Health Care Support

Priory Medical Group

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Job summary

Are you looking for a new career working within the NHS. This is your opportunity to start on the NHS career ladder!

Would you like to join a dynamic and successful team that is dedicated to supporting the health and wellbeing of patients within our community?

If you are looking for a fresh start or seeking a new challenge, this role offers you the ability to develop a broad range of skills and capabilities across a number of disciplines, leading to further career progression.

Our service supports patients to remain independent in their own homes, continuing healthcare assessment, rehabilitation, reablement and recovery. We also provide an urgent crisis response, supporting patients during an acute episode of illness and or injury, preventing unnecessary hospital admissions. Alongside expediating early discharge from hospital.

You will work closely with a team of nurses, physiotherapist, occupational therapists, therapy assistants, paramedics, GP, dietician and social prescriber to support patients' individual needs, promoting patient health and wellbeing.

Main duties of the job

You will undertake specific duties delegated by the nursing, physiotherapy and occupational therapy team and will be responsible for providing holistic, person centered, compassionate health care to patient's 18 years and over, supporting rehabilitation, reablement and recovery within the comfort of the patient's home.

We are looking for people who are kind, compassionate, creative, problem-solvers with excellent communication skills to join our expanding team.

The ability to transport yourself across the locality during the course of a normal working day is required for this vacancy.

We provide a seven day service, therefore, successful candidates will take part in a rota that covers the hours of the service; however, we do offer a flexible and varied shift pattern.

If you are looking for a change and would like to join a team full of enthusiasm and humour, then we would love to hear from you!

About us

Our team is made up of a highly-skilled, experienced and varied work force doing their very best for our patients.

The York Integrated Community Team (YICT) works alongside all GP practices as within Primary Care closely linked to the NHS trust and the varied charitable sector providing quality care across the city to patients in their own homes.

We offer a range of benefits to support our staff including:

  • Access to the NHS Pension Scheme, providing generous benefits upon retirement, as well as a lump sum and pension for dependants
  • 5.6 weeks pro rota holiday
  • An extensive range of learning and development opportunities
  • NHS Discounts on restaurants, getaways, shopping, motoring, cinema and finance through a of providers
  • Weekend and bank holiday enhancements
  • Mileage allowance

Date posted

24 February 2023

Pay scheme

Other

Salary

£21,645 to £22,425 a year

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time, Part-time, Flexible working

Reference number

A4235-23-5886

Job locations

Regus

Oakdale Road

York

YO30 4XL


Job description

Job responsibilities

Clinical duties:

1. To perform robust independent first visit assessments of patients in their own home

2. To provide care and support as set out as appropriate following a first visit assessment. Tailoring care as is required to the individual.

3. To maintain written records and other related information as required and report all changes in the patients condition to the registered nurse on duty or overnight services.

4. To ensure patients comfort, safety and dignity at all times.

5. To assist and support patients and carers as appropriate.

6. To assist patients to meet their basic needs, including prompting and administrating medication as required, diet, maintaining personal hygiene, assessing and using toilet facilities as appropriate.

7. To respect the privacy and dignity of the patient at all times, keeping to the code of confidentiality.

8. Planned and Unplanned Cover: To contribute to maintaining the levels of service expected of our patients and the Practice in achieving its goals by taking a fair share of covering colleagues planned and unplanned absence.

9. To effectively, efficiently and appropriately acknowledge, signpost and/or handle queries autonomously as deemed appropriate.

10. Administrative Record Keeping: Responsible for maintaining accurate records / discharging and archiving patients paperwork. Completing YICT Healthcare Support visit data and ensuring this is inputted correctly.

11. Ensuring Healthcare Support colleagues receive accurate client visit allocations and in a timely manner via telephone and/or email.

12. To perform physical observations on patients using the necessary equipment (BP monitor, blood sugar, pulse oximeter) when it is deemed appropriate or when advised to by manager or nurse team.

13. To ensure referrals to other agencies are made appropriately.

14. To ensure any CQC requirements and/or documentation for which the post holder is responsible for is completed timely and accurately. To also ensure any procedures and processes applicable to the role are followed timely and accurately.

15. To ensure you devote the whole of your time, attention and abilities to your role, our business and its goals.

16. Such other duties as may reasonably be delegated from time to time.

Job description

Job responsibilities

Clinical duties:

1. To perform robust independent first visit assessments of patients in their own home

2. To provide care and support as set out as appropriate following a first visit assessment. Tailoring care as is required to the individual.

3. To maintain written records and other related information as required and report all changes in the patients condition to the registered nurse on duty or overnight services.

4. To ensure patients comfort, safety and dignity at all times.

5. To assist and support patients and carers as appropriate.

6. To assist patients to meet their basic needs, including prompting and administrating medication as required, diet, maintaining personal hygiene, assessing and using toilet facilities as appropriate.

7. To respect the privacy and dignity of the patient at all times, keeping to the code of confidentiality.

8. Planned and Unplanned Cover: To contribute to maintaining the levels of service expected of our patients and the Practice in achieving its goals by taking a fair share of covering colleagues planned and unplanned absence.

9. To effectively, efficiently and appropriately acknowledge, signpost and/or handle queries autonomously as deemed appropriate.

10. Administrative Record Keeping: Responsible for maintaining accurate records / discharging and archiving patients paperwork. Completing YICT Healthcare Support visit data and ensuring this is inputted correctly.

11. Ensuring Healthcare Support colleagues receive accurate client visit allocations and in a timely manner via telephone and/or email.

12. To perform physical observations on patients using the necessary equipment (BP monitor, blood sugar, pulse oximeter) when it is deemed appropriate or when advised to by manager or nurse team.

13. To ensure referrals to other agencies are made appropriately.

14. To ensure any CQC requirements and/or documentation for which the post holder is responsible for is completed timely and accurately. To also ensure any procedures and processes applicable to the role are followed timely and accurately.

15. To ensure you devote the whole of your time, attention and abilities to your role, our business and its goals.

16. Such other duties as may reasonably be delegated from time to time.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

  • Basic Awareness of Safeguarding Children training
  • Safeguarding Vulnerable Adults Training
  • Manual Handling
  • Food Safety Level 2
  • Appropriate evidence of qualifications for any procedure and/or care the individual is asked to provide within the team and scope of their role
  • Good basic education to GCSE or equivalent

Desirable

  • NVQ Level 2 In Care

Experience

Essential

  • Flexible & Caring
  • Basic IT skills

Desirable

  • Previous experience in a health care setting.
  • Previous experience in a customer service setting
Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

  • Basic Awareness of Safeguarding Children training
  • Safeguarding Vulnerable Adults Training
  • Manual Handling
  • Food Safety Level 2
  • Appropriate evidence of qualifications for any procedure and/or care the individual is asked to provide within the team and scope of their role
  • Good basic education to GCSE or equivalent

Desirable

  • NVQ Level 2 In Care

Experience

Essential

  • Flexible & Caring
  • Basic IT skills

Desirable

  • Previous experience in a health care setting.
  • Previous experience in a customer service setting

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Employer details

Employer name

Priory Medical Group

Address

Regus

Oakdale Road

York

YO30 4XL


Employer's website

https://www.priorymedical.com (Opens in a new tab)

Employer details

Employer name

Priory Medical Group

Address

Regus

Oakdale Road

York

YO30 4XL


Employer's website

https://www.priorymedical.com (Opens in a new tab)

For questions about the job, contact:

YICT Operational Manager

Liz Allen

liz.allen1@nhs.net

01904928844

Date posted

24 February 2023

Pay scheme

Other

Salary

£21,645 to £22,425 a year

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time, Part-time, Flexible working

Reference number

A4235-23-5886

Job locations

Regus

Oakdale Road

York

YO30 4XL


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