Home Therapy Dialysis Assistant
5 days ago
**The Berkshire Kidney Unit**: University department of Renal Medicine cares for Adult patients with Renal disease across Berkshire. The Renal home therapy team based at the RBH site provide a variety of services both on site & within the community. We are looking for a Health Care Assistant (HCA) to join our Continuous Ambulatory Peritoneal dialysis (CAPD) team.
This is a unique role for a Health care assistant, they will be required to travel across East & West Berkshire, providing dialysis related care in the patients homes to our Assisted Automated peritoneal dialysis (aAPD) patients. Plus occasionally working within the Renal Home Therapy nursing team back at the RBH performing similar tasks for the wider Peritoneal dialysis patient cohort. An exciting opportunity to work both alone in the community and as part of the wider RBH renal team.
This service is provided 365 days a year, requires rostered weekend working but actual working hours have some degree of flexibility, visits done between 9am-3pm ect. Hours per shift range from 4-6hrs depending on roster.
Community visits involve set up, dismantling & disposal of dialysis machine & associated equipment performing both manual & automated peritoneal dialysis, stock control, clinical observations, liaising with the on-site Nursing renal team & caring for the dialysis device. Duties back at the RBH are similar.
Predominately a lone working role, under the instruction/ guidance of the trained Renal Nursing staff. Care is usually performed in the patient’s own homes, with occasional need to perform the Renal skills in a nursing home or respite establishment depends on where patient is residing.
All appropriate training provided and competency based assessments will need to be completed, plus a period of supervised practice before any lone working can take place. Previous caring experience will be an advantage but not essential.
Please Note this Health care assistant role doesnotinvolve personal care such as washing, dressing or feeding the patient.
The CQC recently rated the care provided by the Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust as Good.
**Our values**: Compassionate, Aspirational, Resourceful, Excellent, reflect the type of Trust we aspire to be and you can join our dedicated and talented staff to make this happen.
RHT as a whole is predominately nurse-led, Mon-Fri service, that provides education, care & support to patients in their own homes during the decline of their renal function, while on PD, post kidney Transplantation or collaboratively with the GPs trying to prevent or slow renal disease. The HT nursing team work very autonomously but in collaboration with the wider Multi-disciplinary team and Renal Consultants.
Perform PD or APD predominately in the patients homes. Set up, dismantling & disposal of dialysis machine & associated equipment, stock control, clinical observations, liaising with the on-site Nursing renal team & caring for the dialysis device. Duties back at the RBH are similar.
- motivated & confident in lone working plus having the ability to work within a team back on the RBH site.
As a lone worker they must uphold the trust care values.
Liaising with trained nursing staff back at base over the phone.
Basic IT skills essential.
- cultured patient cohort who often have multiple disease processes.
**Qualities**: hard working, good time keeper, caring, vigilant, orderly
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