Healthcare Assistant - North East

An exciting opportunity has arisen for highly motivated individual to join our Community Nursing Team within the North East, covering the areas of market Drayton, Hodnet, Shawbury, Wem and Whitchurch, of the county in the provision of Planned and Admission Avoidance care to patients in the community. Care and compassion is at the heart of everything we do. We place the individual at the centre by listening to what they have to say, recognising their needs and responding appropriately. We want our patients to recognise that they are more than just their conditions and their treatments.

• 37.5 hours per week, covering 7 days 8am to 6pm service, on a Rota System., You will be working along side out excellent trained nurses to provides nursing care to patient within their own homes or chosen place of residence offering an alternative to hospital admission, supporting timely discharge, and enabling people to realize their potential.
  
  Shropshire Community Health NHS Trust provides community-based health services for adults and children in Shropshire, Telford and Wrekin, and some services in surrounding areas too. These range from district nursing, health visiting and running four community hospitals through to providing very specialist community care through talented and dedicated staff.
Patients, carers and the public play a vital role in helping us to develop and improve our services and we are constantly looking for ways to work with local communities, patients and the public to innovate and improve. Have a look at the Have Your Say section of our website to find out how you can feed back your experiences and help us to continually improve. Shropshire Community Health NHS Trust is an exciting place to work. It offers a wide range of employment opportunities for many people. Shropshire Community Health NHS Trust positively encourages applications from all areas of the community, regardless of age, gender, ethnicity, disability, sexual orientation or religious beliefs. We are committed to ensuring people who work for the community trust have a good working life - and a good work life/home life balance.