Healthcare Assistant

Job summary

An exciting opportunity has arisen at Northamptonshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust. We are looking for a Health Care Assistant to join our team.The service aims to provide an excellent standard of person centred planned and unplanned nursing intervention to patients in their homes and is part of an integrated service that supports patients to remain in their home environment.The successful candidate will deliver safe, effective care for the patience experience.As a Health Care Assistant you will work closely with the multi-disciplinary team in order to support the service and have a high focus on delivering quality outcomes and improving the patient experience.As such you will need to be enthusiastic, innovative and highly motivated. Your personal qualities will mean that you have the ability to be flexible to the need of the service and deliver a high standard of care in a supportive and forward thinking environment.The service is provided from 8am to 6pm seven days a week, over a shift pattern. Weekends, bank holidays are a requirement of the job.Car owner/driver and current driving license essential or access to a car (unless you have a disability as defined by the Equality Act 2010)

Main duties of the job

As a Healthcare Assistant , you'll

  • deliver safe, effective care for the patient experience.
  • supports patients to remain in their home environment
  • be professionally accountable for the delivery of care
  • utilise technology to enable you to update records as you go

Your patients could be any age, but they'll often be elderly, while others may have been recently discharged from hospital, be terminally ill or have physical disabilities.

The service aims to provide an excellent standard of care that supports patients. In Northamptonshire you will work as part of a multi-disciplinary team in order to support the service and focus on delivering quality outcomes and improving the patient experience.

About us

NHFT is an NHS Community and Mental Health Foundation Trust, providing physical, mental health and specialty services in hospital settings and in the community. We provide over 200 services across the county - as well as some specialist services in bordering and nearby counties. We work together with our partners to ensure that everyone who comes through our doors receives compassionate, person-centred care, regardless of their background or circumstances.

NHFT promotes a culture of learning, to improve the care and safety of our patients and colleagues. We have achieved our 'outstanding' rating by encouraging opportunity, innovation, development and growth across our workforce.

At NHFT we believe that work should be rewarded in every sense which is why we are proud to an accredited living wage employer.

We aim to support financial wellbeing and create an environment where are people feel valued and able to thrive.

Job description

Job responsibilities

For further information on the advertised role, please refer to the job description located under the Supporting Documents heading. The full person specification can be accessed under the About You Section of the document.

Person Specification

Qualification

Essential
  • NVQ level 3 in healthcare

Experience

Essential
  • Previous experience in a caring environment/role
  • Previous experience working within the NHS in a Healthcare role
Desirable
  • Previous NHS experience
  • Previous Community Healthcare Experience

Skills

Essential
  • Ability to communicate clearly accurately and sensitively in spoken and written English
  • Basic IT skills and the ability to accurately record and document patient care using electronic clinical systems including mobile technology
  • Ability to carry out assigned tasks effectively in a busy environment
Desirable
  • Experience using SystemOne Patient electronic Record

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Employer details

Employer name

Northamptonshire Healthcare Foundation Trust

Address

Isebrook hospital

Irthlingborough Road

Wellingborough

NN8 1LP

United Kingdom

Employer's website

https://www.nhft.nhs.uk/



Job Details

Company
Northamptonshire Healthcare Foundation Trust
Location
Wellingborough, NN8 1LP, United Kingdom
Salary
£25760.00 to £27476.00
Posted