Community Healthcare Assistant - St Austell Continuing Care At Home

Cornwall Partnership Nhs Foundation Trust; St. Austell; On-site; GBP 20,000 - 21,000; Part time

Job summary

Two part-time nursing assistant posts (30 hours each) are available at the St Austell site. These roles form part of the Continuing healthcare at home service, delivering end-of-life care in patients' own homes and supporting families.

Postholders will work as part of the Community nursing service, covering a range of skills including venepuncture, wound care, and personal care at end of life. Cross-cover across Central Cornwall may be required.

Qualifications

• NVQ Level 3 in care or equivalent experience.
• Trained in venepuncture or willingness to undertake relevant training.
• GCSE Maths & English or equivalent qualification.
• Evidence of experience in care setting.

Responsibilities

• Provide high quality holistic care in patients' homes and support at end of life when needed.
• Work independently or with registered nursing staff and on a 7-day rota.

Skills

Stress management

Education

NVQ Level 3 in care

GCSE Maths & English

Venepuncture training or willingness

Job description

Job summary

We have an exciting opportunity for 2 posts at 30 hours each to join our team in St Austell site.

These post are working as part of the wider Continuing healthcare at home service providing exceptional care for people at End of Life who wish to stay in their own homes.

These posts are working as part of the Community nursing service supporting people in their own homes providing clinical care while they are unable to attend other settings. This covers a range of skills such as venepuncture, dressing changes/ wound care and personal care at end of life and last offices as well as being supportive of family members.

These posts are for the St Austell area Integrated Neighbourhood team but the applicants may be required to cross cover other areas within Central Cornwall as service requirements dictate.

Main duties of the job

As a successful post holder you will need to have access to your own transport (mileage paid) and be able to work over a 7 day period, 365 day per year on a rota basis.

The post requires you to be able to work on your own as well as part of the wider team with support from the registered nursing staff.

You will be able to provide high quality holistic care focussed on what matters to the service user and demonstrate compassion and caring throughout what can be a very sensitive and stressful time.

Some training is provided but knowledge, understanding and skills in this area of care is preferred.

About us

We're an NHS community and mental health provider Trust based in Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly. We deliver community and hospital-based care to improve people's physical and mental health. We also provide specialist support to people with dementia or a learning disability.

We are a people organisation and people matter to us. As part of the team, you'll help support the health and wellbeing of the people who live and visit this beautiful part of the UK.

Over 5,000 people make up the Trust. This includes doctors, nurses, therapists, plus admin and support staff.

We work in people's homes, in community clinics and bases. Some staff work from one of our 10 community hospitals. Our aspiration is to have great people, provide great care, be a great place to work and a great partner.

Approximately 568,000 people live here. A third of people who live in Cornwall are supported by acute hospital services in Devon. As a result, we also work closely with our partners in Devon. In the summer, and during other holidays lots of people choose to visit the area. This increase the numbers of people who use out services.

Job responsibilities

To view a detailed job description and person specification including the main responsibilities of this role please see supporting documents.

Person Specification

Education and Qualifications

Essential

• NVQ Level 3 qualification in care or equivalent experience
• Trained in Venepuncture or willingness to undertake relevant training
• GCSE Maths & English or equivalent qualification
• Evidence of experience in care setting

Knowledge and Abilities

Essential

• The ability to deal calmly with stress and distressing situations.

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.

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