Healthcare Assistant

If you are in the UK on a VISA please ensure you have no restrictions that would prevent you from taking this post

If you are new to care you must complete a care certificate when you commence employment with CDDFT and be paid band 2 until completion. (we cannot offer sponsorship for New to care applicants).

We are looking for enthusiastic and dynamic Health Care Assistants to join a innovative specialist multidisciplinary, Frailty Hospital@Home Team within 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 co-ordination of patient information gathering, you will support with clinical tasks and assessments, the expediting of clinical investigations. Along side providing first class basic patient care.

The post holder will be part of a larger multi-disciplinary 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 hospital@home team providing a high-quality service within complex frailty. The post holder will undertake a wide range of duties to clinically support the multidiciplinary team , recording observations and ECGs, phlebotomy, assisiting with patients hygiene needs, helping facilitate patient hospital transfers .

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.