Healthcare Assistant

Central London Community Health Trust

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Job summary

CLCH Hertfordshire Adult Community Services - CLCH NHS Trust provides a range of Community Services, and the Hertfordshire Division is recruiting!

We are looking for a number Band 3 Healthcare Assistants (HCA), who can join and become part of our Adult Care Services Multi-disciplinary Team at Holywell Neurological Unit.

The Healthcare Assistant will provide a mixture of general and specific care to a group of patients under the guidance and supervision of a registered nurse.

The post holder will be expected to become proficient and competent in their area of practice by undertaking competency assessments specific to the area of clinical practice.

Main duties of the job

The HCA will promote optimum independence and individualised client centred care to a delegated caseload.

Duties include;

To contribute to the on-going assessment of a patient by completing the appropriate paperwork for allocated patients, recording, and reporting all clinical and behavioural information to the nurse or therapist for action and planning purposes.
To undertake, and report back on delegated clinical activities that have previously been signed competent. Eg: vital signs, routine urinalysis, glucose monitoring.
To enable patients/carers to make most effective use of resources within the service by ensuring they receive up-to-date information sheets, responding to any questions constructively
To pass onto/seek assistance from other colleagues, promptly, any questions that you are unable to resolve

About us

Just as we care about our patients' wellbeing, we care about yours!

We can offer you:

A comprehensive induction into the community service followed by a local induction to introduce you to the role
Car lease scheme *T&C's apply
Flexible working options
Annual travel card loan
Training, support and development in your career

To have a full look at our benefits and what it's like working for us please go here: https://www.clch.nhs.uk/job/pay-and-benefits

Date posted

06 November 2023

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 3

Salary

£24,008 to £25,553 a year per annum, inclusive of HCAS

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

824-HERTS-5062

Job locations

Holywell Unit, Langley House

Watford

WD25 9FG

Job description

Job responsibilities

To use clinical judgement and skills to report any untoward changes immediately to the relevant team member or nurse-in-charge.
To collect data from patients/carers for recognised outcome measure and document for nurses or therapists to interpret.
To plan and implement straightforward tasks and work guided by standard operating procedures and protocols and undertake roles/duties as delegated by a nurse or therapist.
To undertake a variety of clinical intervention tasks after achieving appropriate competencies delegated by a nurse.

Please refer to Job description and personal Specification for outline of skills, knowledge and experience required.

Job description

Job responsibilities

To use clinical judgement and skills to report any untoward changes immediately to the relevant team member or nurse-in-charge.
To collect data from patients/carers for recognised outcome measure and document for nurses or therapists to interpret.
To plan and implement straightforward tasks and work guided by standard operating procedures and protocols and undertake roles/duties as delegated by a nurse or therapist.
To undertake a variety of clinical intervention tasks after achieving appropriate competencies delegated by a nurse.

Please refer to Job description and personal Specification for outline of skills, knowledge and experience required.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

Willing to participate in any relevant training/qualification identified to develop skills required to carry out duties.
Care qualification to NVQ 3 or equivalent experience
GCSEs Grade 9 - 4 in Maths and English or equivalent

Desirable

Higher Professional Diploma in Health and Wellbeing (NVQ/QCF - Level 3) or a recognised equivalent course. oGCSE grade 9 - 4 or equivalent in English and Maths.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

Willing to participate in any relevant training/qualification identified to develop skills required to carry out duties.
Care qualification to NVQ 3 or equivalent experience
GCSEs Grade 9 - 4 in Maths and English or equivalent

Desirable

Higher Professional Diploma in Health and Wellbeing (NVQ/QCF - Level 3) or a recognised equivalent course. oGCSE grade 9 - 4 or equivalent in English and Maths.

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.