Community Healthcare Assistant

East Coast Community Healthcare CIC; Great Yarmouth; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Part time

Job summary

A community healthcare provider in Great Yarmouth is seeking a Healthcare Assistant to join their Primary Care Home team. The role involves delivering clinical interventions to patients in various community settings, including wound care, insulin administration, and end-of-life support. Candidates should be caring and compassionate with a willingness to work weekends. The position is part-time at 22.5 hours per week.

Benefits

Employee benefits

Support and education for skill development

Qualifications

• Caring and compassionate nature required.
• Experience in healthcare settings preferred.

Responsibilities

• Deliver clinical interventions for patients in various settings.
• Visit patients in their homes or residential care.
• Work on a rotational basis including weekends and bank holidays.

Skills

Wound care

Venepuncture

Catheter maintenance

Promoting self care

Administration of insulin

Palliative care

End of life care

Rehabilitation support

Job description

About the Role

EXCITING OPPORTUNITY, NOT TO BE MISSED! We are looking for caring and compassionate Healthcare Assistant to become part of our Primary Care Home (PCH) team to deliver clinical interventions for patients with a wide range of health care needs in a variety of community settings.

Key Responsibilities

As a Healthcare Assistant you will gain experience in many clinical skills including but not limited to:

• wound care
• venepuncture
• catheter maintenance
• promoting self care
• administration of insulin to support our diabetic patients
• palliative care
• end of life care
• rehabilitation support

The post holder will visit patients in their own homes or residential care to deliver these interventions either on their own or with another clinical member of staff. We will provide support and education to develop the required skills. We have a robust lone worker policy ensuring your safety whilst working within the community.

Working with the PCH Team

Staff say they enjoy working as part of the PCH as they have a direct positive impact to patient care within the local community and know they make a difference. “Working as part of a multidisciplinary team you always have access to a wide range of health care professionals which makes you feel highly supported and a provides a great working environment”

Hours and Schedule

This post is 22.5 hours. Shift patterns can vary across the core hours of 0830 - 1630, Monday to Sunday. Applicants will be required to work weekend and bank holiday shift, working on a rotational basis.

About ECCH

ECCH is a well established health care provider and has been successfully delivering NHS care within the community since 2011. We provide a range of NHS, community health and social care services predominantly across the easterly region of the Norfolk/Suffolk borders. We are aligned to NHS terms and conditions, and offer many employee benefits, to find out more about us visit our website - www.ecch.org. We are a social enterprise and staff owned organisation which means staff can opt to be shareholders and have a real say in how ECCH is run and evolves to deliver healthcare for the future.

Our Mission

At the heart of our ambition, we work in partnership with and for the community to become the provider and employer of choice for community healthcare.