Community Healthcare Assistant - Basildon
Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust is now one of the largest trusts in the country, serving a population of 1.2 million people comprising acute hospital sites at Broomfield in Chelmsford, Basildon and Southend.
We are a well-led, high-performing and innovative organisation determined to provide the best health care services for our local population and working in the best interests of the people we serve.
Job overview
The Community Health Care Assistant must be able to work automatously and as part of the multi-disciplinary team within the Bridging service to provide a seamless service & high- quality care to patients.
The Community Health Care assistant is expected to undertake care to meet the needs of the patients under the supervision of an appropriate Registered Health Care Professional, working within the Trust’s policies and procedures. To visit patients within their own home in the community, working to care plans, protocols and polices, whilst reflecting individual choice and maximising patients’ independence and quality of life.
It is expected that the Health Care Assistant will continue to develop their own capabilities and knowledge of clinical tasks in line with the Trust’s career pathway.
Main duties of the job- At all times maintain the dignity and respect of patients
- To provide planned advice, support and instruction to patients and where relevant their carers and other professionals, to promote understanding of the aims of their treatment plan / goals and to ensure consistent approach to care
- To provide domiciliary care for patients where they are unable to, encourage patients to reach there optimum.
- Maintain excellent communication with patients, relatives and members of the MDT regarding all aspects of care demonstrating a variety of communications skills in accordance with the client group
- To undertake manual handling and therapeutic handling techniques with patients both single handed and as part of a team
Working for our organisation
With a workforce of approximately 15,000 staff, we can now do more and go further in delivering health services to our local communities.
Our ambition is to deliver excellent local and specialist services, to improve the health and wellbeing of our patients, and provide a vibrant place for staff to develop, innovate and build careers.
Patients will experience improved care as well as fewer delays and cancellations. We are able to provide more once-in-a-lifetime specialist care region-wide. With our new trust size will come more opportunities for development, research, networking and innovation.
We aim to make the most of our skills and experiences so we can become the best we can be. As one organisation we will recruit the finest and retain more specialist staff due to more employment opportunities across our Trust.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
The Mid and South Essex Integrated Care System (ICS) brings together key health, care, community, and voluntary sector organisations from across our area. Our aim is to work together in partnership to join up health and care services, improving our populations health and wellbeing and reducing health inequalities.One such example of this collaborative work is the launch of our HCA Academy, an ICS initiative between Essex Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust (EPUT) and Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust (MSEFT) to support the incoming Health Care assistant (HCA) workforce.
The academy models a ‘one workforce’ cross system approach to the onboarding, induction, education and experience of Healthcare Assistants.
Successful candidates to this role will be able to access the additional support provided by the HCA Academy following their induction with MSEFT. This includes development opportunities, pastoral support, staff rewards and access to HCA exclusive resources such as HCA App.
For further details please refer to the attached job description and personal specification. (Both PDF and Word variations attached)
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria- GCSE English + Maths or Equivalent
- Care Certificate
Eligiability
Essential criteria- UK Driving Licence with use of car
Experience
Essential criteria- Previous HCA/Domicillary Care Experience
- NHS Experience
Communication Skills
Essential criteria- To be able to communicate effectively with a range of people, both verbally and in writing
Please be aware as per the new Immigration guidelines we cannot sponsor candidates with a salary (full time or pro Rata) under the current minimum threshold.