Care Home Practitioner

Essex Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust; Bentfield; On-site; GBP 26,000 - 34,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

27 days holiday

Excellent pension

Staff discounts

Season ticket loans

Job summary

Essex Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust in England is seeking a Nursing Associate to work within residential care settings as part of a multi-disciplinary team. The role involves direct patient care, supervision of Care Home staff, and collaboration with GPs and community matrons to deliver high-quality care. Training, support, and staff wellbeing services are provided, with a focus on equality and safer recruitment.

Qualifications

• The post holder carries continuing responsibility for ensuring adequate training and guidance is carried out within the Residential care setting.
• Support and supervision to Care Home staff; personal development; team working and patient-centred care.

Responsibilities

• Undertaking tasks delegated by a Registered Practitioner
• Assisting in patient assessment
• Referrals to the Registered Practitioner and other MDTs
• Physiological measurements
• Risk Management, infection control, health and safety
• Higher clinical skills such as catheterisation, wound care and phlebotomy, continence assessments within the residential homes.
• Advance care planning/ Admission avoidance
• Supervision and teaching with Care Home staff
• Personal development
• Team working
• Communication
• Patient wellbeing and equality and diversity

Skills

Communication

Organisational skills

Motivation

Job description

Job Overview

Regrettably, we cannot offer sponsorship for all of our job roles. If you apply for a role that we cannot offer sponsorship for, unfortunately your application form be rejected from the process.

Regrettably, we cannot offer sponsorship for all of our job roles. If you apply for a role that we cannot offer sponsorship for, unfortunately your application form be rejected from the process. Please note we reserve the right to close this vacancy earlier than the advertised closing date should a sufficient number of applications be received. This is an exciting opportunity for an experienced Nursing Associate to work as part of our friendly and dynamic multi-disciplinary care team. You must be an enthusiastic individual with excellent Communication, organisational skills and motivation in your approach to care delivery to ensure we maintain a high-quality service for our patients in the changing environment of community services. Care Home practitioners (CHP) work as part of the wider health and social care team and have direct contact with patients within the Residential home setting, providing high quality and compassionate care. CHP work at a level above that of Healthcare Support Workers and have a more in depth understanding regarding patient care. CHP provide training and support to care homes in line with current policies and guidelines. CHP work closely with their respective GP surgery linked to the residential homes and other Health and social services.

Main duties of the job

The post holder carries continuing responsibility for ensuring adequate training and guidance is carried out within the Residential care setting.

General Clinical Aspects Of The Role May Include

• Undertaking tasks delegated by a Registered Practitioner
• Assisting in patient assessment
• Referrals to the Registered Practitioner and other MDT's
• Physiological measurements
• Risk Management, infection control, health and safety
• Higher clinical skills such as catheterisation, wound care and phlebotomy, continence assessments within the residential homes.

Non-clinical Aspects Of The Role Include

• Advance care planning/ Admission avoidance
• Supervision and teaching with Care Home staff
• Personal development
• Team working
• Communication
• Person-centred care and wellbeing
• Equality and Diversity
• Quality and improvement.
• Working closely with Care home staff and GP Surgeries
• Supporting Community Matrons and GPs during Residential ward rounds and Multi-disciplinary working.

Working for our organisation

• Receive supervision and support to help you fulfil your potential.
• Join an inclusive EPUT community and connect with others through engagement events and equality or champion networks.
• If you need help, we provide mental health and wellbeing services, occupational health advice and counselling.
• We run recognition awards to recognise staff's hard work and dedication.

Benefits

• 27 days holiday, plus bank holidays, rising to 33 days after 10 years' service.
• Excellent pension of up to14.5% of your pensionable pay.
• Staff discounts include Blue Light Card, NHS discount offers, and staff benefits.
• Season ticket loans are interest-free to cover the cost of travelling to and from work via tram, rail, or bus.

Work that wraps around your needs

• Flexible working: available from day one for most roles.
• Job share: Applications for job shares are welcomed.

Please be aware that, due to current allocation constraints, Certificates of Sponsorship (CoS) are being prioritised for registered roles at this time.

Important note: please ensure that as part of your application, you include professional references with business contact information covering your last three years of employment history. We are unable to accept personal or character references.

As a newly appointed employee, you are responsible for incurring the cost of your initial DBS check relevant to your post; the amount will be deducted from your first salary with the Trust.

Our Trust is an Equal Opportunities Employer. We particularly welcome applications from people with experience of using mental health services. We also hold the Disability two tick symbol and have made the pledge to commit to employing more people with learning disabilities, we encourage people with a disability to apply. If you require this application form in another format i.e. Braille or audio tape etc, please contact the Recruitment Department on 01375 364513 or email [e-mail] and we can arrange for this to be dispatched to you.

The Trust has the right to expire vacancies prior to the closing date if they so wish. The Trust makes every attempt to contact all applicants and we strongly advise that you check the email account which is registered with NHS Jobs regularly, we would advise however due to the high number of applications we receive that if you have not heard from us within three weeks of the closing date your application has been unsuccessful on this occasion.

We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults, and expect all staff to undertake this commitment. Applicants will be subject to robust safer recruitment processes.

Important Notice: Recently the Health and Social Care Act 2008 (Regulated Activities) (Amendment) (Coronavirus) Regulations 2021 (the Regulations) which amended on 22 July 2021 and come into force on 11 November 2021 that anyone directly employed to work in a Care Home or who are required as part of their role to be deployed to a CQC registered care home are required to have had both their COVID vaccinations, unless they are exempt. This is therefore a requirement of this role and will form part of our pre-employment checks.

Please note - staff who are formally at risk within the organisation will be given priority in securing alternative employment. Should it come to light that a post being advertised by the Trust is considered 'suitable alternative employment' to an individual who is at risk, the recruiting manager will be advised and the post will be withdrawn from NHS Jobs.

Use of Artificial Intelligence (AI)

Applications for this role should be written by the applicant. If artificial intelligence (AI) programmes are used then the application may be rejected due to this document being an important part of the assessment process. This does not prevent applicants seeking appropriate support with applications should they need to for the purposes of any declared disability.