Healthcare Assistant

Cambridgeshire And Peterborough Nhs Foundation Trust; Toseland; On-site; GBP 21,000 - 24,000; Full time

Job summary

Cambridgeshire and Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust is seeking two Healthcare Assistants to join the Older People and Adult Community Intermediate Care Unit in Peterborough. The unit provides short-term rehabilitation for adults and operates under a nurse/therapy-led framework with visiting consultants and GP support.

Responsibilities include delivering direct patient care, observing patient conditions, assisting with daily activities, and working within a multidisciplinary team to support

Qualifications

• NVQ Level 3 in Health & Social Care; or Care Certificate plus experience as a Healthcare Assistant; or Experience of working as a Healthcare Assistant
• Experience of working with people in a caring situation

Responsibilities

• Deliver direct patient care following Trust policies and procedures
• Observe and report changes in patients' conditions to registered staff
• Provide personal care with dignity, empathy and respect
• Work as part of a multi-disciplinary team to support rehabilitation
• Carry out prescribed observations (BP, temp, pulse, etc.) and report results
• Support patients with daily living activities and mobility
• Provide information and reassurance to patients and relatives
• Undertake full rotational shifts including early, late and night duties

Skills

Verbal & written communication

Empathy & care

Education

NVQ Level 3 in Health & Social Care or Care Certificate

Tools

IT literacy

Job description

Job summary

An exciting opportunity has arisen for two Healthcare Assistants to join the Older People and Adult Community (OPAC) Intermediate Care Unit based in Peterborough.

Intermediate Care Unit is currently a 34 bedded inpatient rehabilitation unit.

Our unit is a joint Nurse/Therapy led facility. We have visiting Consultants and daily GP support. We provide short term rehabilitation for individuals from the age of 18 years who have had a change to their physical health. This may be due to an exacerbation of a pre-existing medical condition, an overall general deterioration in their abilities or acute cause.

Main duties of the job

Main duties will include the delivery of direct patient care, following our Trust policies and procedures, being responsive and respectful to patients, their families and colleagues needs.

To observe and report to a registered member of the team, any changes which may indicate an alteration in the general well being and safety of a patients. This includes observations on patient's clinical condition. To be aware of own limitations and when to seek support and guidance.

To provide patients with personal care as required and demonstrate empathy, dignity, respect, and compassion at all times.

To be an active team player and work with patients, families and members of the wider multi-disciplinary team

About us

Cambridgeshire and Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust is a health and social care organisation dedicated to providing high quality care with compassion to improve the health and wellbeing of the people we care for, as well as supporting and empowering them to lead fulfilling lives.

Our clinical teams deliver a wide range of NHS services across inpatient, primary care and community settings, including children's, adult and older people's mental health, forensic and specialist mental health, learning disabilities, primary care and liaison psychiatry, substance misuse, social care, and research and development.

To achieve our goals, we recruit high calibre candidates who share our vision and values. As an equal opportunities' employer, we welcome applications from all sections of the community, particularly under represented groups including people with long term conditions and members of our ethnic minority and LGBTQ+ communities.

All appointments are subject to the successful completion of a probationary period.

Please note we reserve the right to close adverts early should we receive sufficient applications.

Regrettably, we cannot offer sponsorship for all roles. If you apply for a post that does not attract sponsorship, your application will be withdrawn from the process.

For further information on CPFT, please visit our website at https://www.cpft.nhs.uk

Job responsibilities

As a healthcare assistant you will make a positive impact on people's lives. This is a fundamentally person‑centred role, involving forming professional relationships with our service users and patients with a focus on supporting their personal, physical and mental wellbeing, and improving their lives under the direction of a registered practitioner. You will be required to:

• Work on the wards to provide care for adults with physical and / or mental health challenges.
• To contribute to the assessment, planning, implementation and evaluation of care.
• Support service users to overcome barriers they experience because of their mental or physical health.
• Work closely with nurses and other practitioners to provide a therapeutic programme of rehabilitation.
• Report on service users' conditions to nurses and other practitioners.
• Provide information to service users using persuasion, reassurance, tact, and empathy.
• Provide the necessary physical care to service users to help them complete daily living activities, i.e. personal hygiene, diet and fluid intake, clothing and laundry, personal environment, elimination, maintaining rest and sleep and activity, physical observations, whilst demonstrating empathy, dignity, respect and compassion.
• To undertake prescribed physical observations as follows: blood pressure, temperature, pulse, respirations, blood sugars, urinalysis, weight and height and report results to the nurse in charge.
• To provide social activities, emotional support and stability to service users to ensure effective engagement whilst maintaining professional boundaries.
• Empower service users by ensuring that they receive relevant information about their treatment, medication, available services, advocacy services, ward routines and safety procedures under the guidance of a registered nurse.
• To understand the importance of the relatives/carer's contribution to care and
• Conversing with the service users and their relatives/carers, establishing their needs and assisting them as necessary.
• Ensuring that any entries made by the post holder in the nursing notes are current, relevant and accurate, and the content will then be reported & counter signed by the registered nurse or relevant professional.
• To provide escort duties to the service user under the direction of the nurse in charge.
• Undertake full rotational shift pattern to include earlies, lates and night shifts.

Responsible for following and adhering to CPFT guidelines including, but not limited to infection control, health and safety etc.

Person Specification

Education / Qualifications

Essential

• NVQ Level 3 in Health & Social Care; or Care Certificate plus experience as a Healthcare Assistant; or Experience of working as a Healthcare Assistant

Experience

Essential

• Experience of working with people e.g. in a caring situation, dealing with the general public

Desirable

• Active participant for working within MDT

Skills and abilities

Essential

• Effective verbal and written communication skills
• Motivated to provide exceptional care.

Desirable

• IT literacy using Microsoft Office

Physical Requirements

Essential

• Ability to carry out physical interventions.
• Physically able to undertake a demanding role safely, as and when required.

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

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.

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).