Community Healthcare Assistant

NHS; Crewe; On-site; GBP 22,000 - 28,000; Full time

Job description

Mid Cheshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

We are looking for an experienced Band 3 HCA to cover 4 night shifts per week within the District Nursing Out Of Hours Service.

The role includes caring for patients who are approaching the end of life. It involves working on a one-to-one basis, spending a full shift with one patient in their own home.

You will be working without close supervision, and will therefore need to use your own initiative while following the patient's care plan. You must also be passionate about making a difference to people's lives, helping them to live as well as possible and to die with dignity.

As well as being able to work independently, you will possess good time management and organizational skills and be expected to be innovative and flexible to work in other areas if required to meet service needs.

To join our dedicated, caring team, you will need excellent communication skills and emotional strength. We will expect you to have a talent for forging strong empathetic relationships with a variety of people while providing palliative care. We will of course provide excellent ongoing training and support.

Experience of caring for people at the end of life is essential.

Main duties of the job

Your role will include delivering a range of nursing interventions to patients in their own homes. These may include monitoring symptoms, undertaking simple dressing and continence care, and keeping detailed records. You will also help patients to meet their hygiene and dietary needs.

You will be adaptable, reliable, and approachable and will be expected to support your peers, the team leader, and the organization in promoting the Trust's Values and Behaviors.

Please note while your main base will be at Crewe, you will be required to work across the footprint of Central Cheshire Integrated Care Partnership.

Travel is an essential part of this role; please demonstrate on your application form how you would meet this requirement.

About us

Mid Cheshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust provides a full range of local hospital and community services for people across East Cheshire (population 399K) and West Cheshire and Chester boroughs (population 357K).

The Trust provides high quality planned and unplanned/emergency care, cardiac and critical care as well as child health, maternity services, and intermediate care across our sites at Leighton Hospital in Crewe, Victoria Infirmary in Northwich, and Elmhurst Intermediate Care Centre in Winsford. The Trust provides 500 beds and employs over 5,000 members of staff.

An extensive range of community services is provided across 26 medical centres and schools by our community arm, Central Cheshire Integrated Care Partnership, in collaboration with Cheshire and Wirral Partnership NHS FT and the South Cheshire and Vale Royal GP Alliance. With the formation of Integrated Care Systems in July 2022, the Trust became a strategic partner in both Cheshire East and Cheshire West and Chester 'places' and is part of the Cheshire and Merseyside partnership caring for a population of over 2.7 million.

Job description

Job responsibilities

1. Function as an effective member of the multi-disciplinary team.
2. Maintain clear, concise, and legible documentation adhering to prescribed standards and protocols.
3. Use IT systems for relevant tasks e.g., accessing patient records & results, data collections, and inputting data.
4. Obtain consent in accordance with Trust Consent Policy.
5. Report accidents/incidents on clinical incident reporting system of patients or self which occur whilst on duty.
6. Maintain a patient-oriented approach towards care delivery, promoting a rehabilitative and self-care approach.
7. Undertake phlebotomy duties as delegated and overseen by the registered nurse, working within the policies and procedures of the Trust.
8. Undertake clinical tasks as delegated by the Community Nurse team and within the sphere of competency.
9. Assist Community Nursing Team in management of patients with Long Term Conditions and in End of Life.
10. Recognise the need for referral and liaise with other health care and multi-agency workers as necessary.
11. Participate in the induction and orientation programmes for all grades of staff who require community experience as arranged by the Team Leader.
12. Learn and maintain an up-to-date knowledge of the blood tests performed and select the appropriate sample tubes for the analysis requested, ensuring that they are correctly labelled at the time of sampling.
13. Maintain the phlebotomy stocks, keeping them clean and in good order.
14. Follow Trust policy for any needle stick incidents and ensure reported accurately on Ulysses system. Dispose of all syringes, needles, etc. in accordance with health and safety procedures.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• NVQ Level 3 in health care or equivalent experience.

Desirable

• Willingness to undertake NVQ level 3 or equivalent.

Knowledge and Experience

Essential

• Following training, able to work without direct supervision, and able to recognise own limitations.
• Demonstrates the ability to follow guidelines and procedures within agreed boundaries.
• Experience of working in a healthcare environment.

Desirable

• Working within a community setting.

Skills

Essential

• Demonstrates effective written and verbal communication skills.
• Ability to adopt a flexible approach and prioritise workload.
• Able to establish and maintain good relationships with patients, colleagues, and the wider multi-disciplinary team.
• IT literate.

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications.

Employer details

Employer name

Mid Cheshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Leighton Hospital

Middlewich Road

Crewe

CW1 4QJ

Employer's website

https://www.mcht.nhs.uk/