Out of Hours Health Care Assistant

Sirona care & health CIC; Congresbury; On-site; GBP 26,000 - 27,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

NHS benefits

NHS Pension Scheme

27+ days annual leave

Agenda for Change Salary

Job summary

Sirona care & health CIC is recruiting for an Out of Hours Healthcare Assistant to join a team delivering urgent and long-term care in the BNSSG area.

You will provide a range of health and social care activities in patients’ homes or care settings, supported by a competency framework for safe practice and continuous development. The role emphasises patient-centred care and effective teamwork.

Qualifications

• NVQ level 3 in Health & Social Care or willingness to work towards.
• Full driving licence and access to car in work time (business use).
• Experience in community settings and direct patient care is desirable.

Responsibilities

• Undertake delegated clinical and therapy-based activities to support Out of Hours caseload.
• Deliver safe, patient-centred, evidence-based activities in the community.
• Work within the Out of Hours service to support adults at home or in care settings.

Skills

Excellent communication

Independent working

IT systems (EMIS)

Team collaboration

Education

NVQ level 3 Health & Social Care

Full driving licence

Tools

EMIS

Job description

Are you a healthcare assistant looking for a working pattern that fits around your busy schedule? Then the Out of Hours Service is just for you!

The service you'll be a part of provides a range of urgent care and long term conditions management health care interventions for service users registered with GPs across BNSSG.

You will deliver a full range of health and social care activities - acute and long term, all while being supported by a robust competency framework to support adults within their own home and other settings.

Within our service, the teams provide a full range of nursing and therapy support skills to prevent admission to hospital. You will work to support people to remain safe, well and as independent as possible in their own homes or care homes.

Main duties of the job

• Undertake a range of delegated clinical and therapy led activities to support the patients on the Out of Hours caseload.
• To provide safe, patient centred, effective and evidence-based clinical activities in the community setting
• Work within the Out of Hours service to deliver a full range of health and social care activities, both waking night or drop in visits, acute and long term, supported by a robust competency framework to support adults within their own home and other settings.

About us

Ever dreamt about a career that sparks excitement and fosters your professional growth? Picture yourself waking up eager to make a real difference in our community, surrounded by teams who value your unique ideas.

We are Sirona care & health - England's largest provider of Adult's and Children's Community Services and we'd love for you to join us in Bristol, North Somerset or South Gloucestershire.

Agenda for Change Salary, full NHS benefits, 27+ days' annual leave, and participation in the NHS Pension Scheme - just a glimpse of the benefits you'll receive.

We welcome and encourage all applicants. We are committed to having a workforce that reflects the communities we support and are proactively seeking to improve the diversity of our workforce. We know diversity fosters creativity and innovation.

We are committed to equality of opportunity, to being fair and inclusive, and to being a place where all belong. We aim to draw upon the widest possible range of views and experiences to meet the changing needs of our colleagues, partners and communities we serve.

Whether you're starting your journey in healthcare, looking for a fresh challenge within the NHS, or contemplating a career change, don't be daunted by the prospect of something different - we create development opportunities for all our colleagues and apprentices.

Job responsibilities

Please note, we cannot offer a Certificate of Sponsorship for this role.If you currently require a visa to work in the UK, there must be a minimum of 14 months remaining until the expiry date. If you do not disclose your expiry date within your application, it may not be considered. Please only provide the expiry date and not your share code within your application.

If you refer to qualifications or employment within your supporting statement, that has not been included in your Qualifications, Training or Employment History, this information may be discounted.

Person Specification

Qualifications

• oNVQ level 3 in Health & Social Care or equivalent or willingness to work towards
• oFull driving licence and access to car in work time (with business use car insurance)

Skills and Experience

• oAble to work without direct supervision, as agreed within the team, to achieve the objectives of the post
• oAble to use a variety of IT systems e.g. email, EMIS
• oExcellent communication and interpersonal skills including the ability to use tact and persuasive skills where necessary
• oAn understanding of team dynamics, including what factors make a team work well and what can go wrong and why
• oRecent relevant experience within the community setting
• oExperience of direct patient care in a health or social care setting.

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.

£25,760 to £27,476 a yearper annum, pro rata