Health Care Assistant - Community

Leicestershire Partnership; England; Remote; GBP 24,000 - 29,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Pension benefits

27 days holiday

Onsite parking

Benefits package

Wellbeing support

Job summary

Leicestershire Partnership NHS Trust is seeking a Health Care Assistant to join the Oadby, Wigston & Harborough Community Neighbourhood Team. The role delivers recovery-focused care in the community and supports a dynamic multidisciplinary team to promote independence and quality of life.

We offer a robust induction, supervision, and clear learning pathways. Applicants must have NVQ/QVC Level 3 in care, Level 2 Maths and English, and a valid driving licence with access to a vehicle.

Qualifications

• NVQ/QVC Level 3 in care or equivalent.
• Level 2 Maths and English or equivalent.

Responsibilities

• Provide recovery-focused care within the community and in clinical settings.
• Collaborate with a multidisciplinary team to promote independence and prevent hospital admissions.

Skills

NVQ Level 3 in Care

Driving Licence

Maths & English (Level 2)

Education

NVQ/QVC Level 3 in Care

Job description

Job Overview

Come and Join Leicestershire Partnership NHS Trust, where we offer a wide variety of challenging and rewarding roles within a supportive, innovative and dynamic work environment!

Health Care Assistant - Community - Band 3

This is an exciting opportunity to be part of Oadby, Wigston & Harborough Community Neighbourhood Team as a Community Healthcare Assistant. The Neighbourhood team is a community based service that provides comprehensive recovery focused care. You will be an integral member of a dynamic multidisciplinary team offering creative and consistent high quality evidenced based interventions. Our aim is to promote individuals quality of life and prevent hospital admission.

You will have the opportunity to access training and to develop your skills working within the community team.

The health and wellbeing of our team members is very important to us and we offer a robust induction period, as well as regular supervision and support. You will have opportunities to progress your career with a structured learning journey that will enable you to achieve your long-term goals and work to your strengths.

We also offer:

• A generous pension contribution and holiday allowance starting at 27 days
• Free onsite parking
• Access to a wide range of additional benefits (attached) such as discounted shopping, recognition schemes and various other packages you can draw from to help support your work-life balance
• Health and Wellbeing Support

Contact Details:
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Job Description Summary (Main duties and responsibilities)

This service is for working aged adults with mental health needs with intervention's delivered within their own homes or within a clinical setting. You will contribute to collaborative working, compassionate delivery of the best standards of care. You will be expected to spend time with service users in order to promote recovery and assist to maintain independence in the community.

Some of this may include the following;

• Metabolic monitoring following training including ECG, BP, and Bloods
• Offering a 12-24 week involvement to support service users towards discharge through a structured programme using a wellness recovery action plan, possibly involving confidence building, signposting, decider skills, exposure work, and anxiety management.

Applicants are required to have an NVQ/QVC level 3 in care or equivalent and a level 2 functional skills in Maths and English or equivalent.

You must hold a valid drivers license and have access to a vehicle for work purposes.

We may close the advert early, if we receive a sufficient number of applicants, so please apply as soon as possible.

About Us

Leicestershire Partnership NHS Trust (LPT) provides a range of community health, mental health and learning disability services for people of all ages. Delivered through over 100 settings from inpatient wards to out in the community, our 6,500 staff serve over 1 million people living in Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland.

We aim to develop a workforce that reflects our community. We actively implement equal opportunities in employment and service delivery and seek people who share our commitment. We strongly encourage applications from all sections of the community, particularly from underrepresented groups.

Details of our benefits, leadership behaviours and other important information can be found in the Information for Applicants, please view the supporting documents.

We will consider requests to work alternative hours or varied working patterns in line with our flexible working policy.

For all substantive roles, new staff (excluding medical staff) are appointed subject to a 6-month probationary period (see Probation Policy).

All jobs will require permission to work in the UK.

For all jobs the cost of any DBS disclosure required will be met by the individual. This will be deducted from salary once started.

Applicants at risk within the local NHS who meet essential criteria will have preference for interview.