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Job summary

Main area
District Nursing Bracknell
Grade
Band 3
Contract
Permanent
Hours
Full time - 37.5 hours per week
Job ref
371-CHS777
Employer
Berkshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type
NHS
Site
District Nursing - Bracknell
Town
Bracknell
Salary
£25,329 - £26,958 per annum (incl of HCAS)
Salary period
Yearly
Closing
06/11/2024 23:59
Interview date
13/11/2024

Employer heading

Berkshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust logo

Healthcare Assistant

Band 3

Job overview

Come and join our CQC rated ‘Outstanding’ Trust as a Community Healthcare Assistant in Bracknell. As a Community Healthcare Assistant, you’ll help deliver care to people in their own homes and get to work with inspiring, skilled teams whilst you do it. We offer a supportive environment with including completion of the Care Certificate, a recognised qualification, and the stepping forward programme, an enhanced training programme for Healthcare Assistants. Our team provides multiple pathways to nursing including pathways for internationally qualified nurses.   

The role of Healthcare Assistant is fundamental to the success of Community Nursing TeamsThe post holder will be able to demonstrate the competencies required to perform at this level and role model the Trust’s core values as well as exhibit the behaviours required as part of those values. 

Main duties of the job

  • You will visit a number of patients on a daily basis in their own homes. 

  • You will provide high quality nursing care to a range of patients with varying healthcare needs. 

  • Implement, monitor, and maintain high standards of care delivery at all times. 

  • Communicate effectively within your team, the patients and their carers, and the wider MDT. 

  • Deliver high service standards, sharing best practice, and actively improving the way we work. 

  • Maintains accurate and timely patient records in line with organisational requirements. 

  • Undertake specific clinical tasks, when trained, which include: 

  • Completing a set of observations including, blood pressure, temperature, oxygen saturation, respiratory rate and heart rate 

  • Completing wound care, using a wide range of dressings including bandaging, compression hosiery and topical cream application 

  • Pressure area care as appropriate, which includes ordering equipment. 

  •  Venepuncture 

  • Catheter care – Administering catheter flushes and changing catheter bags. 

Working for our organisation

Berkshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust is a specialist mental health and community health services trust. Rated ‘outstanding’ by the CQC, we’re committed to providing the best possible care to people across Berkshire. As an employer, we’re committed to offering an inclusive and compassionate environment where our people share in a sense of belonging and are supported to flourish.

Our values at Berkshire Healthcare are:

  • Caring for and about you is our top priority
  • Committed to providing good quality, safe services
  • Working Together with you to develop innovative solutions

Your wellbeing is important to us. Some of the benefits of working for us include:

  • Flexible working options to support work-life balance
  • 27 days’ annual leave rising with service + opportunity to buy and sell
  • Generous NHS pension scheme
  • Excellent learning and career development opportunities
  • ‘Cycle to Work’ and car leasing scheme including electric vehicles
  • Access to a range of wellbeing tools and services
  • Discounts at hundreds of popular retailers and restaurants
  • Staff networks for race, diversity, disabilities, the environment and armed forces community to support equality
  • Generous maternity, paternity, adoption and special leave
  • Free parking across Trust sites

 

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

The “must haves” for this role: 

 

  1. Hold a full UK Driving Licence and have use of a car for work purposes. 

  1. A passion for community nursing, that matches our passion to provide excellent healthcare for patients within their own homes. 

  1. Willing to undertake training to fulfil the requirements of these role. 

  1. Previous experience as an HCA/ Carer 

For further information about the role, please see attached job description and person specification. We strongly encourage you to review how you meet the criteria in the person specification and write about this point-by-point in your supporting statement for the best chance of being shortlisted. For further application tips – see the help with your application document attached once you click apply.

If you’re someone who shares our passion for excellence and care, you belong at Berkshire Healthcare!

 We are committed to equal opportunities and welcome applications from all sections of the community, regardless of any protected characteristics. Reasonable adjustments will be made for disabled applicants where required.

Person specification

Education/Qualifications

Desirable criteria
  • Educated to GCSE standard in English and Math

Training

Essential criteria
  • willingness to undertake NVQ level 3
Desirable criteria
  • Evidence of continuing professional development
  • NVQ level 3

Previous Experience

Desirable criteria
  • Previous experience as a HCA/ Carer

Knowledge, Skills & Abilities

Essential criteria
  • Patient/carer focused
  • Able to demonstrate empathy
  • Understanding of the role of community nursing
  • High levels of effective communication, influencing and interpersonal skills
  • Able to work as part of a team
  • Able to work autonomously
  • Able to manage own delegated workload and support others
  • Able to manage own delegated workload and support others
  • Able to utilise IT and various media in order to support data collection
  • Demonstrate cultural awareness
  • Applies policies/ procedures to effectively manage risk
Desirable criteria
  • Able to demonstrate being an advocate for patients
  • Able to demonstrate being an advocate for patients · Able to undertake holistic, personalised care and promote self-care and independence.
  • Willingness to undertake additional further qualifications and develop expertise in identified areas

Additional Requirements

Essential criteria
  • Able to work flexibly across service area to enhance quality of service provision
  • Full Valid UK driving license with confidence to drive during unsocial hours and in unusual environments with use of care for work purposes
  • Able to work bank holidays, weekends and unsocial hours to meet service needs

Employer certification / accreditation badges

Apprenticeships logoDisability confident employerCarer confident logo, the employers for carers confident schemeCare quality commission - OutstandingStonewall equality policy. Equality and justice for lesbians, gay men, bisexual and trans people.Armed Forces Covenant

Applicant requirements

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.

Application numbers

This vacancy may close early if it receives a high number of applications. Please complete and submit your application in good time to avoid disappointment.

Documents to download

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Further details / informal visits contact

Name
Jane Dunford
Job title
Team Lead
Email address
[email protected]
Telephone number
07789 504573
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