Community Healthcare Assistant

Humber Teaching NHS Foundation Trust; Scarborough; Hybrid; GBP 22,000 - 30,000; Full time

Job summary

A community health organization in Scarborough is seeking a caring professional to visit patients and provide essential support as part of their care plan. Responsibilities include performing vital observations, administering medication, and managing end-of-life care with a focus on patient safety. The role requires a full UK driving licence and flexibility for agile working, with a minimum weekly attendance at Trust sites. This post offers an enriching opportunity to make a difference in patients' lives.

Qualifications

• Experience in delivering personal care to patients as per care plans.
• Ability to recognize and escalate safety concerns.
• Full UK driving licence and access to a vehicle.

Responsibilities

• Visit patients to provide care according to care plans.
• Participate in handovers and safety huddles.
• Document the care provided.

Skills

Vital observations

Phlebotomy

Injections

Wound care

Bladder & bowel care

End of life care

Moving & Handling of patients

Equipment provision & instruction

Job description

Day to day the role includes visiting patients to provide the care required according to the care plan written by a registered nurse, participating in handovers and/or safety huddles, and documenting the care provided.

• Vital observations
• Recognise and escalate issues of concern and/or safety including the deteriorating patient and issues of safeguarding
• Phlebotomy
• Injections
• Wound care
• Bladder (including catheters) & bowel care
• End of life care
• Moving & Handling of patients
• Equipment provision & instruction in use

For further details with regard to this vacancy, please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification.

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Please note that if there is a high volume of applications we reserve the right to close the vacancy earlier than the advertised closing date.

This post will be subject to successful completion of a 6 month probationary period where applicable, further details would be included within any offer letter.

Where operationally feasible the Trust supports agile working, there is an expectation of attendance of 1 day per week at a Trust site as a minimum operationally. Unless specifically stated in the advert that a role will have home as the base of work, all roles will have the option to work from a Trust base if remote working is not for you.

If required for the post the ability to commute within the Trusts geographical area with access to the appropriate means of transport would be essential.

We will apply for a Disclosure from the Disclosure & Barring Service for the successful candidate if this is required for the post. Anyone applying for a position which involves a regulated activity will require an enhanced Disclosure & Barring check and that the disclosure will, where appropriate to the role, include information against the Independent Safeguarding Authority barred lists for working with children or working with adults or both.

IMPORTANT: Should your application be successfully shortlisted, you will be contacted to attend an interview electronically to the email address provided at the time of the application. It is important therefore, that you CHECK YOUR EMAILS/NHS JOBS ACCOUNT on a regular basis.

If you are not contacted by the Trust within six weeks of the closing date of the vacancy, your application will have been unsuccessful on this occasion. We would however like to thank you for the interest you have shown in the Humber Teaching NHS Foundation Trust.

The post holder needs a full UK driving licence and access to their own vehicle. Due to the Community nature of this role, the post holder must be comfortable undertaking lone working.