Health Care Assistant

Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust; Knowsley; On-site; GBP 20,000 - 25,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare trust in Knowsley is seeking a Health Care Assistant to provide compassionate care to patients at home. This role involves working in a multi-disciplinary team, assisting with clinical interventions, and delivering sensitive care. Ideal candidates will have NVQ level 3 skills and the ability to support patients effectively. The position offers a supportive environment and opportunities for professional growth.

Benefits

Opportunities for further training

Qualifications

• Experience in patient care.
• Ability to work both independently and as part of a team.
• Excellent communication skills.
• NVQ level 3 skills in health care.

Responsibilities

• Assist with clinical observations and wound care.
• Participate in multi-disciplinary team activities.
• Provide health advice to patients and families.
• Maintain accurate healthcare records.
• Ensure confidentiality in patient interactions.

Job description

Overview

Join our dedicated Knowsley District Nursing Service, where you will have the opportunity to provide compassionate care to patients in their homes and work in the community. We pride ourselves on delivering high-quality, patient-centred care and are seeking a motivated Health Care Assistant to support the District Nursing Service in Knowsley.

You will work closely with our District Nurses and wider healthcare teams as a Health Care Assistant. This role requires you to work independently and as part of a team, ensuring our patients receive the highest standard of care. Your duties will include assisting with clinical interventions such as clinical observations, wound care as directed by an appropriate professional, maintaining accurate records, having the ability to travel across the Knowsley borough, and delivering care sensitively and confidentially.

For the successful candidate, we offer a supportive and collaborative working environment, along with ample opportunities for further training and professional development. This is a chance to grow in your career while making a difference in the lives of our patients.

Responsibilities

• Work as a member of the multi-disciplinary team.
• Undertake a range of patient interventions within the scope of NVQ level 3 skills for patients as delegated by team leader or other qualified clinical staff.
• Offer advice to patients and carers on a wide range of health issues to include health promotion, lifestyle advice and self-care.
• Plan and organise own work schedule once delegated from team leader.
• Undertake basic patient observations.
• Work within existing clinical guidelines, policies and infection control procedures.
• Offer advice and support to patients and families in a wide range of situations.
• Communicate factual and sensitive information within confidentiality guidelines to patients, ensuring all information is appropriately documented and reported back to the team leader.
• Demonstrate own role to new starters and students.
• Ensure safe moving and handling techniques in the delivery of patient care, this can include the safe use of equipment.
• Communicate information to multi-disciplinary team and other agencies as appropriate.

About Mersey Care

Mersey Care is one of the largest trusts providing physical health and mental health services in the North West, serving more than 1.4 million people across our region and are also commissioned for services that cover the North West, North Wales and the Midlands.

We offer specialist inpatient and community services that support physical and mental health and specialist inpatient mental health, learning disability, addiction and brain injury services. Mersey Care is one of only three trusts in the UK that offer high secure mental health facilities.

At the heart of all we do is our commitment to 'perfect care' - care that is safe, effective, positively experienced, timely, equitable and efficient. We support our staff to do the best job they can and work alongside service users, their families, and carers to design and develop future services together. We're currently delivering a programme of organisational and service transformation to significantly improve the quality of the services we provide and safely reduce cost as we do so.