Community Healthcare Assistant

Kent Community Health NHS Trust; Faversham; On-site; GBP 22,000 - 26,000; Full time

Job summary

Kent Community Health NHS Trust is seeking a Band 3 Senior Health Care Worker to join their community nursing team. The role involves providing nursing interventions to housebound patients, ensuring high-quality care and safety. Applicants should possess a relevant level 3 qualification and experience in healthcare settings. The position offers flexible working hours and opportunities for professional development within a supportive team environment.

Qualifications

• Relevant level 3 qualification or working towards it.
• Experience as a Healthcare Assistant in a health or social care setting.
• Experience in a Community nursing environment.

Responsibilities

• Undertake nursing interventions for housebound patients.
• Organise workload for timed visits and follow care plans.
• Participate in daily handover and escalate concerns.

Skills

Communication

Interpersonal skills

Organisational skills

Ability to cope with change

Education

Level 3 qualification (NVQ/QCF Diploma or equivalent)

Functional Skills at Level 2 in English and Maths

Tools

Microsoft Office

Job description

This role is part of the community nursing team visiting housebound patients in their own home. Working within your competencies you will undertake nursing interventions for patients on the caseload that have
been allocated to you.

Working predominantly unsupervised you will organise your workload in a logical way to accommodate timed visits. You will follow a personalised care plan to deliver the prescribed care,
document your intervention within the clinical record, report back your findings and escalate any concerns to the team.

You will participate in daily handover and undertake additional tasks required for the patients seen that day. Within the team there are additional champion and link worker opportunities for you to
engage in that supports the wider team.

Main duties of the job

Band 3 Senior Health Care Workers, will work closely with all users of our services and their families, friends and carers who all play an invaluable contribution in how our users experience our services.
Band 3 Senior Health Care Workers, are expected to be kind and responsive but professional and informative and contribute to the quality of the services provided within the community team across the
health economy by:

• Keeping the people who using our services as safe as possible through the use of sound clinical skills and effective risk assessments escalating concerns to Registered Healthcare Professional
• Ensuring the best possible clinical outcomes by using up-to-date skills and adhering to evidence-based policies and procedures within scope of assessed competence
• Ensuring the people using our services have a good experience by respecting, empowering and
  working in partnership with people throughout the care planning process.

The service is offered to all housebound adults, daily including bank holiday and weekends so the shift patterns cover 8am until 10pm although some flexibility can be considered.

Working for our organisation

Rated ‘outstanding’ by the CQC, we’ve got a passion for delivering high standards of patient care and excellent services to improve the health of our communities. To do this we need outstanding people who share our values compassionate Aspirational Responsive Excellent

We know a commitment to equity, diversity and inclusion leads to better patient care and a happier workforce. We pride ourselves in being diverse and welcome applications from people with varied backgrounds, perspectives and experiences

We ask for information about your protected characteristics on our application forms. This isn’t visible to anyone involved with shortlisting or interviewing you, except when you choose to be considered under the guaranteed interview scheme due to disability. Short listers will see two ticks alongside your application to ensure they apply the principles of the scheme to your submission

The data we collect helps us to ensure we are attracting diversity in our applicants, that all our colleagues have equitable access to career opportunities and supports us on our journey to being a Great Place to Work

As a flexible working friendly organisation, we want you to be able to work in a way that is best for us, for our patients and for you. Talk to us about a flexible working arrangement that won’t involve sacrificing time for personal interests or family commitments. We’ll support you to work flexibly in a way that will suits us both

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

As a community Trust many of our roles require individuals to be able to drive to perform their duties. As such you will be asked to confirm you have a full UK driving licence where driving is a requirement of the role to be able to proceed with your application. We are committed to supporting candidates with disabilities into employment, if you are unable to drive due to a disability, please contact the Recruitment Team via [e-mail] quoting the vacancy reference number so we can support you further.

The job description and person specification gives you all the information you need about this role. Please look carefully at the criteria in the person specification and tell us what you have done that shows you meet this in your application. If you need an application form in an alternative format please let our recruitment team know. All information you supply on your application should, to the best of your knowledge, be true and accurate.

Still have questions? The recruiting manager would love to hear from you, their contact details can be found in the job advert.

We can get a lot of applications for some roles so to be in with the best chance of being shortlisted please make sure you apply as soon as possible. A vacancy may close early if there is a lot of interest in the job.

At KCHFT we strongly encourage colleagues in clinical and non-clinical roles who have direct or social contact with patients to be fully vaccinated. In this way we will be doing all we can to ensure your safety and that of your colleagues and the patients we serve.

Find out more about the community difference here .

Good luck! We can’t wait to meet you and welcome you to #teamKCHFT, #cometocommunity.

Person specification

Qualifications

• Relevant level 3 qualification (NVQ/ QCF Diploma or certificate of care / Advanced apprenticeship) or equivalent or working towards
• Functional Skills at Level 2 (Literacy and numeracy/ GCSE grade A-C or equivalent in English and Maths)

Experience

• Experience as a Healthcare Assistant/ Worker in a health or social care setting
• Experience with the use of Microsoft Office and a variety of IT packages (EPay / E-roster/ AT-P/ CIS)
• Experience of working as part of a team
• Experience of Community nursing environment

Knowledge

• Awareness of developments in the NHS
• Knowledge of up to date clinical practice.
• Understands the role and remit of Unregistered worker

skills and abilities

• Sound communication and interpersonal skills (verbal and written).
• Ability to organise own work
• Ability to cope with change
• Ability to use own initiative

Ability to manage

• Ability to prioritise care delivery in a professional manner, taking into account Trust policies and procedures.
• Ability to manage own time effectively

Employer certification / accreditation badges

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.

Application numbers

This vacancy may close early if it receives a high number of applications. Please complete and submit your application in good time to avoid disappointment.