Job summary
Community Health Care
Assistant
This is a fabulous
opportunity to join our CQC Outstanding award-winning team! We are offering a
band 3 Community Health Care Assistant role on a part time contract.
Shift
9 hours per week (1 night shift, 23:00-08:00)
Salary
Band 3 - £21730 this is
DHUs own banding and does not match the agenda for change.
Benefits:
-
NHS pension scheme
- NHS continuous
service
- Westfield Health
membership
- CPD and professional
development
- Free parking
- Maternity pay in
line with the NHS
- Flexible working
Main duties of the job
The post holder will perform and
assist in the provision of holistic, high quality, evidenced based health care
to a defined local population, working within an appropriate supervisory and
monitoring framework, to an agreed, multi-disciplinary treatment plan, as
appropriate to clients across a wide spectrum of clinical conditions within the
service provided by DHU Health Care CIC. This will be from the Chesterfield,
Derby or satellite bases across Derbyshire and Derby City.
The Community Health Care Assistant
will be part of a multi-professional team including community staff nurses,
medical, nurse practitioners and support staff providing accessible services to
the population across North Derbyshire.
About us
DHU Healthcare is a
not-for-profit community interest company providing a diverse range of
services to the NHS frontline, including urgent and emergency care, primary
care, out of hours services and NHS111. We operate 365 days a year, 24 hours a
day across a wide geographical area including Derbyshire, Northamptonshire;
Nottinghamshire; Leicester, Leicestershire & Rutland; Lincolnshire, Milton
Keynes, Bath, Northeast Somerset, Swindon, and Wiltshire a population
totalling around ten million. A socially conscious organisation, we provide
compassionate, safe, high-quality care to our patients and the communities we
serve and offer a supportive work environment to our 2,000 people.
Job description
Job responsibilities
-
Carrying out direct
patient care duties under the direction and supervision of registered nursing
staff to patients in their own homes or alternative health care setting, to
promote recovery and encourage and maintain independence.
-
Offering reassurance
to vulnerable patients and to communicate information to patients and carers
regarding their health needs and associated treatment plans.
-
Assisting nursing
staff in preparing patients for clinical assessment or treatment e.g. assisting
with undressing.
-
Assisting nursing
staff in administering treatments e.g. assisting with the application of
dressings.
-
Making verbal
reports to registered nursing staff concerning patients well-being and
behaviours.
-
To report and take
appropriate action regarding any change in patient condition or circumstance
and communicate verbal and written information to all relevant integrated care
team members.
-
To maintain and
record accurate records in line with DHU policies and procedures and Calldicott
requirements.
-
Undertaking further
training to extend skills e.g., basic wound closure, recording ECGs as directed
by registered nursing staff.
-
To observe personal
duty of care when using equipment to ensure compliance with health and safety
regulation and to monitor and report to appropriate registered clinician on the
effectiveness of equipment and aids in patients homes to maximize use of
resources.
Please find attached job
description for more information.
Job description
Job responsibilities
-
Carrying out direct
patient care duties under the direction and supervision of registered nursing
staff to patients in their own homes or alternative health care setting, to
promote recovery and encourage and maintain independence.
-
Offering reassurance
to vulnerable patients and to communicate information to patients and carers
regarding their health needs and associated treatment plans.
-
Assisting nursing
staff in preparing patients for clinical assessment or treatment e.g. assisting
with undressing.
-
Assisting nursing
staff in administering treatments e.g. assisting with the application of
dressings.
-
Making verbal
reports to registered nursing staff concerning patients well-being and
behaviours.
-
To report and take
appropriate action regarding any change in patient condition or circumstance
and communicate verbal and written information to all relevant integrated care
team members.
-
To maintain and
record accurate records in line with DHU policies and procedures and Calldicott
requirements.
-
Undertaking further
training to extend skills e.g., basic wound closure, recording ECGs as directed
by registered nursing staff.
-
To observe personal
duty of care when using equipment to ensure compliance with health and safety
regulation and to monitor and report to appropriate registered clinician on the
effectiveness of equipment and aids in patients homes to maximize use of
resources.
Please find attached job
description for more information.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Good standard of general education including 4 GCSEs Grades A-C or equivalent including English and Maths.
- NVQ Level 2 or equivalent.
Experience
Essential
- Previous experience of working with the public in a busy environment.
- Communication with a variety of people.
- Computer experience (e.g. Word/Excel and other packages) as well as email systems and other electronic media.
- Experience of working as a health care assistant.
- Previous community healthcare experience preferred
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Good standard of general education including 4 GCSEs Grades A-C or equivalent including English and Maths.
- NVQ Level 2 or equivalent.
Experience
Essential
- Previous experience of working with the public in a busy environment.
- Communication with a variety of people.
- Computer experience (e.g. Word/Excel and other packages) as well as email systems and other electronic media.
- Experience of working as a health care assistant.
- Previous community healthcare experience preferred
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.
