Health Care Assistant - Urgent Response & Hospital and Care at Home

Job summary

We have an exciting opportunity within our Urgent Response Team.

The Urgent Response Team (URT) is a multidisciplinary team of advanced clinical practitioners, nurses, therapists, social workers who deliver urgent response services to Salford residents.

This is expanding to include Hospital and Care at Home (H&C@H) virtual wards model of care working as part of a team utilising technology and new ways of working to provide a safe alternative to hospital admission and support people to be discharged from hospital earlier than may have been possible previously.

This is an exciting opportunity to shape services that will improve the experience of healthcare for the population of Salford and deliver an NHS national priority.

It is essential that the post holder is be able to fulfil the travel requirements of the role and desirable that they hold a full UK driving licence and have access to a vehicle.

Main duties of the job

You will be required to establish and maintain communication with people about routine and daily activities overcoming any differences in communication between the people involved. Develop your own skills and knowledge and provide information to others to help their development. Assist in assessing people's health and wellbeing and related needs and planning.

Assist and enable patients in achieving the following aspects of care:

• To achieve and maintain personal hygiene and appearance
• To assist / enable patients with mobility
• To assist / enable patients with eating and drinking
• To assist / enable patients access and use toilet facilities
• Maintain patients independence and identity

About us

The Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust (NCA) provides hospital and integrated health and social care services to over one million people living across Greater Manchester. Our 20,000 colleagues care for people in hospital and in the community, working across Bury, Rochdale, Oldham and Salford, to save and improve lives.

As a large NHS trust we are committed to enhancing the health of our local population by delivering consistently high standards of care and working closely with local authorities and key partners. We believe in our power and potential to make a difference and we're always looking for people who demonstrate our three core values - care, appreciate and inspire - to join our team.

In return, we can offer you a job role with purpose and flexibility. The size and scale of the NCA means we can provide more challenge and opportunities so your career can always be moving in the right direction. By joining us you can also access a competitive benefits package, including, a fantastic annual leave allowance, flexible working opportunities and protected hours for health and wellbeing activities, helping you to achieve more personal downtime and a better work-life balance.