Healthcare Assistant H@H

County Durham and Darlington NHS Foundation Trust; Tees Valley; On-site; GBP 18,000 - 22,000; Full time

Job summary

A regional healthcare provider is seeking enthusiastic Health Care Assistants to join a multidisciplinary team focused on providing high-quality care in the community. The role includes supporting patients with clinical tasks, ensuring hygiene needs are met, and facilitating hospital transfers. Ideal candidates will have required certificates and experience in patient care. Join a dedicated team to improve outcomes for frail patients in their homes.

Qualifications

• Experience in supporting clinical tasks and assessments.
• Ability to assist with patient hygiene needs and basic care.
• Skill in coordinating patient information gathering.

Responsibilities

• Support the Hospital@Home team in patient care and coordination.
• Record patient observations and facilitate transfers.
• Ensure the unit is clean and well stocked.

Skills

Clinical task support

Patient care assistance

ECG recording

Phlebotomy

Education

Certificates as stated in the person specification

Job description

We are looking for enthusiastic and dynamic Health Care Assistants to join an innovative specialist multidisciplinary Frailty Hospital@Home Team with the local geographical area. Frailty H@H plays an integral part of the frailty pathway which involves the identification and management of frailty patients.

The HCA will support the Hospital@Home Team with the coordination of patient information gathering, you will support with clinical tasks and assessments, the expediting of clinical investigations and complex discharge planning. Along side providing first class basic patient care.

The post holder will be part of a larger multidisciplinary team including Consultant Geriatricians, Nurses and Therapists.

This role will be working out in the community. The job involves working as part of our new h@h team providing a high-quality service in the complex frailty unit. The post holder will undertake a wide range of duties to clinically support the multidisciplinary team which include welcoming patients to the unit, recording observations and ECGs, phlebotomy, providing patients with refreshments, assisting with patients hygiene needs, helping facilitate patient hospital transfers and patient discharge and supporting the unit by helping ensure the unit is clean and well stocked at all times.

If you are being interviewed you must accept an interview slot in the system to continue, even if you have arranged with the manager.

You must be able to produce ALL certificates stated essential in the person specification or you will not be able to complete pre‑employment checks.

We provide hospital services from two acute sites – Darlington Memorial Hospital and University Hospital of North Durham. We have a centre for planned care in Bishop Auckland and provide care from community hospitals in Chester‑Le‑Street, Shotley Bridge, Barnard Castle, Sedgefield and Weardale as well as over 80 other community based settings and providing care in patients' homes.

We particularly welcome applications from disabled and Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME) candidates as BAME and disabled people are currently under‑represented.

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