Community Health Care Assistant Cheshire and Wirral Partnership NHS FoundationTrust

PAN TRADE; Ellesmere Port; On-site; GBP 10,000 - 40,000; Part time

Job summary

An established industry player is looking for a dedicated Community Health Care Assistant to join their compassionate team. This role involves providing essential care services to patients in their homes, ensuring their comfort and dignity during challenging times. With a focus on teamwork and high-quality service delivery, you'll be part of a supportive environment where your contributions are valued. If you possess excellent communication skills and a commitment to caring for others, this opportunity could be the perfect fit for you. Join a team that has been recognized for its outstanding care and make a meaningful difference in the lives of those you serve.

Qualifications

• Experience working in patients' homes is essential.
• Ability to perform tasks like simple dressings and personal care.

Responsibilities

• Deliver quality care services to patients in their homes.
• Work as part of a team to provide overnight care.

Skills

Communication Skills

Interpersonal Skills

Flexibility

Reliability

Experience in Personal Care

Experience in Palliative Care

Ability to Work Independently

Education

Experience in Health Care

Job description

We are seeking to appoint an enthusiastic, motivated and reliable Community Health Care Assistant, who is keen to deliver a range of quality care services to patients visited by the Crisis & Reablement Team based at Civic Way, Ellesmere Port. The team visits patients and their carers of all the Integrated Community Care Teams, across Western Cheshire.

An enthusiasm to work as part of a team which delivers high quality services is a must for this role and you will also need to demonstrate excellent communication and interpersonal skills with the ability to be flexible, reliable and approachable.

The hours are 27 per week, consisting of 3 x 9 hour shifts, worked on a rota basis between 22.00 – 07.00 including Bank holidays and weekends.

Recruitment is due to continued development of the service. If you would like to chat informally about the posts and our exciting service development please give me a ring - Sue McGuigan 0300 790 62670.

As part of a friendly team, you should have experience of working in patients' homes and the ability to carry out tasks such as simple dressings, catheter care, personal care, recording blood sugars and have experience of providing care for palliative patients. This post involves lone working providing overnight care in patients' homes. This post requires travel across the Western Cheshire footprint; access to transport for work purposes is essential.

CWP provides health and care services for local people, including mental health, learning disability, community physical health and all-age disability care – including the provision of three GP surgeries.

Our aim is to help people to be the best they can be, adopting a compassionate, person-centred approach to everything we do. We were recently rated as Outstanding for Caring by the Care Quality Commission with a Good rating overall.

We welcome applications from people who have direct experience of accessing our services.

Please download a copy of the job description for full details.

Recruitment selection processes are based on competence (see Person specification) and values.

CWP recruits people that can demonstrate the Trust’s Values and Behaviours in their everyday life. Therefore, if you are invited to interview, you will be undertaking a Values Based Interview/Assessment, which explores not only what you do but how and why you do it.

Before applying, we encourage you to review the Trust’s Values and Behaviours which are ‘the 6 Cs’ Communication, Competence, Courage, Care, Compassion and Commitment. The supporting information section in your application should therefore reflect your understanding of the Trust’s Values and associated behaviours. You will be expected to provide us with examples from work experience and/or personal life which demonstrate these values through your behaviour.

If you have a disability that meets the definition set out in the Equality Act 2010, and you can show that you meet the ‘essential’ criteria described in the person specification for an available position, please answer ‘YES’ to the question: ‘Do you wish to be considered under the Guaranteed Interview Scheme?’

Please inform the team if you have any special support needs to be considered as part of the interview and selection processes.

Good luck with your application. We hope to welcome you to Team CWP very soon.

This advert closes on Wednesday 18 Dec 2024.

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