Health Care Assistant

6 months ago

Swinton, United Kingdom Northern Care Alliance NHS Group Full time

Job overview

Do you want to forge a better relationship with your patient and their family?

Do you want to provide holistic care which is focused on your patient within their own home?

Do you want to play a crucial role in an Integrated Primary care team?

If the answer is yes to all of the above and you are highly motivated Band 3 health care support worker with an NVQ level 3, we are looking for you to join our Salford Community District Nursing team at Swinton.

The District Nursing Service provides care to patients and their families in their own homes and in a clinic setting. The teams are based at Lanceburn (inner city Salford), Broughton, Irlam, Swinton, Walkden and Eccles.

Unfortunately, this role does not meet the criteria required to qualify for sponsorship

Main duties of the job

You will work alongside a member of the team with full support of your Team Leader and other members of the team. Your caseload will be varied to your skills and training requirements. It will have a variety of patients with health and social care needs. This can vary from simple and complex patient care to looking after people at the end of their lives who wish to remain at home. You will also develop your competencies as part of the insulin delegation scheme providing diabetic care to the patients on the district nursing caseload. You will work closely with the MDT (Social Workers, GP’s and Allied Health Professionals) to ensure that patient care is appropriately coordinated.

Unfortunately, this role does not meet the criteria required to qualify for sponsorship

Working for our organisation

The Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust (NCA) provides hospital and integrated health and social care services to over one million people living across Greater Manchester. Our 20,000 colleagues care for people in hospital and in the community, working across Bury, Rochdale, Oldham and Salford, to save and improve lives.

As a large NHS trust we are committed to enhancing the health of our local population by delivering consistently high standards of care and working closely with local authorities and key partners. We believe in our power and potential to make a difference and we’re always looking for people who demonstrate our three core values - care, appreciate and inspire - to join our team.

In return, we can offer you a job role with purpose and flexibility. The size and scale of the NCA means we can provide more challenge and opportunities so your career can always be moving in the right direction. By joining us you can also access a competitive benefits package, including, a fantastic annual leave allowance, flexible working opportunities and protected hours for health and wellbeing activities, helping you to achieve more personal downtime and a better work-life balance.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

We respect the value of difference. So, our aim is to employ people representative of the communities we serve. Regardless of age, disability, gender, marital status, trans status, pregnancy and maternity, race, sexual orientation, religion or belief, all are welcome.

We continually review our recruitment processes to ensure they are supporting us achieving an inclusive and representative team.Person specification

**Qualifications**:
Essential criteria
- nvq level 3 or equivalent

Desirable criteria
- Care Certificate

Knowledge, Skills and Experience

Essential criteria
- Good communication skills
- The ability to converse at ease with members of the public and provide advice in accurate spoken English is essential for the post
- Experience of working with members of the public or a desire to work in the Health Service
- Understanding of routine work procedures gained through a short induction period and on the job training
- Basic IT skills

Desirable criteria
- Experience of working within a health or social care environment
- Experience of working within a team
- Good organisational skills
- Commitment to undertaking continuous professional development (CPD)

We understand the importance of balancing work and home life. We are committed to supporting flexible working for our people wherever possible and all our colleagues are given the opportunity to discuss potential for flexible working. Speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement.

The Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust (NCA) serves a diverse population, and each Care Organisation works hard to ensure all services are accessible and fair.

We respect the value of difference. So, our aim is to employ a workforce representative of the communities we serve. Regardless of age, disability, gender, marital status, trans status, pregnancy and maternity, race, sexual orientation, religion or belief, all are welcome.

**Please note that this vacancy may be withdrawn at any time should it be filled via the internal redeployment process.**

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