Healthcare Assistant

First Community Health and Care

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Job summary

Ready to play your part in an exciting, fast developing, and innovative service?

We are looking for a Full Time Health Care Assistant to join our Responsive Services Team. The teamwork, a variety of shifts between 8am-8pm 7 days a week.

This exciting role offers the opportunity to work in a caring, supportive, and professional environment where you will contribute to the care and support of patients in the community.

Your role as a Health Care Assistant will be varied and interesting, working with our Virtual Ward and Urgent Community Response Teams, ssupporting patients with early discharge from hospital and avoiding unnecessary hospital admission.

You will assist in the planning of the patients care, engaging with the patient, family, and carers in their own home through implementation of individualised care plans.

Candidates will need to be able to work autonomously and as part of a team, travelling to patients homes in town and rural settings. The post-holder will be supported by senior clinicians, to carry out tasks listed below.

You must be a licensed car driver and have access to a car for this post.

Main duties of the job

Carrying out baseline observations

Calculating NEWS score, escalating deterioration

Monitoring patients weight

ECGs

Venepuncture

Fitting equipment such as toilet seats, commodes, walking frames

Monitoring patients skin integrity

Supporting patients with personal care

Monitoring and supporting patients with nutrition and hydration needs.

About us

Do you want to be part of an organisation that was rated best provider of NHS care to work for nationwide? (2023 staff survey results)

First Community is a staff owned social enterprise rated Good by CQC, which delivers NHS community services across east Surrey and parts of West Sussex. We are looking for individuals who share our values First-rate care, First-rate people, First-rate value.

First Community is a great place to work, everyone has a voice and is supported to develop their career to its full potential. We offer all our staff: NHS terms and conditions, high quality training and development opportunities, flexible working to enable a good work life balance, an inclusive and friendly work environment, an NHS pension, flexible retirement options and various employee benefits.

Please talk to us before applying or at interview about the flexibility you need. We may not be able to meet your needs exactly, but we do promise to fully consider your request and meet your needs where possible. Please note, flexible working options may vary depending on the role.

At First Community we welcome applications from black, Asian and minority ethnic candidates, LGBTQ+ candidates and candidates with disabilities. We ensure that all applicants are treated fairly and consistently at every stage of the recruitment process, including the consideration of reasonable adjustments.

Sustainability is integral to First Community achieving the NHS Net Zero target.

Date posted

18 April 2024

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 3

Salary

£22,816 to £24,336 a year +5% HCAS per annum, pro rata

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time, Flexible working

Reference number

B9078-FC952

Job locations

First Community Health & Care

Kings Mill Lane

Redhill

RH1 5JY

Job description

Job responsibilities

The post holder is responsible for:

Working as a member of the practical care teams, supporting senior staff in providing a service to patients in the community

To support patients to carry out and progress treatment programmes as directed by qualified staff

To support the fitting and monitoring of equipment, ensuring it is installed safely and reporting any concerns to senior clinicians

To work both unsupervised and supervised, reporting patient progress and escalating appropriately to senior clinician.

When completing your application please refer to both the Application Guide and full Job Description - these can be found under supporting documents.

Job description

Job responsibilities

The post holder is responsible for:

Working as a member of the practical care teams, supporting senior staff in providing a service to patients in the community

To support patients to carry out and progress treatment programmes as directed by qualified staff

To support the fitting and monitoring of equipment, ensuring it is installed safely and reporting any concerns to senior clinicians

To work both unsupervised and supervised, reporting patient progress and escalating appropriately to senior clinician.

When completing your application please refer to both the Application Guide and full Job Description - these can be found under supporting documents.

Person Specification

Experience

Essential

Previous Nursing Assistant experience

Desirable

Experience of respiratory care
Experience working in a community setting

Qualifications

Essential

Basic standard of education including GCSE in Maths and English

Desirable

NVQ Level 3 in health-related subject or equivalent
Fitness qualification

Experience

Essential

Previous Nursing Assistant experience

Desirable

Experience of respiratory care
Experience working in a community setting

Skills

Essential

Evidence of working with people
Good communication skills (written and verbal)
Ability to work as a team member
Ability to work under pressure
Ability to record clinical observations accurately including blood pressure, heart rate, respiratory rate and oxygen saturation.
Phlebotomy

Desirable

Completion of the Care Certificate

Knowledge

Essential

Core IT Skills including familiarity with Microsoft package
Knowledge of NEWS2

Desirable

Knowledge of respiratory conditions

Other

Essential

Organised, reliable and flexible
Motivated and enthusiastic
Willingness/commitment to undertake training
Sensitive, empathic manner
Car driver and access to car for work

Person Specification

Experience

Essential

Previous Nursing Assistant experience

Desirable

Experience of respiratory care
Experience working in a community setting

Qualifications

Essential

Basic standard of education including GCSE in Maths and English

Desirable

NVQ Level 3 in health-related subject or equivalent
Fitness qualification

Experience

Essential

Previous Nursing Assistant experience

Desirable

Experience of respiratory care
Experience working in a community setting

Skills

Essential

Evidence of working with people
Good communication skills (written and verbal)
Ability to work as a team member
Ability to work under pressure
Ability to record clinical observations accurately including blood pressure, heart rate, respiratory rate and oxygen saturation.
Phlebotomy

Desirable

Completion of the Care Certificate

Knowledge

Essential

Core IT Skills including familiarity with Microsoft package
Knowledge of NEWS2

Desirable

Knowledge of respiratory conditions

Other

Essential

Organised, reliable and flexible
Motivated and enthusiastic
Willingness/commitment to undertake training
Sensitive, empathic manner
Car driver and access to car for work

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.