Band 3 Healthcare Assistant

East of England Community Health and Care NHS Trust; Aylsham; On-site; GBP 21,000 - 24,000; Full time

Job summary

East of England Community Health and Care NHS Trust is seeking a Healthcare Assistant to join the North Urgent Community Response Team. You will provide personal care to patients at home, support those at end of life, and assist with wound care and equipment in a busy community setting.

The role emphasises collaboration with district nurses, therapists and other agencies, with regular supervision and opportunities for professional development, aiming to keep people safe at home and reduce

Qualifications

• Experience in delivering home-based care is desirable.
• Good communication and teamwork skills are essential.
• Ability to work in a fast-paced community setting.

Responsibilities

• Deliver personal care and support to patients in their own homes.
• Assist with wound care and use prescribed equipment safely.
• Collaborate with nurses, therapists and other agencies to provide integrated care.
• Support Urgent Community Response aims to prevent hospital admissions and aid early discharge.

Job description

Don't miss out on this opportunity to join the North Urgent Community Response Team. We are looking for a Healthcare Assistant who enjoys the diversity and variety of caring for patients in crises within their own home, as well as supporting people to have the best possible quality end of life care. This role involves providing personal care, wound care, providing prescribed equipment and working alongside colleagues to respond to service needs. Good communication and collaboration as part of the Urgent Community Response nursing and therapy team is essential. You will have regular supervision and professional development opportunities. Urgent Community Response is a short term service, we make people safe and refer them on to other appropriate services as needed. Our focus is primarily admission avoidance to secondary care, keeping people safe in their own homes, including people at the end of their life, and also supporting discharges from secondary care or in-patient units. Urgent Community Response also offers opportunities with working in our Virtual Ward Service to support acutely unwell patients in their own home with virtual monitoring and phlebotomy. Working alongside our existing HCAs, our nurses and therapists, you will assist in ensuring the continued successful delivery of this service.

Main Duties & Responsibilities

• To contribute to the delivery of care pathways for patients with long term conditions, palliative care and rehabilitation needs for example, to achieve quality of life and independence where possible.
• To work within the Urgent Community Response Team to prevent unnecessary admission to hospital
• To work within the Urgent Community Response Team to support early discharge from hospital
• To work with all health care professionals, and statutory/non statutory agencies to provide a seamless, integrated service to our service users.