Health Care Assistant

HCRG Care Group; Amesbury; On-site; GBP 24,000; Full time

Job description

Job Introduction

An exciting opportunity has arisen to join us as a Health Care Assistant within the Respiratory Team in Amesbury, Wiltshire!

You will join a welcoming Community Respiratory Team in the South of the County.

This multidisciplinary team delivers a holistic patient centred approach, working collaboratively with Hospice and Community services; provides the Wiltshire Home Oxygen Service; Pulmonary Rehabilitation; Disease and medication optimisation and Exacerbation management.

Please note, unfortunately we are not able to offer Sponsorship for this role.

Main Responsibility

This role will include working closely with the respiratory physiotherapists to deliver a Pulmonary Rehabilitation service (exercise and education programme for people with Chronic Respiratory Disease) and also be involved in the day to day running of the service, providing clinical and administrative support to the respiratory nurses.

Experience of supervising exercise training and knowledge of working in a respiratory setting will be an advantage, but training will also be provided. There will also be opportunities for respiratory learning and development.

Please see the attached job description for a full list of job responsibilities.

For more information, please contact Sarah Nockolds, Respiratory Team Lead on 01249 456607.

The Ideal Candidate

• The successful candidate will require excellent organisational and interpersonal skills, working within a small friendly team and be expected to travel to work in several locations in Wiltshire to provide this service. Access to own car and a driving licence is therefore essential. You will be passionate about working in healthcare and able to work as part of a wider multi-disciplinary team.
• You will support the team in delivering a high standard of patient care, displaying strong communication and organisation skills at all times.
• Previous experience in a health or social care setting is desirable but not essential.
• You will also need to be confident using IT systems and be able to demonstrate working knowledge of Microsoft Office packages i.e. Outlook, Word, Excel.

Package Description

As a Health Care Assistant, you’ll be part of our valued Respiratory team.

You will feel valued as a Health Care Assistant within HCRG Care Group, receiving access to exclusive rewards and benefits including:

• £23,100 (pro rata to hours worked) with access to our group pension
• Free tea and coffee at your base location
• Membership of My Reward Hub, giving you access to discounts on everyday purchases like grocery shopping as well as cashback and voucher offers for treats for you and those special to you
• Access to your wages as you earn them to help cover life’s emergencies and avoid overdraft fees or high interest rates
• Online and face to face help with your mental and physical wellbeing – from healthy recipes and activity challenges through to post trauma support, legal, debt and life management help, as well as career coaching and counselling
• Access to eLearning, bespoke career pathways and opportunities for continuing professional development through our ‘Outstanding’ learning and development team, The Learning Enterprise
• An open, just culture where you’re encouraged to have and implement ideas which can help us deliver our purpose: changing lives through transforming health and care – backed up by at least £100,000 of ringfenced innovation funding each year

About The Company

We change lives by transforming health and care.

Established in 2006 we are one of the UK's leading independent providers of community health and care services, working with health and care commissioners and communities to transform services with a focus on experience, efficiency and improved outcomes. We deliver and transform adult and children community health services, primary care services including urgent care, sexual health, dermatology and MSK services as well as adult social care and wellbeing services. Across England, we support communities of many millions and directly help more than half a million people each year - guided by our simple values: we care, we think, we do.

We're committed to equal opportunities and welcome applications from a broad, diverse range of people who want to join our team. We’re a Disability Confident Committed company, so we work to provide facilities, work environment adjustments and technical solutions to be as inclusive of everyone.

While it doesn’t happen often, sometimes a role is very popular, and we’ll need to close it earlier than the date we’ve shown here. If you’re keen to join our team, we’d love to hear from you so please apply as soon as you can.

As you’d expect, safeguarding and protecting the children, young people and vulnerable adults that we work with is of the utmost importance so we have policies and procedures in place to promote safeguarding and safer working practices and everyone who joins the team is subject to a safer recruitment process, including the disclosure of criminal records and vetting checks.

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