as assisting with personal
hygiene, providing meals, supporting family members and other health and
wellness related activities. The successful candidate will support
patients to live in their own home and/or community whilst supporting
other team members and professionals.
What we look for in your application:
- It
is not essential to have proven experience as a carer. We would be
delighted to consider any transferrable skills from roles which
demonstrate you are a great colleague to work with and you are able to
manage your own time, workload and accurately follow a plan (instructions)
given to you to follow.
Essential
Ability to communicate effectively with people
from all walks of life
Ability to build positive rapport with a
diverse range of internal colleagues and clients
Ability to work autonomously whilst also having
an awareness of the scope of your role, knowing when to access the wider team
appropriately and safely
Ability to function well and work flexibly
within a wider team
First class organisational and time management
skills
Use of own car with driving license / use of
own transport.
Proven Team Player with pride in how you
interact with colleagues and contribute to a positive enjoyable working
environment which demonstrates your ability to communicate with the team
using various virtual platforms.
Professional pride in the quality of your work
and relationship with customers / internal colleagues.
Proven ability to adapt and react positively to
change we are constantly improving and evolving our ways of working.
Desired
Ability to communicate effectively with
patients from all walks of life
Proven history of ensuring patients comfort,
safety and dignity are maintained at all time
Proven
background of assisting patients to meet their basic needs including diet,
maintaining personal hygiene, assessing and using toilet facilities as
appropriate
Proven
ability to provide care and support as set out in the care assessment which
will be written by a Registered Nurse
Job
title: Health
Care Support (Carer)
Working hours: Up to 37.5
hours per week you tell us what you are looking for
Salary: Guaranteed
paid salary of £17,608.50 + enhanced rate of pay for weekend hours + NHS
pension + travel mileage paid at approved rates.
Location: Your base will be
Tang hall lane surgery, although the nature of this role is you will be working
in the community
Selection for Interview
The Practice recognises that discrimination
of any kind is both unlawful and would act as a barrier to finding the most
talented individuals for our organisation. As such, our recruitment and
selection procedures exist to ensure no job applicant, employee or worker is
discriminated against either directly or indirectly on the grounds of age,
disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy or
maternity, race, religion or belief, sex or sexual orientation.
A great deal of careful consideration has
been invested in preparing the advert for this post based on the specification
for this role and the person we are looking for. Our selection for
interview process is designed to ensure individuals are selected for interview
on the merit of their application only.
If
you are applying through NHS Jobs, you will notice you are asked if you would
like a guaranteed interview as part of the Two Tick disability scheme. Whilst
this is an admirable government initiative, please be aware we are not signed
up to this scheme. This is a question on the NHS jobs application form which is
outside of our own control. Our own process ensures we consider candidates on
the merit of their application only and we do not ask any questions regarding a
disability as part of our selection process. We only give candidates the
opportunity to share information regarding any disability after candidates are
invited to interview and only if the candidate feels they require adjustments
in the interview process.
