Community Healthcare Assistant

Derbyshire Community Health Services Nhs Foundation Trust; Ambergate; On-site; GBP 21,000 - 25,000; Full time

Job summary

Derbyshire Community Health Services NHS Foundation Trust is seeking a Healthcare Assistant to join the Amber Valley Community Nursing Team. You will work with a large team of Healthcare Assistants and Registered Nurses led by a District Nurse.

Shifts are 7.5 hours, early 08:30–16:30 and late 10:30–16:30, allocated over a 7 day period including weekends. Experience in healthcare and a caring, compassionate approach are essential for delivering high-quality end-of-life care.

Qualifications

• Health and Social Care qualification or willingness to work towards.
• Able to work over a 7 day week.
• Willingness to travel across a wide geographical area with access to a vehicle.
• Experience in Health and Social Care setting.
• Experience working independently and as part of a team.
• Desirable: experience caring for people at end of life; IT/electronic care records; NHS experience.

Responsibilities

• Wound care.
• Continence management including catheter care.
• Pressure area care.
• Communicate with staff within the Integrated Community Team and record patient data in Systmone.

Skills

Wound care

Teamwork

Communication

Education

Health and Social Care qualification or willingness to work towards

Tools

Systmone

Job description

Job summary

Healthcare Assistant - Amber Valley Community Nursing Team

We have an exciting opportunity for the right candidate to join our Community Nursing Team. You will be joining a large and established team of Healthcare Assistants and Registered Nurses. Who are led by a District Nurse.

The shifts are allocated as early and late shifts which are 7.5 hours in duration. Early shifts are from 08:30 - 16:30 and late shifts are from 10:30 - 16:30. The team allocate these as per your working hours over a 7 day period with weekends.

We are looking for a caring and compassionate person who has a passion for delivering high quality end of life care. Experience within the healthcare setting is of importance to ensure that you are equipped with the skills required for this job.

Main duties of the job

Healthcare Assistant

• Wound Care
• Continence management, including catheter care.
• Pressure area care.
• Communication to all staff within the Integrated Community Team alongside use of a laptop to write patient records within Systmone.

As an employer and sponsor licence holder, to be able to provide sponsorship to overseas nationals via the Skilled Worker route we must ensure that we adhere to the sponsorship requirements set by UK Visa's and Immigration. After carefully reviewing this role, we do not believe that this position meets the requirements for sponsorship. For details on eligibility criteria for a Skilled Worker visa, please follow this link to the gov.uk website Skilled Worker visa: Overview - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)

About us

Working for your organisation

Our purpose is to provide community health services to a patient population of over one million people in Derbyshire and Derby, as part of Joined Up Care Derbyshire.

We employ around 4,200 substantive staff, caring for patients in 11 community hospitals and more than 30 health centres, as well as in clinics, GP practices, schools, care homes and, increasingly, in people's own homes and via virtual consultations.

Job responsibilities

Please see attached Job Description and Person Specification.

Person Specification

Education, Qualifications and Training

Essential

• Health and Social Care Qualification or willing to work towards

Other requirements

Essential

• Able to work over a 7 day week
• Due to the nature of the role, the post holder must be able to travel across a wide geographical area, often with equipment, and have access to a suitable vehicle for business purposes

Experience

Essential

• Working in Health and Social Care setting
• Experience working independently and as part of a team

Desirable

• Experience caring for people at the end of their life
• Experience using IT systems and electronic care records
• Experience working in the NHS

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.

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.