Healthcare Assistant

The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

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Job summary

Are you a naturally caring person who loves to get things done whilst making all the difference to others? We may just have the job for you!

We're looking for 'people who love people' to join our community teams as Band 3 healthcare assistants providing vital aspects of care that contribute to an outstanding experience for our patients living across Newcastle.

Our Band 3 community healthcare assistants feel privileged to care for their patients in their own homes or other place of residence which includes meeting their personal needs - washing, dressing, assistance with feeding - as well as supporting them with rehabilitation, promoting independence and carrying out routine patient assessments.

This is such an incredibly rewarding role touching hundreds of people's lives in such a positive way - if it sounds like the kind of job you would relish, we currently have a number of roles available where you will work alongside talented colleagues, supported by experienced clinical educators after spending some time in our Healthcare Academy.

This means you will get the opportunity to learn new skills and competencies should you wish to pursue nursing or other practicing profession - your career starts here!

Interview Date 11 May 2023
Full & Part Time Hours/Week
You will be redirected to Trac to apply for the vacancy. Please expand the job details section and read all of the information before applying for the vacancy.

Main duties of the job

No two days are ever the same, always extremely busy which means you need to be happy to be out and about, on your feet most of the day supporting colleagues and know that some hands on care can be demanding both physically and emotionally - you will support your District Nursing colleagues with end of life care which is equally as important as all other aspects of patient care.

To assist the Registered Nurses and allied health professionals practitioners in providing high quality patient care.
Be an effective part of the multi-disciplinary team, supporting the physios and OTs with physical and functional treatment programmes and the nurses with basic nursing tasks, thus contributing to the departmental objectives.
Contributes to the work of the department by working under minimal supervision of registered practitioners or assistant practitioners.
Will carry out delegated, repetitive, routine and familiar task. ,For example, washing and dressing, meal preparation, prompting medication, exercise regimes, recording weights, monitoring skin integrity.
Have an awareness of normal parameters concerning patient / client wellbeing and report that which is out with normal parameters to the registered professional.
Will plan and prioritise their own delegated work tasks and activities.
Will carry out routine elements of assessment to enhance the patient / client journey, following an initial assessment by a registered practitioner.

About us

Newcastle Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is one of the busiest, largest and most successful teaching NHS foundation trusts in the country, with over 18,000 staff and an annual income of £1 billion.

Rated 'Outstanding' by theCQC for the second consecutive time in 2019, we have a long history of providing high quality care, clinical excellence, and innovation in medical research regionally, nationally and internationally.

We're also proud to be the second largest provider of specialised services in the country. This means we support people with a range of rare and complex medical, surgical and neurological conditions, cancers and genetic orders.

Our staff oversee around 1.84 million patients 'contacts' each year, delivering high standards of healthcare.

We are committed to promoting equality and diversity and recognise the benefit in providing an inclusive environment. We value and respect the diversity of our employees and aim to recruit a workforce which reflects the communities we serve, and is equipped to deliver the best service to our patients. We welcome all applications irrespective of people's race, disability, gender, sexual orientation, religion or belief, age, gender identity, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity and in particular those from under- represented groups.

Date posted

06 April 2023

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 3

Salary

£21,730 to £23,177 a year per annum

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

317-2023-08-09-DR

Job locations

Westgate Community College

Newcastle upon Tyne

NE4 9LU

Job description

Job responsibilities

To abide by Trust policies and procedures.
To assist the Registered Nurses or other registered health care practitioners in providing high quality patient care.
Maintain patients privacy and dignity at all times.
Be an effective part of the multi-disciplinary team contributing to the departmental objectives.
Continue to develop and maintain competencies in nursing tasks to maintain high quality safe care.

Please note it is a requirement of The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust that all successful candidates who require a DBS for the post they have been offered pay for their DBS certificate.The method of payment is a salary deduction from your first months pay.

Newcastle Hospitals encourages all staff and volunteers who are appointed to join the Trust to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19.

As a flexible working friendly organisation, we want to be sure that you can work in a way that is best for us and for our patients, and for you. Speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement. If it works for the service, we will do our best to make it work for you.

Job description

Job responsibilities

To abide by Trust policies and procedures.
To assist the Registered Nurses or other registered health care practitioners in providing high quality patient care.
Maintain patients privacy and dignity at all times.
Be an effective part of the multi-disciplinary team contributing to the departmental objectives.
Continue to develop and maintain competencies in nursing tasks to maintain high quality safe care.

Newcastle Hospitals encourages all staff and volunteers who are appointed to join the Trust to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19.

Person Specification

Knowledge

Essential

Ability to maintain and improve knowledge, skills and competence to ensure high standards of patient care
Ability to carry out routine elements of assessment to enhance the patient / client journey, following an initial assessment by a registered practitioner
Ability to meet basic care needs of patients
Understanding of confidentiality

Desirable

Understanding of basic safeguarding

Skills

Essential

Basic IT skills
Ability to be responsible for own development, identifying training needs, set personal objectives and attend appropriate training as agreed by line manager
Ability to initiate emergency action when required e.g. Cardiac arrest, Fire
Car driver / owner

Desirable

Venepuncture skills

Experience

Essential

Ability to plan, prioritise own and delegated work tasks and activities
Previous experience / consolidation of practice as a HCA (evidence of knowledge attained at level 3 using the Qualifications and Credit Framework)

Qualifications

Essential

NVQ Level 3 in appropriate subject (or on pathway) or equivalent qualification / experience
Good literacy and numeracy skills
Completion of a Trust or other HCA development programme

Person Specification

Knowledge

Essential

Ability to maintain and improve knowledge, skills and competence to ensure high standards of patient care
Ability to carry out routine elements of assessment to enhance the patient / client journey, following an initial assessment by a registered practitioner
Ability to meet basic care needs of patients
Understanding of confidentiality

Desirable

Understanding of basic safeguarding

Skills

Essential

Basic IT skills
Ability to be responsible for own development, identifying training needs, set personal objectives and attend appropriate training as agreed by line manager
Ability to initiate emergency action when required e.g. Cardiac arrest, Fire
Car driver / owner

Desirable

Venepuncture skills

Experience

Essential

Ability to plan, prioritise own and delegated work tasks and activities
Previous experience / consolidation of practice as a HCA (evidence of knowledge attained at level 3 using the Qualifications and Credit Framework)

Qualifications

Essential

NVQ Level 3 in appropriate subject (or on pathway) or equivalent qualification / experience
Good literacy and numeracy skills
Completion of a Trust or other HCA development programme

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.