Community Healthcare Assistant

Norfolk Community Health and Care NHS Trust

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Job summary

We are looking for a highly motivated Community Healthcare Assistant to join our community nursing team based in North Walsham 30 hours a week.

Working in the picturesque North Norfolk area our patch covers a wide area delivering care to patients from North Walsham, Cromer. Mundesley, and Aldborough GP surgeries.

This is an ideal opportunity for career progression and experience within a community setting. The job requires someone to deliver high standards of health care to patients within their own homes, care homes, the travelling community and in clinics, by assessing, planning, implementing and evaluating packages of care.

Main duties of the job

A typical day involves:

  • Undertaking basic observations including blood pressure, oxygen saturation, blood glucose monitoring, pulse and respiration rates.
  • Supporting administration of insulin for diabetic patients.
  • Undertaking basic wound care, including dressing changes and simple wound assessment.
  • Provision of basic pressure relieving equipment and pressure ulcer risk assessment and advice.
  • Venepuncture
  • Simple catheter care
  • Ability to organise your day, adopt flexibility to different patient needs and that of the service.

The ability to work as part of the team and to have a flexible approach to work is essential. There is clear competency and training programme in place to support you to obtain the skills required for this role. The service operates between 8.00am - 5.00pm, Monday to Friday, and between 8.00 am and 6 .00 pm at weekends week, and you will be required to work shifts between these times .

About us

Achieving 'Outstanding' from CQC is a testament to the forward progressive nature of the Trust and our commitment to delivering high quality care in sometimes challenging environments.

The service offers a commitment to ongoing personal development and offers a supportive, friendly network of colleagues.

North Norfolk offers beautiful countryside, beaches and many towns and buildings of historic interest, as well as being within close proximity to the city of Norwich which offers many cultural and leisure amenities.

If this post excites you, and you are looking to improve your quality of life working in rural Norfolk as part of this developing role and workforce we look forward to your application.

Apply now to join an organisation that has been awarded an 'Outstanding' rating by the Care Quality Commission (CQC), the highest possible rating and the first stand-alone NHS community trust in the country to be awarded the title.

Date posted

21 November 2022

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 3

Salary

Depending on experience pro rata pa

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Part-time

Reference number

839-4785715-PG

Job locations

NN2 Community Nursing team

Rebecca House, North Walsham Hospital, Yarmouth Road

North Walsham

NR28 9AP


Job description

Job responsibilities

An ambition for NCH&C is to create a culture that embraces flexibility in working within a 24/7 service wherever possible, and providing the tools to support this. Therefore if you are interested in a role though would need a flexible working pattern please don't let that put you off applying - we are really wanting to support all applicants and meet their needs taking into consider their work life balance.

Please see attached job description for full list of responsibilities.

Job description

Job responsibilities

An ambition for NCH&C is to create a culture that embraces flexibility in working within a 24/7 service wherever possible, and providing the tools to support this. Therefore if you are interested in a role though would need a flexible working pattern please don't let that put you off applying - we are really wanting to support all applicants and meet their needs taking into consider their work life balance.

Please see attached job description for full list of responsibilities.

Person Specification

Personal Qualities

Essential

  • Ability to kneel, bend and stoop and work in cramped environments
  • Ability to manoeuvre patients using handling aids
  • Manoeuvre limbs of around 5-6kg

Qualifications

Essential

  • NVQ 2 or equivalent knowledge or experience
  • Good general education
  • Experience of working with the general public

Desirable

  • oNVQ3
  • oExperience of working within a care setting

Knowledge

Essential

  • Good communication skills
  • Good interpersonal skills
  • Highly motivated and able to provide high standards of care
  • Tact and diplomacy showing empathy and sensitivity with ability to use own initiative
  • Good observational and reporting skills with ability to manage stressful situations
  • A team Player who can work flexibly to accommodate patient/service needs with good basic IT/standard keyboard skills
Person Specification

Personal Qualities

Essential

  • Ability to kneel, bend and stoop and work in cramped environments
  • Ability to manoeuvre patients using handling aids
  • Manoeuvre limbs of around 5-6kg

Qualifications

Essential

  • NVQ 2 or equivalent knowledge or experience
  • Good general education
  • Experience of working with the general public

Desirable

  • oNVQ3
  • oExperience of working within a care setting

Knowledge

Essential

  • Good communication skills
  • Good interpersonal skills
  • Highly motivated and able to provide high standards of care
  • Tact and diplomacy showing empathy and sensitivity with ability to use own initiative
  • Good observational and reporting skills with ability to manage stressful situations
  • A team Player who can work flexibly to accommodate patient/service needs with good basic IT/standard keyboard skills

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

Additional information

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

Employer details

Employer name

Norfolk Community Health and Care NHS Trust

Address

NN2 Community Nursing team

Rebecca House, North Walsham Hospital, Yarmouth Road

North Walsham

NR28 9AP


Employer's website

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

Employer details

Employer name

Norfolk Community Health and Care NHS Trust

Address

NN2 Community Nursing team

Rebecca House, North Walsham Hospital, Yarmouth Road

North Walsham

NR28 9AP


Employer's website

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

For questions about the job, contact:

Clinical Operations Manager

Anne Rowe

anne.rowe@nchc.nhs.uk

07770541242

Date posted

21 November 2022

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 3

Salary

Depending on experience pro rata pa

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Part-time

Reference number

839-4785715-PG

Job locations

NN2 Community Nursing team

Rebecca House, North Walsham Hospital, Yarmouth Road

North Walsham

NR28 9AP


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