Healthcare Assistant - Evening & Night Community Nursing Service

Healthcare Assistant - Evening & Night Community Nursing Service

Herefordshire and Worcestershire Health and Care NHS Trust

This role is for a band 3 Health Care Assistant, working as a night sitter from 10pm till 07:00am, with opportunities over 3 and 2 nights per week.

The team is a countywide team which is centrally based in Droitwich. They visit patients in their own home and support them in remaining at home and preventing admission to hospital, also supporting early discharge from hospital.

The post is all worked as unsocial hours hence picking up pay enhancements for all hours worked which makes this post more attractive. More money for less hours!

These working hours offer perfect work-life balance particularly if you have a young family; you will have the daytime to enjoy hobbies and activities but remain in a progressive career.

We pride ourselves in providing outstanding care to patients across Worcestershire. We will provide you with resources to develop and progress a long-term career as well as flexibility, continual professional development, and a wide range of wellbeing and support. If you would like to discuss informally if this is the right role for you, get in touch with the Recruiting Manager which can be found on the top right-hand side of the advert.

Main Duties of the Job

As an HCA with Out of hours as a night sitter, you will be allocated a patient to visit and remain in their home overnight to support with personal care, mobility, toileting needs, and supporting family with palliative/end of life care.

You will work as a lone worker, with the support of the Countywide night nursing team as required.

A full induction programme will be arranged from your start date where you will have the opportunity to work alongside the registered nurses on Nights and gain competencies in patient care that may be required when supporting a patient on a night sit. Once you are deemed competent and ready, you will be assigned patients to attend overnight. There will be regular opportunities for supervision with your assigned supervisor.

The night sitting role is rewarding, in being able to provide a patient and their family individual and holistic care during the night and assisting the patient in remaining in their preferred place of care and preventing admission to hospital.

About Us

At Herefordshire and Worcestershire Health and Care NHS Trust, we are working together to deliver outstanding care. We run community hospitals and community health services across Worcestershire and provide mental health and learning disability services across both Herefordshire and Worcestershire.

Our people (all 4500+ of them) provide services for people of all ages, experiencing both physical and/or mental health conditions from over 100 sites.

We will support you to thrive; offer flexible working options for a great work-life balance, help you fulfil your ambitions, and empower you to make positive changes within your team or service. We value diversity and encourage applications from people of all backgrounds, cultures, and ethnicities.

What We Offer

• 27 days leave plus bank holidays, increasing up to 33 days with long service
• Generous NHS pension and enhanced pay when you work unsocial hours
• Flexible and agile working opportunities
• Great maternity, paternity, and adoption support
• Wide range of supportive staff networks
• Health and wellbeing opportunities

If you would like to know more, please visit our website.

Job Responsibilities

You will be joining the Evening and Night team element of one of our dynamic and supportive Neighbourhood Teams to provide a 24-hour admission avoidance service to the population of South Worcestershire which encompasses both urban and rural areas.

The successful candidate will support nursing staff and deliver independently a high standard of nursing care for patients in their own homes. Ensuring that care provided maintains the individual's privacy and dignity, values diversity, and respects cultural and individual rights and choices.

We are looking for candidates with good communication skills, a flexible approach, and enthusiasm to work within the team. You should be a committed, highly motivated, and forward-thinking individual who is a good team player.

The successful candidate will also assist the team to develop and achieve team and organizational objectives. They will also participate in staff meetings and training & development activities as necessary to ensure their skills and knowledge are up to date.

Due to the nature of the post, the applicant must be able to travel independently and have access to a suitable vehicle for business purposes. Whilst a base will be identified, staff can be asked to work anywhere within the Business Unit or Service if necessary.

For full details of the duties and criteria for the role please refer to the job description and person specification attached.

Person Specification

Skills & Abilities

• Ability to challenge poor behaviour.
• A positive attitude and able to act on feedback.
• Ability to praise and be supportive to others.
• Ability to communicate clearly and effectively in English in both verbal and written formats.
• Ability to use IT confidently and competently in daily work.
• Ability to cope with difficult/emotionally distressing/challenging situations.
• Able to work autonomously and as part of a team.
• Good organisational and time management skills.
• Good observational skills.
• Ability to work without direct supervision and able to use own initiative.

Experience

• Experience of working with older adults in a health/social care setting
• Experience of working in a rehabilitation or general medical setting.
• Experience of medication administration.

Knowledge

• Basic knowledge of physical/mental health conditions.
• A level of understanding of rehabilitation.

Qualifications

• Level 3 qualification (e.g. NVQ 3, A-level) in Care or Level 2 qualification (e.g. NVQ2, GCSE Grade A-C) in Care and will be expected to undertake the relevant Level 3 qualification on appointment to post.
• Will be expected to meet the Care Certificate standards within 12 weeks of commencing employment with the Trust.
• I understand that I will be asked to provide original certificates to verify my qualifications at point of offer.

Additional Criteria

• Confident and empathic approach.
• Willing to undertake further relevant training programmes.
• Willingness to work flexibly to meet the needs of the service.
• Ability to meet the travel requirements of the post.

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.

Herefordshire and Worcestershire Health and Care NHS Trust