Health Care Assistant

7 months ago

Whitehaven, United Kingdom North Cumbria Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust Full time

Health Care Assistant - 37.5 hours per week

An exciting opportunity has arisen to recruit a motivated and enthusiastic Band 2 Healthcare Assistant to work within the Copeland Unit based at the West Cumberland Hospital. This is a permanent, full-time position.

Copeland ward aims address the challenges of an aging population and increasing demand on health and care services by providing more patient centred hospital care and empowering people to take control of their health and wellbeing. This will require new ways of working to focus on preventing ill health and ensure services are sustainable for the future.

This role requires you to demonstrate the skills and knowledge to support the provision of high quality care, to support patients with complex needs within the community ward setting.

This is an excellent opportunity for someone who is looking to develop their clinical skills and expertise in caring for patients, working closely with health and social care colleagues to promote independence, facilitate hospital discharge which can be complex and promote independence through reablement and management of long-term conditions.

There is also opportunity to work and gain experience working on the Loweswater Suite, which is a specialised 4 bed Palliative care unit integrated within the Copeland Unit.

Please see job description

The shifts are predominantly 12hrs with half hour break included however the Rota is completed based on service need and this may change to support this. Shifts include nights, weekends and bank holidays.

As a Health Care Assistant in a multi-disciplinary team, work with other health and social care professionals to develop the ethos of multi-disciplinary, integrated care and seamless services ensuring that patient care is delivered to the highest possible standard.

As a Health Care Assistant, working under the direction of a registered health care professional, undertake a range of delegated patient nursing and care duties including clinical observations and recording patient information. This will include supporting patients with personal hygiene and activities of daily living.

Working on many occasions unsupervised, assess patients, plan and implement care in the hospital setting, provide advice and education to patients, carers and colleagues, maintain associated records. Carry out nursing procedures.

Flexible working is required to meet the needs of the patients group.

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

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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