Community Nursing Auxiliary / Community Health Care Assistant

Wirral Community Health & Care NHS Foundation Trust's common purpose:

We will support you and your community to live well.

Our values:

Supportive and caring, listening to others.

Communicating openly, honestly and sharing ideas.

Trusted to deliver, feeling valued and safe.

We strive to continue developing and improving our services by working with and listening to our populations, partners, commissioners and staff.

WCHC offers you a great opportunity to be a part of a talented, passionate and committed team delivering excellent community based services across Cheshire and Merseyside.

We are proud to support our Armed Forces Community as a Veteran Aware NHS Trust and are pleased to share that we recently achieved Bronze Award accreditation, in the Defence Employer Recognition Scheme. We support the armed forces as an employer; recognising the experiences and skills ex-military personnel have gained through their service.

Job overview

We are looking to recruit a Community Nursing Auxiliary for Liscard Community Nursing Team based at Victoria Central Health Centre. Whilst community experience would be an advantage we are keen to recruit those who have relevant transferable skills who are enthusiastic to develop their career in the community setting.

You will be required to work predominantly day shifts on a flexible rota, including weekends and Bank Holidays; however you may be required to work shifts across the 24 hour period depending on service needs. Access to a car for work purposes is essential.

Main duties of the job

The posts require good communication and interpersonal skills and the ability to be adaptable, reliable and approachable. You will have a sound knowledge of recent changes within the NHS and current professional issues. You will be working in a lone capacity under the direction of a Team Leader and in conjunction with other team members, ensuring clinical standards are maintained using evidence based practice.

You will have a good knowledge of the components of Clinical Governance, Best Practice, Risk Management, Clinical Audit and relevant Professional Codes. You will be flexible, adaptable and reliable and be able to evidence excellent clinical skills.

Working for our organisation

Working for Wirral Community Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust offers you a great opportunity to be a part of a talented, passionate and committed team delivering excellent community based healthcare services throughout Cheshire and Merseyside.

Our services support people of all ages, from birth through to end of life – providing care in the community to help prevent ill health and reduce unnecessary hospital admissions.

We have a wide range of roles in our organisation including Nurses, GPs, Allied Health Professionals, Dental, Management, Health Informatics as well as the wider healthcare team supporting effective delivery of patient facing services.

Whatever your role, you will play a valuable part in our services.

In addition to being an exceptionally rewarding environment to work in, there are a number of other benefits, including:

• Flexible working options
• At least 27 days holiday per year plus bank holidays (based on the standard working week 37.5 hours)
• Staff benefits including NHS Pension, childcare vouchers, a salary sacrifice car scheme, additional annual leave purchase scheme, trade union membership and a range of ambassadorial engagement roles
• Annual appraisals, personal development plans and a wide range of supported apprenticeships to support career aspirations
• Strongly developed Wellbeing support, including access to a confidential support service 24/7 for personal advice

Wirral also has two of Britain’s most famous rivers, the Mersey and the Dee, running along its Eastern and Western coastline.

The cities of Liverpool, Chester and Manchester as well as North Wales are easy to reach with various transport links including motorway, train, bus or ferry. National parks, the Peak District and Lake District are also easily accessible.

Excellent housing is available in nearby suburbs and there are a variety of schools to choose from. The University of Liverpool, Liverpool John Moores University and the University of Chester are also within short travelling distance

Visit our website wchc.nhs.uk for more information about who we are and what we do.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

For full details of the requirements of the role and the type of knowledge and skills the successful candidate will need to demonstrate, please see the attached job description and person specification.

Person specification

Quals & professional

• NVQ Level III – direct care, social care (or equivalent)
• Manual Handling Skills
• Knowledge of Infection Control
• Knowledge of Tissue Viability

Experience and Knowledge

• Experience of patient care
• Experience of working within a team

• Experience of working within the Community

Skills and attributes

• Good communication skills verbal/written
• Ability to work unsupervised when required
• Good interpersonal skills
• Good personal organisational skills

• Basic computer skills

Personal qualities

• Willingness to undertake in-service training and development
• Access to a car for work purposes

Important Information

By applying for this post you are agreeing to Wirral Community Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust transferring the information contained in this application to its preferred applicant management system. If you are appointed to a post information will also be transferred into the national NHS Electronic Staff Record system.

For further information explaining how we use your information in line with GDPR please see our ‘Guidance for applicants’ document under the section 'Additional documentation'.

We are committed to having a team that is made up of diverse skills, experiences and abilities. We actively encourage BAME, LGBTQ+ and disabled applicants and value the positive impact that difference has on our teams. We are committed to equality and diversity within our workforce and are keen to support reasonable adjustments to support our new and existing staff.

We are proud to support our Armed Forces Community as a Veteran Aware NHS Trust and are pleased to share that we recently achieved Bronze Award accreditation, in the Defence Employer Recognition Scheme. We support the armed forces as an employer; recognising the experiences and skills ex-military personnel have gained through their service.

Further Information:

Closing Dates: Candidates are advised to apply early. The Trust reserves the right to close a vacancy prior to the closing date if a high number of applications are received.

Reference Information: Please ensure your application is submitted with referees who can verify your employment/ education history over the last three years and include valid business email addresses for them. The Trust will not accept personal references from friends or family.

Salary Expectations: The Trust pays staff in line with national NHS Terms and Conditions. Relevant experience may be considered when salary offers are made. For all part-time positions, salaries are pro-rata.

Restricted Applications: Staff on the Trust's Redeployment Register will be given priority access to vacancies at their substantive band.

Flexible Working: Flexible working is very important to the Trust in both the provision of this to staff and also in staff supporting the provision of our services.

• applied for a Graduate visa
• or you will have successfully completed your course and have applied for a Graduate visa before the anticipated start date of your employment.

Wirral Community Health & Care NHS Foundation Trust is committed to discharging its statutory duty to safeguard and promote the welfare of children, young people and adults and will support staff to fulfil this duty.