Healthcare Assistant

3 days ago

Kettering, United Kingdom Northamptonshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust Full time

Healthcare Assistants working within the Community Intermediate Care team have a rewarding and varied job role. They visit patients in their own homes and play a fundamental part in improving the lives of people when they are at their most vulnerable.
We are looking for enthusiastic applicants with experience of working in a health and social care background and multi-disciplinary working. The post holder will provide assessment and rehabilitation to patients in their own homes and ensure patients are referred on for longer term needs.
Rewards and benefits
Free parking on trust sites
Competitive mileage rates
Enterprise carpool scheme
Learning and development support and the trust is committed to developing its staff
Main duties of the job
**As a Healthcare assistant you will**:
Support the team to avoid patients being admitted to hospital by providing short term rehabilitation and support at home
Provide rehabilitation for patients who have become deconditioned being in hospital to ensure they are discharged from hospital in a timely manner
Assess and provide suitable equipment to enable people to live independently
Be accountable for providing quality care to our patients
Utilise technology to enable you to update records as you go
Patients treated by this team are often complex and require a multidisciplinary response to treat and rehabilitate them in their own environment. With a fantastic ethos our dedicated team has a passion for quality care.
Must have skills
You will need to have some experience of working in a healthcare setting, ideally based in the community. You will need to adapt to different scenarios in the community and be able to work with a range of health professionals and informal carers. You will need to be able to drive and have access to a car for work purposes to enable you to fulfil your community role.
You will be part of a dedicated team who have a passion for quality care and should be able to work flexibly with mínimal supervision.
NHFT is an integrated primary care and mental health Trust, providing physical, mental health and specialty services in both hospital settings and out in the community. Because we put the person at the centre of all we do, we focus on delivering care that is as easy to access as possible. This means many of our services can be provided at home, work or in schools. We also provide health services to various prisons and detention centres in Bedfordshire and Cambridgeshire.
For further information on the advertised role, please refer to the job description located under the Supporting Documents heading. The full person specification can be accessed under the ‘About You’ Section of the document.

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