Health Care Assistant - Community

Leicestershire Partnership; Leicester; On-site; GBP 21,000 - 27,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Meaningful clinical supervision

Full induction and training with buddy

Career development pathways

Free parking in bases

Competitive mileage rates

No night shifts

Job summary

Leicestershire Partnership NHS Trust is recruiting for Community Nursing Support Workers to join our teams across Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland. You will provide clinical care under a Registered Nurse, including wound care, medicines administration and catheter care, plus personal care to patients at home.

Core hours are 8am–6pm with weekend rota and no night shifts; car required with UK driving licence.

Qualifications

• Level 2 qualification in functional skills Maths and English or equivalent qualification.
• Level 3 qualification in Care or equivalent relevant experience.
• Must have car for work and UK driving licence.

Responsibilities

• Providing clinical care delegated by a Registered Nurse, including management of wounds and leg ulcers, administration of medicines and catheter care.
• Providing personal care for patients.
• Working with the wider multidisciplinary team.
• Supporting patients to remain at home and avoid hospital admission.
• Promoting self-care and independence.
• Report changes in patient condition to the registered practitioner.

Skills

Car requirement

Education

Level 3 Care qualification

Job description

Job Overview

Important note for candidates – unfortunately we are unable to offer sponsorship for this role.

We have an an exciting opportunity for enthusiastic individuals to join our Community Nursing Teams.

If you are passionate about providing quality, compassionate care to people in their own homes and you can drive and have access to a car that you can use for work, this is the job for you!

You will be part of a compassionate, forward thinking team working in one of the community nursing hubs. You will work closely with a team of registered community nurses, led by a District Nurse to deliver a wide range of care activities as detailed below.

Core service hours are between 8am and 6pm and you will be required to work weekends on a rota basis. As a flexible employer, we have a variety of shifts covering these hours. We believe in a positive work life balance and are open to discussing hours and patterns of work on an individual basis.

Essential application criteria is detailed within the Job Description and Person specification attached.

This includes:

• Level 2 qualification in functional skills Maths and English or equivalent qualification
• Level 3 qualification in Care or equivalent relevant experience

This advert is for multiple bases across Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland and from time to time additional vacancies may become available and therefore if you are interested in working in Community Nursing I would encourage you to apply as positions in other locations may become available.

For further information please contact - [e-mail]

Job Description Summary (Main duties and responsibilities)

Main duties of the job

• Providing clinical care delegated to you by a Registered Nurse, this includes, but is not limited to: management of wounds and leg ulcers, administration of medicines and catheter care.
• Providing personal care for patients.
• Working with the wider multidisciplinary team.
• Supporting patients to remain at home and avoid hospital admission.
• Promoting self-care and independence.
• To recognise and report changes in the patient’s condition, and any issues in respect of their health and management of care to the registered practitioner.

We would offer you:

• Meaningful clinical and managerial supervision.
• Full induction and training. You would be supernumerary for a period of time and assigned a buddy to support you into the role.
• Clear pathways and opportunities for career development for those who have a desire to progress.
• Free Parking in all of our bases.
• Competitive mileage rates.
• No night shifts.

It is an essential requirement that you have a car for work use and have a UK driving licence.

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.