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
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 Teams. The 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
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You will visit a number of patients on a daily basis in their own homes.
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You will provide high quality nursing care to a range of patients with varying healthcare needs.
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Implement, monitor, and maintain high standards of care delivery at all times.
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Communicate effectively within your team, the patients and their carers, and the wider MDT.
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Deliver high service standards, sharing best practice, and actively improving the way we work.
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Maintains accurate and timely patient records in line with organisational requirements.
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Undertake specific clinical tasks, when trained, which include:
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Completing a set of observations including, blood pressure, temperature, oxygen saturation, respiratory rate and heart rate
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Completing wound care, using a wide range of dressings including bandaging, compression hosiery and topical cream application
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Pressure area care as appropriate, which includes ordering equipment.
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Venepuncture
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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:
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Hold a full UK Driving Licence and have use of a car for work purposes.
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A passion for community nursing, that matches our passion to provide excellent healthcare for patients within their own homes.
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Willing to undertake training to fulfil the requirements of these role.
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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
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
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Jane Dunford
- Job title
- Team Lead
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 07789 504573
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