Home Care Practitioner

1 week ago


Workington, Cumbria, United Kingdom North Cumbria Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust Full time
1 x 36 hour post available

Working along side the community team with a special interest in palliative care and rehabilitation.


The team delivers care to patients which includes supporting with Activities of Daily Living, including personal care, catheter care, meal provision and support with nutrition and medication.

End of life support and comfort.

Care should be delivered in such a way to promote independence where possible and as part of an ongoing plan to support the patient to remain in their own home.


Care is delivered to ensure patients have a safe and timely discharge from hospital and prevent readmission or admission to hospital.

Where possible to promote independence with service users following the care plans put in place by therapy staff.

Supporting patients at the end of their life to ensure that care needs are met.

To deliver a high quality of personal care to a patient within their own home.

Documenting all visits on EMIS accurately and feeding back any concerns to your team lead/therapy staff.

You will need to have excellent communication skills.


You will be part of a very motivated team -who deliver a high quality of care and rehabilitation to service users within their own home.


The team works 7 days per week, 365 days per year across between 08:00 and 22:00, staff may be expected to change their shifts pattern and work outside these hours with limited notice.


You must be a car driver with access to a car as the post will require you to travel between service users homes.

At NCIC, we have an ambition to deliver outstanding healthcare services to the population of North Cumbria.

The Trust is committed to creating a centre of excellence in providing rural and remote healthcare and provides a wide range of community and acute services throughout our county.

Our 5 key principles demonstrate our belief in the delivery of 'safe, high quality care every time':

  • Being a clinically led organisation
  • Quality and safety at the heart of our Trust
  • A positive patient experience every time
  • A great place to work
  • Managing our money well


As an organisation we are serious about supporting a diverse workforce that reflects our local community and are very much focused on being an inclusive and compassionate place to work.


Across the North East and North Cumbria we are working together to deliver our ambition to be the greenest region in England by 2030.

All staff are expected to support sustainability.


Please see attached job description and person specification for further information regarding the role and the essential and desirable criteria required to be met by applicants.

Relocation assistance may be available for successful applicants moving to the region for certain posts. Please see our Policy for eligible vacancies.


The essential criteria for this role includes the requirement to have a care certificate or the willingness and ability to undertake this.

For further information, please see the additional information link which can be viewed under the "read this before applying" section.

Please ensure that you document evidence of meeting all the essential criteria in the supporting information.

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As part of the one of the largest employers in the UK NCIC future employees will have also access to the following benefits.

A lease car may be available for this position; further details will be provided upon appointment if applicable.

27 day holiday scheme rising to 33 after 10 years

Flexible working Scheme

Excellent opportunities for development

Competitive NHS Pension scheme

Access to NHS discounts with retailers and leisure companies

EAP (Employee Assistance Programme) a free, confidential counselling and information service to assist with personal or work-related prob

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