Job summary
- Main area
- Healthcare Assistant
- Grade
- Band 3
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week
- Job ref
- 371-CHS145-G
- Employer
- Berkshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Upton Hospital
- Town
- Slough
- Salary
- £24,008 - £25,553 per annum (Inc. HCAS)
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 15/07/2024 23:59
- Interview date
- 24/07/2024
Employer heading
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Healthcare Assistant
Band 3
Job overview
Come and join our CQC rated ‘Outstanding’ Trust as a Community Healthcare Assistant in Slough. 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 opportunities for further career development, a strong in-house training programme.
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
- 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.
- Deliver clinical and therapeutic care to patients within agreed trust policies/ protocols, as documented in the band 3 competency assessment tool.
- Contribute to the holistic assessment and management of patients care needs through initial data collection, monitoring of patient’s progress, feedback discussion reports and in care reviews with the Community Nursing Team.
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.
We value diversity and are proud to be a Stonewall Top 100 Employer. We work hard to create an inclusive environment where you’ll be supported by friendly and professional colleagues to flourish.
Our values at Berkshire Healthcare:
- Caring for and about you is our top priority
- Committed to providing good quality, safe services
- Working Together with you to develop innovative solutions.
We welcome people who share these values to come and work for us.
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
- Access to a range of wellbeing tools and services
- Discounts at hundreds of popular retailers and restaurants
- Staff networks for race, diversity, disabilities 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:
- Hold a full UK Driving Licence and have use of a car for work purposes.
- A passion for community nursing, that matches our passion to provide excellent healthcare for patients within their own homes.
- Willing to undertake training to fulfil the requirements of these role.
- Previous experience as an HCA/ Care
If you’re someone who shares our passion for excellence and care, join us and let’s be outstanding together.
We welcome a conversation about flexibility and any other questions you may have. Please don’t hesitate to call: Jenine Cross Team Lead on 07717832703 or email: [email protected] who’ll be delighted to help.
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
Essential criteria
- Educated to GCSE standard in English and Maths as a minimum
Previous Experience
Essential criteria
- Previous experience as a HCA/ Carer
Knowledge, Skills & Abilities
Essential criteria
- Highly motivated
- Patient/carer focused
- Able to demonstrate empathy
- Understanding of the role of community nursing
- Able to demonstrate being an advocate for patients
- Able to undertake holistic, personalised care and promote self-care and independence.
- 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
- Demonstrates through conversation that patients are placed at the centre of care
- Proof of appropriate skills to effectively care for patients
- Demonstrates flexibility to deal with the needs of unscheduled services and able to prioritise workload and work under pressure
- Willingness to undertake additional further qualifications and develop expertise in identified areas
- Able to utilise IT and various media in order to support data collection
- Demonstrate cultural awareness
- Applies policies/ procedures to effectively manage risk
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
- A degree of agility and the ability to manoeuvre light to moderate loads
- Able to work bank holidays, weekends and unsocial hours to meet service needs
- Able to work in challenging environments
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.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Jenine Cross
- Job title
- Team Lead • WAM District Nursing Team Leaders
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 07717832703
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