Community Healthcare Assistant

NHS; Loughborough; On-site; GBP 21,000 - 24,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare provider in Loughborough is seeking a motivated Band 3 Health Care Assistant to join the Adult Community Mental Health Team. This full-time role focuses on providing high-quality care to older individuals, requiring experience in a multidisciplinary approach. The ideal candidate will demonstrate a passion for helping others and work in a supportive and collaborative team environment.

Benefits

Continuous learning and professional development

Supportive and inclusive work environment

Qualifications

• Experience working in a multidisciplinary approach is required.

Responsibilities

• Support clients in maintaining their health and wellbeing.
• Assist in planning and providing clinical care.
• Ensure high standards are maintained in a safe environment.

Skills

Experience working in a multidisciplinary approach

ECG and phlebotomy training or willingness to undertake courses

Job description

PLEASE NOTE THAT WE DO NOT OFFER SPONSORSHIP ON THIS ROLE.

We have an exciting opportunity for a Band 3 Health Care Assistant within our Adult Community Mental Health Team, specifically working with older people in the Mental Health for Older People (MHSOP) team.

This role is based within the Charnwood Community Mental Health Team at Loughborough Hospital. It is a full-time role working Monday-Friday 9-5pm. We are seeking a motivated and enthusiastic individual with a passion for providing high-quality care to older people.

The successful candidate will demonstrate our Trust values through their everyday work, providing the best care possible to our service users. You will be working in a team that fosters a collaborative, multi-disciplinary approach, with close links to GPs, community health services, other mental health services, and social services.

We pride ourselves on offering a supportive and inclusive work environment that encourages continuous learning and professional development. If you are passionate about supporting older people with mental health needs and are looking for a rewarding career within a dynamic team, we would love to hear from you! Experience working in a multidisciplinary approach is required.

Contact Details: For further information please contact Esmee Ryder on [e-mail]

Main duties of the job

The successful candidate will be supporting clients/service users in maintaining their health and wellbeing, undertaking specified and delegated clinical and therapeutic activities under the supervision of healthcare professionals, in addition to assisting the healthcare team with the planning, organizing and provision of clinical care.

The post holder will also be tasked with ensuring high standards are maintained in a safe environment, which promotes equality and sensitivity for all individuals, assisting Registered Professionals in the implementation and evaluation of individualised care plans and accurately recording patient information, providing support and supervision to other colleagues and learners as appropriate.

Our Health Care Support Workers are valued members of the team, and we will expect you to:

• Work alongside your team members to contribute to the assessment, implementation, and evaluation of care.
• Work under indirect supervision of qualified professionals
• Carry out delegated tasks as identified by the qualified professionals in the care plan.

Support patients to maintain their health and well-being and support their carers. Undertake specified and delegated clinical and therapeutic activities. Ideally be ECG and phlebotomy trained or be willing to undertake these courses.

About us

We may close the advert early, if we receive a sufficient number of applicants, so please apply as soon as possible. About Us Leicestershire Partnership NHS Trust (LPT) provides a range of community health, mental health and learning disability services for people of all ages. Delivered through over 100 settings from inpatient wards to out in the community, our 6,500 staff serve over 1 million people living in Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland.

We aim to develop a workforce that reflects our community. We actively implement equal opportunities in employment and service delivery and seek people who share our commitment. We strongly encourage applications from all sections of the community, particularly from underrepresented groups.

Details of our benefits, leadership behaviours and other important information can be found in the Information for Applicants, please view the supporting documents. We will consider requests to work alternative hours or varied working patterns in line with our flexible working policy.

Job responsibilities

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Person Specification

Qualifications

• Experience working in a multidisciplinary approach is required.
• Ideally ECG and phlebotomy trained or be willing to undertake these courses.

Experience

• Experience working in a multidisciplinary approach is required.

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.