Community Health Practitioner
5 days ago
We are seeking a highly motivated and dedicated Community Assistant Practitioner to join our team at Norfolk Community Health and Care NHS Trust. As a Community Assistant Practitioner, you will play a vital role in providing high-quality care to patients with diabetes in their own homes and in care settings.
Key Responsibilities:- Assess patients with straightforward requirements based on predetermined department protocols.
- Prepare for, carry out and monitor assessments and treatments in specified clinical areas, and discharge in line with predetermined department protocols.
- Apply competency-based treatment techniques/care to patients with specific conditions under the supervision of a qualified practitioner, following a prescribed treatment/care plan.
- Modify and progress intervention / treatment using own clinical reasoning, notifying a qualified practitioner accordingly.
- Prepare for and develop individual/group activities to meet defined intervention needs.
- Monitor patients and promptly alert a qualified practitioner when there are unexpected changes.
- Demonstrate problem solving, and contribute to the solution, working with colleagues.
- Make basic judgements on patients response to prescribed treatment, and report findings to a qualified practitioner.
- Plan and prioritise own visits to delegated patients, and ensure these are documented in personal work diary.
- Ensure patient held records are completed for each visit, and that SystmOne inputting is completed on a daily basis.
- Where there are barriers to understanding, such as hearing impairment, mental capacity impairment and other difficulties in comprehension, explanations require adjustments in order to gain understanding, consent and concordance.
- Be required to use tact and persuasive skills in order to gain the patients co-operation in their treatment/care/management plan.
- Liaise with GPs, Social Services, inpatient teams, other allied health care professionals and the voluntary sector to ensure identified needs are met and care co-ordinated appropriately.
- To participate in multi-disciplinary/multi-agency meetings as appropriate, e.g. Gold Standard Framework.
- Communicate with patients/carers by exchanging factual information, reassurance, tact and empathy.
- Establish and maintain appropriate working relationships with colleagues, patients, carers and other health care professionals.
- Demonstrate dexterity and coordination when undertaking treatment of patients where accuracy is important, e.g. taking blood sugars, venepuncture, supervising transfers, passive exercises.
- Be responsible for ensuring equipment is used safely, following appropriate training, and that it is maintained appropriately.
- Contribute to the requisitioning of supplies and equipment through electronic ordering systems.
- Work predominantly independently on specified tasks, with regular clinical support and supervision by a qualified practitioner.
- Work with qualified practitioners with group work/clinics as required.
- Demonstrate an awareness and understanding of consent, and gain consent as appropriate following department policy.
- Share responsibility for maintaining store cupboards, pool cars, cleaning specialist equipment and general house keeping tasks.
- Share responsibility for indirect patient contact tasks, such as, answering telephones, arranging appointments, processing referrals and inputting activity data.
- Will be exposed to bodily fluids, infected material, blood products on a daily basis, therefore must utilise universal precautions and adhere to infection control policies.
- Demonstrate basic IT and standard keyboard skills.
- NVQ 3 or equivalent knowledge and experience.
- Foundation degree programme or equivalent demonstrable knowledge and skills acquired.
- Experience of working in health setting or social care setting.
- Good general education.
- Able to communicate effectively in written and verbal English Language.
- Must have a full UK driving license and have access to a vehicle.
- Be able to kneel, bend & stoop, and work in cramped environments, manoeuvre limbs of around 5-6kg and manoeuvre patients using handling aids.
- Professional appearance.
- Manoeuvre limbs of around 5-6kg.
- Manoeuvre patients using handling aids.
- Be reliable.
- Ability to manage stressful situations.
- A team player.
- Awareness of own limitations.
- Good organisational skills.
- Open to change and development.
- Knowledge of additional specialist areas through in-house training & short courses.
- Good communication skills.
- Highly motivated.
- Tact & Diplomacy.
- Ability to use own initiative.
- Empathy and sensitivity.
- Able to communicate effectively using the English language in both verbal and written forms.
- Experience of working with people, in the statutory/voluntary/private sector.
- Evidence of ongoing learning.
- Experience of working with people at the End of life.
- Literacy skills.
- Able to identify with the Trust's commitment to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people/vulnerable adults.
- Able to show initiative.
- Able to work alone.
- Assertive.
- Good listening skills.
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