Leicestershire Partnership NHS Trust

Band 3 Community Healthcare Assistant

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Job summary

Are you an experienced Healthcare Assistant/Support Worker who has worked in a community or other healthcare setting?

Do you have an NVQ level 3 or equivalent in health and social care?

Do you have the PASSION, DRIVE AND ABILITY to deliver high quality compassionate care?

If the answer is yes, then joining us in Community Nursing Services could be the perfect career move for you.

As an ageing well accelerator site LPT have been awarded extra funding to increase our health care support worker team. This is an exciting opportunity for experienced health care support workers to become part of our Community Nursing Teams based in Braunstone, Barrow upon Soar, Rutland, Syston, Melton, Enderby, Coalville, Hinckley and Market Harborough. The teams provide core community nursing, rapid response nursing and Home First nursing interventions to patients living in their own homes, residential homes and in local clinics.

We work in an integrated way with health and care providers across the whole system in Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland to ensure that care is joined up and that whenever we can, we strive to care for patients at home, helping them to maintain independence and ensuring that high quality care is delivered in an efficient and holistic manner.

We are working hard to continually improve our outcomes for patients and our experience for staff in delivering care and have new investment to improve our capacity to keep developing.

Main duties of the job

We would love to hear from you if you can:

Demonstrate your passion and ability to provide care for patients experiencing a wide range of conditions.

Support our patients and work with people in an asset-based way that really enables them to live their optimum life, being self-caring and independent with their health needs where possible.

Work collaboratively, efficiently and creatively with multi professional colleagues and partners with a focus on ‘HomeFirst’ helping patients to avoid hospital admissions and where they do need a hospital stay facilitating timely and well supported discharge back home.

In return we would love to offer you –

Regular, meaningful clinical and managerial supervision tailored to your specific needs.

A professional development plan which supports your continuous learning and development.

Training and quality improvement opportunities.

Please note that the working hours are between 08.00 and 22.00.

This is such an exciting time to be joining this transforming service which delivers an integrated health and social care offer delivered by community-based nursing, therapy and adult social care teams. If you want to be the Health Care Support Worker that makes a difference then WE WANT YOU!

Car driver is essential.

About us

Leicestershire Partnership NHS Trust (LPT) provides a range of community health, mental health and learning disability services for people of all ages. Delivered through over 100 settings from inpatient wards to out in the community, our 6,500 staff serves over 1 million people living in Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland.

Here at LPT, our values are Compassion, Respect, Integrity and Trust, which we keep at the heart of everything we do.

We aim to develop a workforce that reflects our community. We actively implement equal opportunities in employment and service delivery and seek people who share our commitment. We strongly encourage applications from all sections of the community, particularly from underrepresented groups.

Details of our benefits, leadership behaviours and other important information are contained in the attached document titled Information for Applicants.

We will consider requests to work alternative hours or varied working patterns in line with our flexible working policy.

For all substantive roles, new staff (excluding medical staff) are appointed subject to a 6-month probationary period (see Probation Policy).

All jobs will require permission to work in the UK.

For all jobs the cost of any DBS disclosure required will be met by the individual. This will be deducted from salary once started.

Applicants at risk within the local NHS who meet essential criteria will have preference for interview.

Date posted

06 July 2022

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 3

Salary

£20,330 to £21,777 a year

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Flexible working

Reference number

C9313-22-4152

Job locations

Leicestershire Partnership Nhs Trust

Bridge Park Road

Thurmaston

Leicester

LE4 8PQ

Job description

Job responsibilities

The principle role of the Senior Healthcare Assistant is to assist the healthcare team in the provision and delivery of programmes of patient care under the indirect supervision of registered practitioners. This includes: Taking physical or psychological measurements from named clients/service users as delegated by the team;

 Supporting clients/service users in maintaining their health and wellbeing;

 Undertaking specified and delegated clinical and therapeutic activities;

 Under the supervision of healthcare professionals assist the healthcare team with the planning, organising and provision of clinical care;

 Ensuring high standards are maintained in a safe environment, which promotes equality and sensitivity for all individuals;

 Assisting Registered Professionals in the implementation and evaluation of individualised care plans;

 Accurately recording patient information;

 Provides support and supervision to other colleagues and learners as appropriate.

Job description

Job responsibilities

 Supporting clients/service users in maintaining their health and wellbeing;

 Undertaking specified and delegated clinical and therapeutic activities;

 Under the supervision of healthcare professionals assist the healthcare team with the planning, organising and provision of clinical care;

 Ensuring high standards are maintained in a safe environment, which promotes equality and sensitivity for all individuals;

 Assisting Registered Professionals in the implementation and evaluation of individualised care plans;

 Accurately recording patient information;

 Provides support and supervision to other colleagues and learners as appropriate.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

2.1. Level 2 qualification in functional skills Maths and English
2.2. Level 3 qualification in functional skills Maths and English or required to successfully complete within six months
2.3. NVQ/QCF Level 3 in Care or equivalent qualification or equivalent relevant experience

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

2.1. Level 2 qualification in functional skills Maths and English
2.2. Level 3 qualification in functional skills Maths and English or required to successfully complete within six months
2.3. NVQ/QCF Level 3 in Care or equivalent qualification or equivalent relevant experience

Employer details

Employer name

Leicestershire Partnership NHS Trust

Address

Leicestershire Partnership Nhs Trust

Bridge Park Road

Thurmaston

Leicester

LE4 8PQ

Employer's website

https://www.leicspart.nhs.uk/jobs/ (Opens in a new tab)

Employer details

Employer name

Leicestershire Partnership NHS Trust

Address

Leicestershire Partnership Nhs Trust

Bridge Park Road

Thurmaston

Leicester

LE4 8PQ

Employer's website

https://www.leicspart.nhs.uk/jobs/ (Opens in a new tab)