An opportunity has arisen for an experienced Healthcare Assistant to join the Community Nursing Service in Scarborough.
Our Community Nursing Service works across Scarborough & Filey providing personalised, quality care to patients in their own homes including care homes.
This is a 7 day service with a shift pattern which will include late and night shifts.
We invest in our workforce by offering opportunities to our team members to progress their careers through further training and qualifications.
Main duties of the job
Day to day the role includes visiting patients to provide the care required according to the care plan written by a registered nurse, participating in handovers and/or safety huddles, and documenting the care provided. Clinical skills developed and used within the role include:
* Vital observations
* Recognise and escalate issues of concern and/or safety including the deteriorating patient and issues of safeguarding
* Wound care
* End of life care
* Moving & Handling of patients
* Equipment provision & instruction in use
Job responsibilities
For further details with regard to this vacancy, please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification.
Person Specification
Qualifications
* Knowledge of multi-disciplinary working
Knowledge & Experience
* Knowledge of specific role, service & team demonstrated on application
* Experience of caring for someone with a long term condition or at end of life
* Experience of working within a Community Nursing setting
* Experience of using SystmOne
Skills and Competencies
* Able to effectively travel to multiple patient homes and care homes throughout the course of a day including transport of clinical stock required to carry out the treatment
* Sufficient IT skills to learn the systems required for clinical recording, incident reporting and equipment / stock ordering
* Confidence to work out in the community unaccompanied
* Able to work flexible hours to meet service needs including night shifts
* Clinical skills e.g. phlebotomy, bladder & bowel care, wound care, diabetes care, taking vital observations
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.
Contract
Permanent
Working pattern
Full-time, Part-time
Reference number
338-6927007-25
Job locations
Community Services Scarborough
Prospect Road Surgery, 174 Prospect Road
Salary: £24,071 to £25,674 a year (pro rata)
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