Job summary
Care closer to home is becoming integral to the future of the NHS and the Community Health Services (CHS) Division of NottsHC are at the forefront of this exciting journey. Working with our system partners in creating collaborative ways to improve physical health care services, activities and interventions in local communities, which meet the needs of our patients in the places they call home.
The division operates under three Units of Management providing an extensive portfolio of childrens, adults and specialist services, covering a vast geographical area. We offer various clinical and non-clinical roles, working within supportive teams that encourage us all to work to the best of our abilities to provide the highest quality care.
Being part of an organisation as diverse as NottsHC provides you with great career development opportunities, to be innovative and gives you permission to grow both professionally and personally and really make a difference.
Main duties of the job
Our integrated teams of Nursing and Allied Health Professionals deliver care to people who present with significant physical health care needs in various settings including clinic based, community inpatient, hospices to care in the patients own home, including care homes, enabling them to be independent, self-caring and live their optimum lives, reducing hospital admissions.
Services range from community nursing, including specialist practitioners, to public health and health promotion such as school nursing and health visiting, with many specialist community services designed to support care pathways such as Physiotherapy, OT, Speech and Language, Dietetics and Podiatry.
Supporting the efficient running of these services are administrative and managerial roles. All roles, at all levels, are vital in transforming community health services, ensuring high quality care is provided both now and into the future based around the needs of our patients - together we all make a difference.
About us
We have a huge variety of opportunities in our expansive Trust covering geographically from South Yorkshire, Nottinghamshire to Leicester, providing mental health inpatient and community services, community health services, forensic mental health services and secure prison healthcare across the East Midlands.
We have more than 100 sites and a huge scope of unique opportunities to develop your career and gain some amazing experiences. We strive to be a great place to work and offer many staff benefits and tailored staff support and wellbeing programmes.
Do you want to make a difference?
Do you believe in Trust, Honesty, Respect, Compassion and Teamwork?
Then Nottinghamshire Healthcare is the perfect place for you to start, maintain or further your career.
Join our team of nearly 9000 who are making a difference every day. We are all about our people our staff, volunteers, carers, service users and patients. We are NottsHC.
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Job description
Job responsibilities
** Applications will be considered from those with no healthcare experience or Health and Social Care NVQ qualification but can demonstrate the values and attributes that align with that of the Trust**
We are always looking for great Health Care Assistants to join our community nursing teams who on the road delivering care into peoples homes. We have opportunities to work in Mid Nottinghamshire specifically Mansfield, Ashfield, Newark & Sherwood, 7 days a weekincluding Bank Holidays.
Personal and work commitments is sometimes difficult to manage, and we will support people to achieve the right work life balance through flexible working in a variety of full and part time roles which aim to maintain the health and wellbeing of our workforce.
The role requires day-to-day delivery of patient care in our Integrated Community Teams led by District Nurses, Allied Health Professionals and Social Workers . together you all make a difference.
You will work within the Mid Nottinghamshire Community Urgent Response and Rehabilitation Team, under the direction of a registered professional, with patients who require support to carry out activities of daily living in order to maintain them within their own home environment.
This could be the job for you, and we would love to hear from you if you can
Demonstrate excellent communication and interpersonal skills with the ability to be adaptable, reliable, resourceful and approachable, evidencing high levels of personal and clinical credibility, being able to instantly establish effective working relationships in a range of work settings.
Support our patients within a community setting that enables them to live their optimum life, being self-caring and independent with their health needs to avoid and reduce hospital admissions.
Demonstrate high levels of care and compassion to assess and deliver care to patients who present with significant physical health care needs within the places they call home.
Enjoy working collaboratively within a multidisciplinary framework, analyse and develop treatment plans whilst providing compassionate, realistic and timely support to a diverse patient group and their families
Why choose us?
You will have access to internal and external training and quality improvement opportunities and not to mention the wide range of employee benefits NottsHC offer;
- Annual leave of 27 days plus bank holidays (this will increase up to 33 days depending on NHS service and in accordance with A4C terms and conditions)
- Pension scheme
- Flexible working and job share opportunities
- Promotion of a healthy work life balance
- Salary sacrifice schemes e.g. public transport loans, cycle schemes
- Staff discount schemes e.g. Discounted leisure Centre membership
- Free on-site parking (dependent on site)
- An extensive health and wellbeing package including Occupational Health, Physiotherapy and Staff Counselling services
- Support for carers
Further information regarding NottsHC employee benefits can be found on our website www.nottinghamshirehealthcare.nhs.uk
If you wish to discuss this post further, please contact Emma Moore, Team Leader at emma.moore2@nottshc.nhs.uk or alternatively 07717811049
If you want to be the Health Care Assistant that makes a difference, then we look forward to receiving your application.
Job description
Job responsibilities
** Applications will be considered from those with no healthcare experience or Health and Social Care NVQ qualification but can demonstrate the values and attributes that align with that of the Trust**
We are always looking for great Health Care Assistants to join our community nursing teams who on the road delivering care into peoples homes. We have opportunities to work in Mid Nottinghamshire specifically Mansfield, Ashfield, Newark & Sherwood, 7 days a weekincluding Bank Holidays.
Personal and work commitments is sometimes difficult to manage, and we will support people to achieve the right work life balance through flexible working in a variety of full and part time roles which aim to maintain the health and wellbeing of our workforce.
The role requires day-to-day delivery of patient care in our Integrated Community Teams led by District Nurses, Allied Health Professionals and Social Workers . together you all make a difference.
You will work within the Mid Nottinghamshire Community Urgent Response and Rehabilitation Team, under the direction of a registered professional, with patients who require support to carry out activities of daily living in order to maintain them within their own home environment.
This could be the job for you, and we would love to hear from you if you can
Demonstrate excellent communication and interpersonal skills with the ability to be adaptable, reliable, resourceful and approachable, evidencing high levels of personal and clinical credibility, being able to instantly establish effective working relationships in a range of work settings.
Support our patients within a community setting that enables them to live their optimum life, being self-caring and independent with their health needs to avoid and reduce hospital admissions.
Demonstrate high levels of care and compassion to assess and deliver care to patients who present with significant physical health care needs within the places they call home.
Enjoy working collaboratively within a multidisciplinary framework, analyse and develop treatment plans whilst providing compassionate, realistic and timely support to a diverse patient group and their families
Why choose us?
You will have access to internal and external training and quality improvement opportunities and not to mention the wide range of employee benefits NottsHC offer;
- Annual leave of 27 days plus bank holidays (this will increase up to 33 days depending on NHS service and in accordance with A4C terms and conditions)
- Pension scheme
- Flexible working and job share opportunities
- Promotion of a healthy work life balance
- Salary sacrifice schemes e.g. public transport loans, cycle schemes
- Staff discount schemes e.g. Discounted leisure Centre membership
- Free on-site parking (dependent on site)
- An extensive health and wellbeing package including Occupational Health, Physiotherapy and Staff Counselling services
- Support for carers
Further information regarding NottsHC employee benefits can be found on our website www.nottinghamshirehealthcare.nhs.uk
If you wish to discuss this post further, please contact Emma Moore, Team Leader at emma.moore2@nottshc.nhs.uk or alternatively 07717811049
If you want to be the Health Care Assistant that makes a difference, then we look forward to receiving your application.
Person Specification
Knowledge
Essential
- Community experience
- Access to a vehicle for work purposes
Desirable
- Knowledge of Mid Notts Locality
Experience
Essential
- Previous experience as a Health Care Assistant
Desirable
- Previous NHS experience
- Knowledge of S1
Person Specification
Knowledge
Essential
- Community experience
- Access to a vehicle for work purposes
Desirable
- Knowledge of Mid Notts Locality
Experience
Essential
- Previous experience as a Health Care Assistant
Desirable
- Previous NHS experience
- Knowledge of S1
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.
