Job summary
- Main area
- HCA
- Grade
- Band 3
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time
- Part time
- Job ref
- 844-6158557-C
- Employer
- Wirral Community Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- St Catherine's Health Centre
- Town
- Birkenhead
- Salary
- £22,816 - £24,336 pa pro rata
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 23/07/2024 23:59
Employer heading
Health Care Assistant - HomeFirst
Band 3
Wirral Community Health & Care NHS Foundation Trust's common purpose:
We will support you and your community to live well.
Our values:
Compassion
Supportive and caring, listening to others.
Open
Communicating openly, honestly and sharing ideas.
Trust
Trusted to deliver, feeling valued and safe.
Wirral Community Health & Care NHS Foundation Trust provides high quality community health and care services which are responsive to the needs of our local population. Services are delivered by our dedicated and innovative multi disciplinary professionals and supported by equally committed staff behind the scenes. We strive to continue developing and improving our services by working with and listening to our populations, partners, commissioners and staff.
WCHC offers you a great opportunity to be a part of a talented, passionate and committed team delivering excellent community based services across Cheshire and Merseyside.
We are proud to support our Armed Forces Community as a Veteran Aware NHS Trust and are pleased to share that we recently achieved Bronze Award accreditation, in the Defence Employer Recognition Scheme. We support the armed forces as an employer; recognising the experiences and skills ex-military personnel have gained through their service.
Job overview
Health Care Assistant - Community Integrated Response Team/Home First
Do you want to help people in your local community regain their independence following accident or illness, and to be able to get the most from life?
Do you want to be part of a dynamic NHS team where no two days are the same, but every day brings rewards in terms of job satisfaction and team working?
Do you want flexibility with the opportunity to develop skills and knowledge with opportunities for career development?
If you are enthusiastic and have experience in delivering care that helps someone become more independent, therapy or other care and want to make a positive difference to people’s lives in your local community, we want to hear from you!
Main duties of the job
This is an exciting opportunity to be part of Wirral’s Community Integrated Response Team, where you be supporting local people to remain independent in their own homes, helping them regain confidence and independence so they can reach their full potential.
About the Community Integrated Response Team (CIRT)
CIRT is an integrated team of clinical staff and professionals including Nurses Physiotherapists, Occupational Therapists and Social Workers. The team have a strong focus on admission prevention and early supported discharged from Emergency Department and assessment areas. One of the fundamental principles of the Healthcare Assistant Role is to support and encourage our patients to become as independent as possible.
Care is provided to patients within their own homes and your daily tasks will be varied and include supporting people with activities of daily living, personal care, moving and handling, prompting medication, meal preparation and social care and support, working with therapists and social workers to make sure people are achieving their recovery goals.
As our patients need care every day, role holders work over a 7-day shift pattern, 8am – 10pm, Monday – Sunday. A full-time role is 37.5 hours per week, worked over various shift patterns and part time roles are also available.
Working for our organisation
Wirral Community Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust (WCHC) offers:
- Supportive in-depth induction
- Structured training
- Support to complete the NHS Care Certificate
- Opportunities to develop and enhance your skills
- Opportunities to apply for nursing and allied health professional apprenticeships
- Being part of a multi-disciplinary team of health and social care professionals, and development within the wider Wirral’s NHS services.
Valued. Supported. Empowered.
As a valued member of our Trust, your manager will support you with your induction and ongoing learning and development. You will be encouraged to undertake training to assist you to excel in your role with the Trust and ensure you are equipped to reach your full potential in this role.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Our HomeFirst Health Care Assistants assist registered nurses and therapists to implement assessed care needs and helping maintain the patient’s rehabilitation and reablement progress.
HomeFirst Health Care Assistants provide and assist with the care of people within their home environment, working with individuals and their families to ensure a person-centred approach is carried out, which includes the participation in clinical care procedures e.g. recording observations and application of topical cream, as well as helping patients / individuals with personal care tasks including assisting with meals and drink preparation if required.
Their role and the actions they take support admission prevention by responding to incidents of carer breakdown, provide rapid support for individuals to prevent admission to hospital.
Please refer to the job description for more details, or contact Jen Fell, [email protected]
Person specification
Experience & Knowledge
Essential criteria
- Experience of patient care (could be care of a family member or unpaid/voluntary care))
- Experience of working within a team
Desirable criteria
- Experience of Work in the Community
Qualifications & Training
Essential criteria
- NVQ Level III – direct care, social care (or equivalent)
- Knowledge of Infection Control
- Knowledge of Tissue Viability (pressure ulcers, wound care)
- Manual Handling Skills
Personal Qualities
Essential criteria
- Willingness to undertake in-service training and development
- Access to a car for work purposes
Skills and Attributes
Essential criteria
- Good communication skills verbal/written
- Good interpersonal skills
- Good personal organisational skills
- Ability to work unsupervised when required
Desirable criteria
- Basic Computer Skills
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.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Jenn Fell
- Job title
- Service Lead
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 0151 514 2631
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