Home-Visit Community Healthcare Assistant

Norfolk Community Health and Care NHS Trust; Chedgrave; Vor Ort; GBP 20.000 - 26.000; Vollzeit

Zusammenfassung

Norfolk Community Health and Care NHS Trust is seeking a Community Healthcare Assistant to join our community nursing team based at Beauchamp House, Chedgrave. You will visit patients in their own homes across surrounding villages, providing diabetes care, wound care, venepuncture and catheter care.

The service operates 7 days a week, requiring flexibility and solid clinical competence. You will work within an integrated team to support early discharge, prevent unnecessary hospital admissions

Qualifikationen

• Competency-based care planning and execution.
• Plan and prioritise patient visits with documentation.
• Record patient information in SystmOne daily.
• Communicate clearly with patients and carers, showing empathy.

Aufgaben

• Apply competency-based treatment techniques under supervision.
• Plan and prioritise visits to delegated patients and document in diary.
• Ensure patient-held records are updated and SystmOne entries completed daily.
• Make judgements on patient responses and report findings to practitioners.
• Liaise with other health professionals as required.
• Overcome barriers due to hearing or cognitive impairment.
• Maintain professional relationships with colleagues, patients and carers.
• Demonstrate dexterity in procedures like blood glucose checks and venepuncture.
• Ensure equipment is used safely and maintained per training.
• Contribute to supplies/equipment ordering electronically.
• Work predominantly independently with clinical supervision.
• Collaborate with qualified practitioners for group clinics.

Kenntnisse

Care planning

Clinical visits

Communication

Team liaison

Dexterity

Tools

SystmOne

Jobbeschreibung

Norfolk Community Health and Care NHS Trust is seeking a Community Healthcare Assistant to join our community nursing team based at Beauchamp House, Chedgrave. You will visit patients in their own homes across surrounding villages, providing diabetes care, wound care, venepuncture and catheter care.

The service operates 7 days a week, requiring flexibility and solid clinical competence. You will work within an integrated team to support early discharge, prevent unnecessary hospital admissions