Healthcare Assistant | Cambridgeshire and Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust

We are looking for an Integrated Care Worker to join our East and South City Nursing Team

We have an exciting opportunity to onboard a new member to our Cambridge East and South City Nursing team, working with us, you will be fully supported to gain new skills and experience needed to deliver high quality care to patients in their own home or residential setting in and around the area.

We provide a service seven days a week, working closely with other community services and Primary Care Networks to provide high standard holistic care to the population of Cambridgeshire.

You will have the opportunity to develop yourself, with extensive learning and development opportunities.

Please confirm in your application that you meet the specified criteria.

As an Integrated Care worker you will work closely with the nursing team to follow a plan of care in deliver high quality, best practice care to adults with a range of complex health needs within their own homes. We are looking for caring, responsive and diverse people who share our passion to deliver our service.

• Experience of working in the community.
• Experience of working within health or social care.
• Experience of caring for and supporting adults and older people
• Demonstrate a commitment to high quality care & service provision.
• Good communication skills.
• The ability to work flexibly and as part of a team, as well as individually.
• DVLA have a number of reciprocal arrangements with overseas countries, for further information please visit the DVLA website

Cambridgeshire & Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust is a health & social care organisation dedicated to providing high quality care with compassion to improve the health & wellbeing of the people we care for, as well as supporting & empowering them to lead a fulfilling life.

Our clinical teams deliver many NHS services not only via inpatient and primary care setting but also with the community. These services include Children, Adult & Older Peoples mental & physical health, Forensic & Specialist mental health, Learning Disabilities, Primary Care & Liaison psychiatry, Substance misuse, Social care, Research & Development.

To achieve our goal, we look to recruit high calibre candidates that share our vision & values. As an equal opportunities employer, we encourage applications from all sectors of the community, particularly from under-represented groups including disabled people & members of our ethnic minorities & LGBTQ+ communities.

Regrettably, we cannot offer sponsorship for all our job roles. If you apply for a role that we cannot offer sponsorship for, unfortunately, your application form will be rejected from the process.

• To undertake patients prescribed treatment/care plans, i.e., venepuncture, insulin administration and wound care, and report findings to a qualified professional in line with competency 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.
• Work under guidance on specified tasks, taking direction from registered and non-registered staff as appropriate, with regular clinical support and supervision by a qualified practitioner.
• Promote patient independence and self-management Provide and maintain a safe, comfortable and dignified environment for all patients/clients and carers To practice the principles and philosophy of individualised patient care in accordance with Trust Policy, procedures and regulatory body's guidelines.
• To maintain appropriate and timely documentation of each patient contact (ensuring these are recorded on SystmOne within 24hours).
• Plan and prioritise own visits to delegated patients, (and ensure these are documented on SystmOne) .

This advert closes on Monday 17 Mar 2025