Healthcare Assistant

At Central London Community Healthcare NHS Trust we believe in excellent care at the heart of the community. We encourage and expect all staff to actively promote and adhere to the Trust's values in every aspect of their work., An exciting opportunity has arisen for an experienced Band 3 Health Care Assistant to join our Barnet Integrated Community Service by providing a high quality service to our housebound patients by facilitating earlier hospital discharges and preventing unnecessary hospital admissions. The Integrated Community Nursing Services has a key focus on facilitating discharges, case management and reducing admission to hospital. The service works closely with Acute Hospitals, Hospice, including GPs. The service provides care to patients in the community setting. You will be well supported by our current team and provision is also made for your continued professional development. Main duties of the job As a Band 3 Health Care Assistant you would be responsible for providing a safe, personalised and effective care to patients who require community nursing care by working alongside the community nursing team to deliver clinical and administrative duties. Your main duties will include providing a number of clinical activities and holistic care under the direct delegation of a registered nurse., To contribute to the on-going assessment of a patient by completing the appropriate paperwork for allocated patients, recording and reporting all clinical and behavioural information to the nurse for action and planning purposes. To undertake, and report back on delegated clinical activities that have previously been signed competent. Eg : wound care, blood glucose monitoring, catheter care, administration of insulins, continence assessment, pressure ulcer management etc. To enable patients / carers to make most effective use of resources within the service by ensuring they receive up-to-date information sheets, responding to any questions constructively To pass onto / seek assistance from other colleagues, promptly, any questions that you are unable to resolve To liaise and refer patients to the MDT team as appropriate in accordance with local procedures.

And carers using a wide range of clinical skills and interventions within a home environment. You will need to possess excellent Communication skills and a team player and be able to adapt to the changing work patterns of the night service by remaining calm under pressure. You will also need to have good IT skills to support the systems in place.,

• Higher Professional Diploma in Health and Wellbeing (NVQ / QCF - Level 3) or
• A recognised equivalent course
• Willingness to undertake further training as appropriate
Desirable
• GCSE grade A-C or equivalent in English and Maths ECDL certificate
• Registration with the national regulatory body (when it becomes available).
Experience Essential
• Experience of working in a health or social care setting
• Experience of working as part of a team
• Experience with the use of Microsoft Office and a variety of databases
Desirable
• Experience of working as part of a team
• Experience with the NHS patient information database (SystmOne, Rio, CIS), Knowledge of NHS Demonstrate an acceptable level of numeracy and literacy.
• An awareness of risk management.
• Knowledge of multi-agency services available and processes for referral
• Knowledge of the effects of the ageing process and needs of vulnerable adults in relation to their health and ? well-being
Desirable Knowledge of local health needs strategies.,
• Excellent communication skills and ability to build effective relationships
• Self management skills-managing time and workload
• Ability to work in a team and to supervise the work of others
• Ability to analyse, interpret and record data in a clear, and succinct manner
• Good analytical and problem solving skills
• To be able to promote the work of the team across the trust Excellent oral and written communication and presentation
• UK Car driver
  
  Just as we care about our patients' wellbeing, we care about yours!
We can offer you :
• A comprehensive induction into the community service followed by a local induction to introduce you to the role
• Car lease scheme T&C's apply
• Flexible working options
• Annual travel card loan
• Training, support and development in your career
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