Job summary
As a Healthcare Assistant Apprentice, you'll be making a difference in the community as we provide vital community NHS health and care services helping people to manage their own health and stay living independently for longer. Our work is crucial to the community as we aim to prevent unnecessary hospital admission.
This role offers you the first steps of a career in health and care with possible progression opportunities into adult nursing, mental health, children and young people or allied health profession therapy.
Main duties of the job
Within this role, you will:
- Assist in providing nursing care as delegated by the Team Leader within patients homes.
- Maintain knowledge, skills and attitudes necessary to deliver a quality service that is responsive to the changing needs of patients.
- Provide clerical and administrative support to the team as delegated by the Senior Sister/Team Sister
- Deliver care in accordance with organisation policies, procedures and guidelines, according to competencies
- Report any changes in condition of the patient to the Team Leader or in their absence the designated nurse in charge of the caseload.
About us
About the Company
We change lives by transforming health and care.
Established in 2006, we are one of the UKs leading independent providers of community health and care services, working with health and care commissioners and communities to transform services with a focus on experience, efficiency and improved outcomes. We deliver and transform adult and children community health services, primary care services including urgent care, sexual health, dermatology and MSK services as well as adult social care and wellbeing services.Across England, we support communities of many millions and directly help more than half a million people each year - guided by our simple values: we care, we think, we do.
Were committed to equal opportunities and welcome applications from a broad, diverse range of people who want to join our team. Were a Disability Confident Committed company, so we work to provide facilities, work environment adjustments and technical solutions to be as inclusive of everyone.
While it doesnt happen often, sometimes a role is very popular, and well need to close it earlier than the date weve shown here. If youre keen to join our team, wed love to hear from you so please apply as soon as you can.
To find out more about HCRG Care Group, please visit https://www.hcrgcaregroup.com/about-us-2
Job description
Job responsibilities
As an Apprentice Healthcare Assistant, you will complete a nationally recognised Healthcare Support Worker Level 2 Apprenticeship. To support you in successfully completing your programme you'll be given monthly learning days with weekly study time to develop your knowledge and skills.
A dedicated assessor who will support you in your journey and help you realise and achieve your career aspirations. A work mentor who works in your department to support you through your apprenticeship and settle you into your new role.
You can find out more about this qualification here https://thelearningenterprise.co.uk/healthcare-support-worker-level-2 Healthcare Support Worker Level 2 - TLE (thelearningenterprise.co.uk)
We also offer the care certificate to all our unregistered health care professionals. This is the start of your education and training with us and forms part of a robust induction programme giving you the fundamental evidence-based training to support you in your role with us.
Along with receiving this professional development opportunity, you will also have access to exclusive reward and benefits including:
- £22,000 - £23,500 and a group pension
- Membership of My Reward Hub, giving you access to discounts on every day purchases like grocery shopping as well as cashback and voucher offers for treats for you and those special to you
- Access to your wages as you earn them to help cover lifes emergencies and avoid overdraft fees or high interest rates
- Online and face to face help with your mental and physical wellbeing from healthy recipes and activity challenges through to post trauma support, legal, debt and life management help, as well career coaching and counselling
- Access to eLearning, bespoke career pathways and opportunities for continuing professional development through our Outstanding learning and development team, The Learning Enterprise
- An open, just culture where you're encouraged to have and implement ideas which can help us deliver our purpose: changing lives through transforming health and care backed up by at least £100,000 of ringfenced innovation funding each year
- The ideal candidate will enjoy working with people and want to learn to provide a positive healthcare experience for their service users and their families. A naturally caring person who is looking for either a new direction or wants to progress in their healthcare career.
- This is the perfect entry level position for those with no previous health care experience.
Job description
Job responsibilities
As an Apprentice Healthcare Assistant, you will complete a nationally recognised Healthcare Support Worker Level 2 Apprenticeship. To support you in successfully completing your programme you'll be given monthly learning days with weekly study time to develop your knowledge and skills.
A dedicated assessor who will support you in your journey and help you realise and achieve your career aspirations. A work mentor who works in your department to support you through your apprenticeship and settle you into your new role.
You can find out more about this qualification here https://thelearningenterprise.co.uk/healthcare-support-worker-level-2 Healthcare Support Worker Level 2 - TLE (thelearningenterprise.co.uk)
We also offer the care certificate to all our unregistered health care professionals. This is the start of your education and training with us and forms part of a robust induction programme giving you the fundamental evidence-based training to support you in your role with us.
Along with receiving this professional development opportunity, you will also have access to exclusive reward and benefits including:
- £22,000 - £23,500 and a group pension
- Membership of My Reward Hub, giving you access to discounts on every day purchases like grocery shopping as well as cashback and voucher offers for treats for you and those special to you
- Access to your wages as you earn them to help cover lifes emergencies and avoid overdraft fees or high interest rates
- Online and face to face help with your mental and physical wellbeing from healthy recipes and activity challenges through to post trauma support, legal, debt and life management help, as well career coaching and counselling
- Access to eLearning, bespoke career pathways and opportunities for continuing professional development through our Outstanding learning and development team, The Learning Enterprise
- An open, just culture where you're encouraged to have and implement ideas which can help us deliver our purpose: changing lives through transforming health and care backed up by at least £100,000 of ringfenced innovation funding each year
- The ideal candidate will enjoy working with people and want to learn to provide a positive healthcare experience for their service users and their families. A naturally caring person who is looking for either a new direction or wants to progress in their healthcare career.
- This is the perfect entry level position for those with no previous health care experience.
Person Specification
General Requirements
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Person Specification
General Requirements
Essential
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Desirable
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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.
