Home Care Practitioner

Home Care Practitioner - fixed term to cover Maternity Leave hours - 42.50 hours available in total, will consider mixes up to 35.0 hours per week

**All staff are expected to work to the Trust Values**: Kindness - Kindness and compassion cost nothing, yet accomplish a great deal. Respect - We are respective to everyone and are open, honest and fair - respect behaviours. Ambition - We set goals to achieve the best for our patients, teams, organisations and our partners. Collaboration - We are stronger and better working together with and for our patients.

To carry out tasks as delegated by Registered Practitioners, but staff will be working alone and be expected to feedback appropriate information regarding the patient’s condition. To work as part of the Integrated Care Community Team, providing care for patients in the community setting within the patients home with the aim of facilitating early safe discharge from hospital and preventing hospital admissions / readmissions. This will primarily be a role of supporting and enablement, encouraging as much independence and rehabilitation as possible under the guidance of Registered Practitioner. To carry out diagnostic tests as delegated i.e. Phlebotomy and at home ECGS, and others as required for the role. To maintain and review accurate records to ensure continuity of safe care provision.

To work part of a full multidisciplinary team-providing support with rehabilitation and all aspects of personal care with the main aim where possible to aid independence.

To work under the direction of a qualified practitioner

Contribute to the process of gathering assessment information through observation and communication with patients and carers

Support and assist new members of staff in their induction

The post includes working on a shift basis including evenings, weekends, bank holidays and being able to work across the Carlisle Locality area. shifts 07:00/13:00-16:00 /21:00 20:30/07:00

At NCIC, we have an ambition to deliver outstanding hospital and health services to half a million people. Established on 1st October 2019, the Trust is creating a centre of excellence in providing rural and remote healthcare and provides a wide range of community and acute services throughout north Cumbria and beyond. We’re responsible for delivering over 70 services across 15 main locations and we employ more than 6,500 members of staff.

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
- 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.

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.

Important Information
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**Disclosure and Barring Service**:
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**The changes mean that**:

- the multiple conviction rule has been removed, meaning that if an individual has more than one conviction, regardless of offence type or time passed, each conviction will be considered against the remaining rules individually, rather than being automatically disclosed.

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**Standard Check**: £26 + Administration cost of £4.80 = £30.80. Deducted at £9.80 from 1st month salary and £7 deducted from salary over following 3 months.

**Enhanced Check**: £44 + administration cost of £4.80 = £48.80. Deducted at £15.80 from 1st month salary and £11 deducted from salary over following 3 months.

As part of the one of the largest employers in the UK NCIC future employees will have also access to the following benefits.

A lease car may be available for this position; further details will be provided upon appointment if applicable.

27 day holiday scheme rising to 33 after 10 years

Flexible working Scheme

Excellent opportunities for development

Competitive NHS Pension scheme

Access to NHS discounts with retailers and leisure companies

EAP (Employee Assistance Programme) a free, confidential counsel