Healthcare Support Worker - Community Assessment Unit

Job summary

We are looking for a caring and person-centred Healthcare Support Worker to join our Community Assessment Unit in Petersfield/Gosport.

You will be working within the multi-disciplinary Integrated Care Team that delivers community and clinic-based services to a GP Practice population, undertaking nursing tasks within agreed parameters, set out by the registered practitioners.

The job will include home visiting and lone-working without direct supervision and a driving licence and access to a vehicle is required for this role.

The scope of the role will focus on supporting admission avoidance, early supported discharge and promotion of independence and assisting in the effective management of patients with long term conditions and older people with mental health problems.

This post is part time 22.5 hours per week.

At present, the Trust is unable to offer Skilled Worker visa sponsorship for this post. Applicants must have the right to work in the UK at the time of application.

Main duties of the job

Provide a supporting role to registered practitioners in the delivery of nursing care, respecting patients' privacy and dignity at all times

Assist in planning, delivering and evaluating programmes of care prescribed by the registered practitioners

Observe, monitor and record patient activity and health status as appropriate, communicating changes to the registered practitioners

Progress patients' treatment plans within guidelines set by the registered practitioners

Perform a range of clinical nursing skills as directed by the registered practitioners such as skin/pressure area care; vital signs; mouth/eye/nail care; catheter/bladder/stoma care; continence reassessment; bowel care; venepuncture and basic wound care

Monitor the wellbeing of vulnerable older people within current caseload whilst protecting those at risk

Monitor and maintain health, safety and security of self and others in own work

Communicate complex and sensitive information in a supportive and understandable form to patients, carers and other staff including imparting unwelcome news

Motivate and educate patients through effective communication and carry out patient-centred goal planning

Act in accordance with the Trust's record keeping policy

Assist in patients' clerical administration

Monitor equipment for the safety of self and others

Report clinical incidents and accidents to immediate superior as soon as possible

Attend all mandatory and essential training

Participate in regular supervision and appraisals

About us

Hampshire and Isle of Wight Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust provides joined-up mental and physical healthcare for around two million people across our communities. With over 13,000 staff working in the community and local hospitals, we deliver care at every stage of life, helping people live their best and healthiest lives.

Our mental health services include community-based support and early intervention in psychosis (EIP) for both adults and young people, alongside a network of specialist inpatient wards covering forensic, learning disability, eating disorder and older person's care.

We deliver extensive physical health services too, from urgent community response teams helping frail and older patients remain safely at home, to hospitals at home teams providing acute-level care in familiar surroundings. Our neurological services offer rehabilitation and treatment for conditions including Multiple Sclerosis, Parkinson's Disease, Motor Neurone Disease, Head Injury, Cerebral Palsy and Stroke. Across Hampshire, our community hospitals provide inpatient rehabilitation as a step down from acute care, and our dedicated teams also staff Treetops Sexual Assault Referral Centre in Portsmouth, offering expert, compassionate support.

Everything we do is underpinned by our CARE values of compassion, accountability, respect and excellence

Job responsibilities

Further information about the Trust and this role can be found on the Job Description and Person Specification document attached. It is important to us that we ensure our recruitment processes are accessible and inclusive to everyone - if as a potential candidate you are concerned a person specification may prevent or restrict your application for employment as a result of unintentional barriers on the grounds of your sex, race, age, sexual orientation, religion/belief or disability please initially contact the Trust's Recruitment team - detailed in the advert. The Trust will seek to resolve this issue wherever possible.

We are happy to talk Flexible Working - all requests for flexible working options can be discussed as part of the interview process.

Person specification

Qualifications

Essential

• Literate and Numerate
• Relevant experience as a Care Assistant in a health care environment
• Evidence of delivering care delegated from a range of registered professionals, in particular nursing
• Evidence of ability to implement programmes of care for a range of conditions
• NVQ3 in health care related subject or willingness to undertake