Health Care Assistant

NHS; Ampthill; On-site; GBP 20,000 - 25,000; Part time

Job summary

Join the NHS as a Health Care Assistant, providing compassionate care to patients in their homes. You'll work within a multi-disciplinary team, ensuring high-quality support and assistance. This role offers excellent training and development opportunities.

Benefits

Excellent training

Personal development programmes

Supportive coaching

Qualifications

• Experience in Community Health or Social Care setting.
• Willingness to work towards NVQ Level 3.

Responsibilities

• Deliver quality care to a designated caseload of patients.
• Provide feedback during daily handovers.

Skills

Communication

IT Literate

Problem Solving

Education

NVQ Level 2

Care Certificate

GCSE or equivalent

Job description

Would you be interested in a career within the NHS as a Health Care Assistant in the community? Are you passionate about providing a patient centered support service and want to deliver excellent and compassionate care to people over the age of 18 that live in Bedfordshire?

We are looking for a dynamic, motivated and enthusiastic person who has excellent communication, IT literate and problem solving skills alongside a passion for patient centered care.

Main duties of the job

You will be part of a MDT team in which you will receive clinical and managerial support, which is also part of a wider MDT team that is aligned to social care professionals in reflection of the NHS 10 year plan.

You will be responsible for delivering quality care to a designated caseload of people in the place that they call home, you will be following a care plan devised by the community nursing staff who you will be working alongside. You will be asked to feedback concise information in a daily handover to ensure changing needs are met and risks escalated.

About us

Our Trust is known for offering excellent training, personal development programmes, supportive coaching and competency frameworks; all to support enhanced skills and career development which meet the goals and aspirations of the individual.

Job responsibilities

The successful candidate will be expected to be flexible and assist colleagues to cover service needs, which will include working across the wider integrated team. Access to a car in order to carry out service duties is essential.

A full induction programme will be provided.

We have posts available to work alongside the Biggleswade community nursing team delivering care to people living in Biggleswade, Sandy, Potton and surround villages and the Ampthill Community nursing team, delivering care to people in Flitwick, Barton and Woburn and the surrounding Mid West Beds villages.

The Community Nursing Service operates between 08.00 to 21.00 hours and the working pattern will include a variety of rotational shifts which will include weekend, evening and Bank Holiday working. Part time posts would be considered.

Person Specification

Education/Qualification

• NVQ level NVQ level 2 and / or significant care experience and willing to work towards NVQ Level 32 and / or significant care experience and willing to work towards NVQ Level 3
• Completed a recent Care Certificate
• Educated to GCSE or equivalent and hold

Knowledge and Skills

• Literate in IT/Computer Skills
• Good communication skills both verbal and written
• Rehabilitation skills
• The ability to collect and collate data
• Deliver high quality care in a variety of settings some of which may be unpredictable or undesirable.
• Understand safeguarding and manage risk

Other

• Undertake the moving and positioning of patients and equipment adhering to the manual handling policy when in clinical practice.
• Current driving licence
• Ability to travel across sites and across Trust boundaries to meet patient needs and attend meetings, etc.
• Good oral communication skills based on fluency on the English language

Experience

• Working in a Community Health or Social Care setting
• Be a team player and have excellent communication skills

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.