Health Care Assistant - Housebound and Care Home Patients - Unity

NHS; Long Melford, City of Edinburgh, Haverhill; On-site; GBP 24,000 - 27,000; Part time

Job summary

A community health organization in Long Melford is seeking a compassionate Health Care Assistant to provide care to housebound patients and those in care homes. The role involves conducting health checks and requires a relevant Care Certificate or NVQ Level 3 qualification. Candidates should have driving experience as patient visits will be necessary. This part-time position offers a competitive salary and supportive work environment.

Benefits

Commitment to personal development

Cycle to work scheme

Death in service cover

Blue light card discounts

Competitive salaries with annual benchmarking

Qualifications

• Must hold a relevant Care Certificate or equivalent experience.
• Full UK driving license required for patient visits.

Responsibilities

• Ensure patients unable to attend surgery receive equitable access to care.
• Support routine health checks and preliminary assessments.
• Record clinical observations including vital signs.

Skills

Experience as a Health Care Assistant

Competence in venepuncture

Understanding long-term condition monitoring

Good communication skills

Education

Relevant Care Certificate

NVQ Level 3 in Health & Social Care

Job description

Health Care Assistant - Housebound and Care Home Patients - Unity

We will make sure you are fully inducted and trained. It's important to us that you feel safe and supported in your role.

You'd be suited to this role if you have experience working as an HCA or in a patient-facing role.

You will need a relevant Care Certificate, NVQ Level 3 qualification in Health & Social Care, or equivalent experience.

You will have a good understanding of long-term condition monitoring and competence in venepuncture, blood pressure and pulse checks, understanding the importance of preliminary health checks.

Main duties of the job

You will ensure that our patients who are unable to attend the surgery receive equitable access to care.

Support routine health checks and carry our preliminary assessments as part of long-term condition review processes under the direction of the nursing and GP team.

Record clinical observations including blood pressure, pulse, temperature, oxygen saturation, weight, urinalysis, diabetic foot checks and blood glucose monitoring.

This role involves driving a Suffolk GP Federation vehicle to undertake patient visits, so the successful candidate must hold a full UK driving license.

Please see the full Job Description for further information.

About us

Suffolk GP Federation CIC is a not-for-profit community interest company. Our main purpose is to support Primary Care across Suffolk including support with working collaboratively and at scale. We also deliver a portfolio of NHS services across Suffolk and North East Essex, including Podiatry, Ultrasound, Diabetes, as well as urgent Care Services including the Out of Hours face-to-face Service in Suffolk.

Job responsibilities

Healthcare Assistant (HCA) Housebound and Care Home Patients

We have an exciting opportunity for an experienced HCA to provide high-quality, compassionate care and support to patients who are housebound or living in care homes, under the supervision of clinicians.

The Unity Practice is run by Suffolk GP Federation CIC, a not-for-profit community interest company.

Suffolk GP Federation is a not-for-profit organisation owned by 57 GP practices. Our aim is to find innovative solutions to the challenges currently faced by the NHS, while at the same time protecting the interests of general practice and ensuring that patients continue to receive the very best care.

Contract type

• Permanent Part Time: We are looking for someone to work with us for 28.5 hours per week (Mondays, Tuesdays and Fridays)
• Salary: £24, 937 to £26, 598 (Band 3)

What we can offer you:

• Innovative teams who strive in forward thinking, with a voice that is heard
• A visible and supportive management team, with operational support that get it
• Excellent IT teams & support giving us first class equipment and no wait responses
• A commitment to personal development, training and leadership opportunities, with service-managed training budgets
• Cycle to work scheme
• Death in service cover
• Competitive salaries with annual benchmarking
• Blue light card employer Access to the discount service with thousands of discounts online and on the high street

Interviews for this role will take place at the Unity Hub, Haverhill, on Thursday 25 September.

Person Specification

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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.