Band 3 Health Care Assistant - Learning Disability Community

Leicestershire Partnership NHS Trust; Leicester; On-site; GBP 20,000 - 24,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading health trust in the UK is seeking a Band 3 Health Care Assistant to support individuals with learning disabilities in a community setting. The role involves contributing to assessments, assisting healthcare professionals, and maintaining high standards of care. Candidates should have experience working with learning disabilities, strong communication skills, and the ability to work both independently and as part of a team. A full UK driving licence and access to a vehicle are required.

Qualifications

• Experience working with adults or children with Learning Disabilities in a community setting.
• Excellent communication/interpersonal skills.
• Ability to work independently and as part of a team.

Responsibilities

• Contribute to assessments and interventions.
• Support clients in maintaining their health.
• Undertake delegated clinical and therapeutic activities.
• Assist healthcare professionals with clinical care.
• Record patient information accurately.

Skills

Communication skills

Teamwork

Initiative

Job description

Band 3 Health Care Assistant - Learning Disability Community

Learning Disability Crisis Response Intensive Support team (LD CRIST).

The LD CRIST are a multi disciplinary team, with learning disability & mental health nurses, psychologist, speech and language therapists, occupational therapist and psychiatrist.

The LD CRIST provide a service 7 days a week between the hours of 08:00-21:00hrs including bank holidays.

Opportunities have arisen for Band 3 Community Learning Disability Support Workers to join LPT to support people and their families in a community setting.

The primary aim of the team is to prevent unnecessary hospital admissions. LD CRIST will provide rapid assessment, intensive support to people with a learning disability and behaviours that challenge or mental health conditions.

The principle role of the Senior Healthcare Assistant is to assist the healthcare team in the provision and delivery of programmes of patient care under the indirect supervision of registered practitioners. This includes: Taking physical or psychological measurements from named clients/service users as delegated by the team.

Main duties of the job

• You will contribute to assessments and interventions including undertaking direct observations, completing specialist risk assessments and care planning.
• Supporting clients/service users in maintaining their health and wellbeing.
• Undertaking specified and delegated clinical and therapeutic activities.
• Under the supervision of healthcare professionals assist the healthcare team with the planning, organising and provision of clinical care.
• Ensuring high standards are maintained in a safe environment, which promotes equality and sensitivity for all individuals.
• Assisting Registered Professionals in the implementation and evaluation of individualised care plans.
• Accurately recording patient information and provides support and supervision to other colleagues and learners as appropriate.

The ideal candidate will have had previous experience of working with adults or children with Learning Disabilities in a community setting.

You must have excellent communication/interpersonal skills and the ability to work on your own initiative as well as part of a team.

Please note that this role requires a full UK driving licence and access to a vehicle to use for work during working hours.Please see the attached job description and person specification for details.

About us

We may close the advert early, if we receive a sufficient number of applicants, so please apply as soon as possible.About UsLeicestershire Partnership NHS Trust (LPT) provides a range of community health, mental health and learning disability services for people of all ages. Delivered through over 100 settings from inpatient wards to out in the community, our 6,500 staff serve over 1 million people living in Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland.We aim to develop a workforce that reflects our community. We actively implement equal opportunities in employment and service delivery and seek people who share our commitment. We strongly encourage applications from all sections of the community, particularly from underrepresented groups.Details of our benefits, leadership behaviours and other important information can be found in the Information for Applicants, please view the supporting documents.We will consider requests to work alternative hours or varied working patterns in line with our flexible working policy.For all substantive roles, new staff (excluding medical staff) are appointed subject to a 6-month probationary period (see Probation Policy).All jobs will require permission to work in the UK.For all jobs the cost of any DBS disclosure required will be met by the individual. This will be deducted from salary once started.Applicants at risk within the local NHS who meet essential criteria will have preference for interview.

Job responsibilities

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Person Specification

Qualifications

• Please review the attached job description and person specification. This document outlines the full range of criteria that are required for the role. In your application, you can state how you meet the criteria in the job description and person specification.

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.