Job summary
Healthcare Assistant, 34 hours per week, 11PM to 8AM including weekends and bank holidays, Permanent
***Important Sponsorship Information for this post: We are currently unable to offer a certificate of sponsorship for this post***
Are you ready to unlock your potential within a challenging, creative and fast paced work environment? Do you want to escape your current job role and work with the elderly people living in their own home or in a care home, to impact on their lives positively?
Our healthcare team have a real impact on promoting health and well-being to those living in the community. We pride ourselves on using skills and strategies in our District Nursing teams, in the delivery of care for the population of Bexley.
The post holder will deliver quality evidence-based care to clients within their clinical area of work e.g. clients home, residential homes and other clinical environments under agreed Trust policies/guidelines.
The post holder will work under the direction and supervision of the trained Community Nurse and report directly to the Team Leader (District Nurse).
As part of our primary care team, you will enjoy all the benefits of NHS AfC employment (inc. pension) with the opportunity to work within a forward-thinking service, who encourage career and personal development to all staff to increase their clinical and interpersonal skills.
This role is night work, with a working pattern from 11pm to 8am, including weekends and bank holidays.
Main duties of the job
- To undertake patient care delegated by the community staff nurses, where deemed competent to do so by the team leader in line with trust policies.
- Provide clinical care and advise identified patients/clients.
- To be responsible for reporting to the community staff nurses any changes or concerns in the patient/client condition or social circumstances.
- To work independently under supervision in line with trust policies.
- To work flexibly and relieve colleagues/rotate within the Trust as required and requested by the line manager to meet the needs of the service.
About us
Oxleas offers a wide range of NHS healthcare services to people in community and secure environment settings. Our services include community health care such as district nursing and speech and language therapy, care for people with learning disabilities and mental health care such as psychiatry, nursing and therapies. Our multidisciplinary teams look after people of all ages and we work in close partnership with other parts of the NHS, local councils and the voluntary sector and through our new provider collaboratives. Our 4,300 members of staff work in many different settings including hospitals, clinics, prisons, secure hospitals, children's centres, schools and people's homes.We have over 125 sites in a variety of locations in the South of England. In London we operate within the Boroughs of Bexley, Bromley Greenwich and into Kent. We manage hospital sites including Queen Mary's Hospital, Sidcup and Memorial Hospital, Woolwich, as well as the Bracton Centre, our medium secure unit for people with mental health needs. We are the largest NHS provider of prison health services providing healthcare to prisons within Devon, Dorset, Bristol, Wiltshire and Gloucestershire, Kent and South London. We are proud of the care we provide and our people.
Our purpose is to improve lives by providing the best possible care to our patients and their families. This is strengthened by our new values:
- We're Kind
- We're Fair
- We Listen
- We Care
Job description
Job responsibilities
- To record treatment and care carried out in the patient's/client's home on appropriate documentation. Records must always be kept up to date and accurate in accordance with trust policies.
- To report any concerns regarding any aspect of the patient care to the community staff nurse/ team leader in a timely manner.
- To keep a diary for the purpose of planning work and recording all visits, both effective and non-effective.
- To complete and submit expense forms within one week of expected completion date, to complete statistical and any other returns by a given date in accordance with trust policies.
- To be responsible for handing over to the Health Care Professional before going off duty, detailing care provided to patients.
- To work towards maintaining and establishing good relationships with GPs colleagues, patients/clients and carers.
- To assist in the orientation of staff where appropriate.
- To be sympathetic and empathic in their approach to patient centred care.
- To be able to work appropriately with any barriers to communication: older people, physical disabilities and cultural backgrounds.
- To inform line manager of workload pressures that may adversely affect the level and quality of service provided.
- To have the ability to interpret sensitive information and communicate with a sympatric and empathic approach to client centred care.
- Ability to use Information Technology including Microsoft Office, email and the internet.
- To input data on RiO and GP clinical systems in time.
Person Specification
Knowledge
Essential
- NVQ level 3 in Health / social care or equivalent experience.
- Phlebotomy qualification
Experience
Essential
- Community or Hospital experience
Skills/Ability/Knowledge
Essential
- Good verbal and written skills
- Ability to work independently Ability to deliver a range of clinical skills to clients, working to trust protocols
- Good computer and IT skills
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. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
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Employer details
Employer name
Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust
Address
Bexley Night Services
Shooters Hill
Bexley
DA14 6LT
United Kingdom
Employer's website
http://oxleas.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)
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