Healthcare Assistant

We have apart timeopportunity working30hours per weekat ourKeynsham Health Centre, the days you work can be agreed to work around you and your commitments and the hours arebetween 8am and 5pmon a 7 day working rota, working 1 in every 4 weekends. The work is varied and interesting and you will be striving to successfully provide healthcare by being akey part of developing our services to meet the needs of the local population. Working closely with ourCommunity Nursing Team, as a Healthcare Assistant you will support and assist the senior team members toprovide care to people in their own homes for a widerange ofconditions including diabetes, wound and end of life care.Our work is crucial to the community as we aim to prevent unnecessary hospital submission. In this role, you will care for patients in the way thatyou believe is best, delivering our high service standards, sharing bestpractice, and actively improving the way we work., Within this role, you will be visiting service users homes and sometimes residential care homes providing care which will include but not be limited to:

• Wound care
• Pressure ulcer prevention
• Insulin administration and blood glucose monitoring
• Venepuncture
• Collection of samples
• Catheter care
  
  About the Company
We change lives by transforming health and care. Established in 2006, we are one of the UKs leading independent providers of community health and care services, working with health and care commissioners and communities to transform services with a focus on experience, efficiency and improved outcomes. We deliver and transform adult and children community health services, primary care services including urgent care, sexual health, dermatology and MSK services as well as adult social care and wellbeing services.Across England, we support communities of many millions and directly help more than half a million people each year - guided by our simple values: we care, we think, we do. Were committed to equal opportunities and welcome applications from a broad, diverse range of people who want to join our team. Were a Disability Confident Committed company, so we work to provide facilities, work environment adjustments and technical solutions to be as inclusive of everyone. While it doesnt happen often, sometimes a role is very popular, and well need to close it earlier than the date weve shown here. If youre keen to join our team, wed love to hear from you so please apply as soon as you can.