Band 3 Healthcare Support Worker

Central and North West London NHS Foundation Trust; Uxbridge; On-site; GBP 5,500 - 6,500; Part time

Job summary

Central and North West London NHS Foundation Trust is seeking a Band 3 Healthcare Support Worker for the Twilight Service in Uxbridge, West London. The role is part-time with 4.5-hour shifts (total 9 hours per week), covering 16:30–00:30 on a rota and requiring a valid UK driving licence and access to a car for work.

You will assist registered nurses, follow care plans, document observations, and help deliver high-quality care to people in their own homes or designated sites, driving between

Qualifications

• Current UK driving licence and access to a car for work.
• Band 3 Healthcare Support Worker role at CNW London NHS Trust.
• Part-time role with 4.5 h shifts (total 9 h/week).

Responsibilities

• Support patients in their homes under supervision of qualified staff.
• Assist with care plans and observe/report patient conditions.
• Maintain accurate, legible records and communicate findings to nurses.
• Drive between visits as required and liaise with the Twilight Service team.

Skills

Driving licence

Job description

Part time 4.5 hour shifts each (2 x 4.5 hours per week shifts). The service operates seven days a week between the hours of 16:30 -00:30. Healthcare Support Worker work either between18:00 - 22:30 or between 19:30 -00:00 shifts on an alternate pro rata basis, depending on the service needs. Contracted hours 9.0 hours per week. Please note the successful candidate will be based primarily at our Uxbridge head quarters in West London. The distance Healthcare Support Worker travel each day is considerable and Band 3 Healthcare Support Worker will need to have a current UK driving licence and access to a car for work. Band 3 Healthcare Support Worker play an important role in providing seamless care and often liaise between more specialist services. Band 3 Healthcare Support Worker work closely with people who use our Services, their families, friends and carers and play an important contribution in how people experience our services. Band 3 Healthcare Support Worker are expected to be kind and responsive but professional and informative and contribute to the quality of the services we provide by:

• keeping the people who using our services as safe as possible by recognising the limits of the Healthcare Support Worker role and working closely with Registered Nurses
• contributing to the best possible clinical outcomes by using up-to-date skills and adhering to evidence based policies and procedures when implementing care plans
• ensuring the people using our services have a good experience by respecting, empowering and working in partnership with people when contributing to the implementation and evaluation of care plans
• Carries out care following an assessment by a nurse or therapist.
• Follows a prescribed plan of care
• Performs tests unsupervised but at the request of Qualified clinician, according to manufacturing instructions and local guidelines
• Documents and reports the results according to local guidelines and communicate results to registered nurse
• Documents and reports any abnormal findings in observations
• Maintains accurate, legible, detailed and comprehensive records in the patients own home and elsewhere and report actions taken to the Senior Clinician or to an appropriate person.

Central and North West London NHS Trust expects all Band 3 Healthcare Support Worker to act in a way which shows you understand our core values and are willing to put them into practice with service users, their friends family and carers and also other staff members. As a Band 3 Healthcare Support Worker we expect you to show COMPASSION, contribute to a caring and kind environment and recognise that what you do and say helps can make the lives of others better We expect you to RESPECT everyone and acknowledge and welcome people's differences rather than ignore them or see them as problematic. We expect you to EMPOWER others and continually try to provide information, resources and support to help others make their own decisions and meet their own needs. We expect you to work in PARTNERSHIP and behave in a way that shows that you recognise that commissioners and users of our services are the people who generate and pay for ourwork. The Hillingdon Twilight Service provides out of hours nursing care to people living in the Borough of Hillingdon. The types of service provided include but are not exhaustive; insulin administration, catheter care and end of life support. Staff visit patients in pairs and will be required to drive. The post holder will work as a Healthcare Support Worker within the Twilight Team delivering care to people in their own homes and/or designated buildings. S/he will assist the qualified nurses in joint visits to carry out delegated aspects of the patients care. Contributing to the provision of a high quality Services.