Health Care Assistant
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Job summary
27 hours per week. Come and join our Community Nursing Service that covers the beautiful South Hams including Yealmpton, Ivybridge, South Brent areas. The teams provide nursing care to patients within their own homes with emphasis on preventing hospital admissions and delivering care within local communities. The teams promote health and well being for living well. The role is rewarding applying your skills to make a difference.
See JD/PS for further details
This role may not be eligible for sponsorship under the Skilled Worker route, please refer to the Direct Gov website for more information with regards to eligibility.
Main duties of the job
The role is supporting the District Nursing Service in delivering care to those who are recovering from surgery and ill health and those nearing end of life. The District Nursing Services visits patients in their own homes and provides nursing care alongside our MDT colleagues. The Health and Social Care team provide an integrated service with help from social prescribers and voluntary services.
The nursing service provides a wide range of clinical care and health promotion.
Please see JD /PS for full details
About us
Livewell Southwest is an independent, award-winning social enterprise providing integrated health & social care services for people across Plymouth, South Hams & West Devon, as well as some specialist services for people living in parts of Devon & Cornwall. With teams in community hospitals, GP practices, sports centres, health & wellbeing hubs.
As an organisation with a strong social conscience, we always value being kind, respectful, inclusive, ambitious, responsible and collaborative. Transforming services to make them sustainable, ensuring that we value, support & empower each other.
We are committed to involving the people we care for, families & carers in everything that we do, working towards co-production where we can. Helping us to deliver the right care for people, in the right place & at the right time. By putting people at the centre of what we do, we ensure to support people to lead, healthy independent lives & be the very best at helping people to live well.
Valuing our employees making an investment in their development a priority. We offer:
Protected CPD time for registered staff
Various development pathways and ongoing regular training packages for all staff
Leadership & mentoring programmes
Access & funding for training including Care Certificate, Assistant Practitioners Course & Scholarship Into Nurse Training
A Robust Preceptorship
A bespoke induction programme
Existing members of the NHS Pension Scheme can continue their membership when they join the organisation.
Details
Date posted
24 May 2023
Pay scheme
Agenda for change
Band
Band 3
Salary
£22,816 to £24,336 a year pa, pro-rata
Contract
Permanent
Working pattern
Part-time, Job share, Flexible working
Reference number
B9832-2023-NM-8499
Job locations
200 Mount Gould Road
Mount Gould
Plymouth
Devon
PL4 7PY
Ivybridge Medical Practice
Station Road
Ivybridge
Devon
PL210AJ
Employer details
Employer name
Livewell Southwest
Address
200 Mount Gould Road
Mount Gould
Plymouth
Devon
PL4 7PY
Employer's website
https://www.livewellsouthwest.co.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)
Employer contact details
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