Healthcare Assistant - Surrey Downs Health & Care

Surrey Downs Health & Care Partnership; Leatherhead; On-site; GBP 22,000 - 28,000; Full time

Job summary

A community healthcare provider in Leatherhead is looking for a highly motivated Healthcare Support Worker to join their nursing team. This role involves providing holistic care and support to patients within the community setting. Ideal candidates will possess excellent organizational skills and a passion for patient-centered care. Training and career development opportunities are available, emphasizing a supportive team always ready to encourage growth within the healthcare field.

Benefits

Training opportunities

Supportive working environment

Flexible working hours

Qualifications

• Must have passion for delivering patient-centered care.
• Willingness to develop new strategies for quality improvement.
• Ability to work flexibly within a diverse team environment.

Responsibilities

• Provide holistic nursing care and support to patients and families.
• Assist in the development of care plans and implementation.
• Work as part of a community integrated service team.

Skills

Organisational skills

Time management

Holistic care delivery

Job description

Surrey Downs Heath & Care - Leatherhead PCN

This is an exciting opportunity for a highly motivated and enthusiastic Healthcare Support Worker to work within the community nursing team at Leatherhead PCN. In this role you will provide care and support to your patients within the community setting, while undertaking a range of delegated tasks. This post-holder will be supported to develop skills and abilities, both to enhance their career and provide the appropriate level of care to patients.

We are a highly supportive team, who encourage people with or without community experience to come and join us, to make a positive contribution to nursing in the community. We can offer you the support, training, autonomy and flexibility of a modern NHS service, and we encourage those with an interest in pursing a health career to join us.

You will have excellent organisational and time management skills and be passionate about delivering holistic care that has the patient at its centre. You will relish developing new ways of working to improve quality and develop a “one team” culture. This is a great opportunity for a proactive individual keen to take the next step in their health career, joining an exciting forward thinking team.

Responsibilities

To work within the Community Integrated Service to support and assist in the provision of holistic nursing care and support to patients, their families and carers.

Working patterns

This service provides a 7 day/week service from 8.30am to 6.30pm and staff are required to work flexibly over the full week - no more than one weekend in four.

About Surrey Downs Health and Care

Surrey Downs Health and Care (SDHC) deliver care closer to people’s own communities through our Primary Care Networks and our innovative partnership of local NHS organisations.

Surrey Downs Health And Care Has a Track Record Of Providing Person Centric Care That Goes Beyond Organisational Boundaries To Do What Is Best For The Individual. This Partnership Includes

• The three GP federations GP Health Partners, Dorking Health Care and Surrey Medical Network representing practices that operate in the Surrey Downs area
• CSH Surrey
• Epsom and St Helier’s University Hospitals NHS Trust
• Surrey Council Count

Historically, there have been boundary lines between the organisations that provide care to people in their homes, in GP surgeries and in hospitals, but we have always been united in our mission to provide great care to the people who need us.

It’s on those grounds that the Surrey Downs Health and Care was formed – we want local people to receive the care that they need in the right environment. By bringing together our expertise, we can improve patient care and enable local people to access the right support, care and treatment more easily than ever before.

In bringing this partnership together, we are working to the same set of values that will translate into better care for our residents.

Contact

For further details / informal visits contact: Name: George Hilditch Job title: Operations Manager Email address: [e-mail] Telephone number: 07917 233266