Health Care Support Worker - Longleat Ward

This role is shift work, a mix of early, late, long days, and night shifts. Night shifts will form part of your working pattern. Being an inpatient unit, we also work all bank holidays including Christmas & New Year. We are happy to have conversations about flexible working within these parameters.

Does this sound like something that would interest you? Please make contact now to find out more.

For further information, please contact:

• Victoria Jamieson 01985 224707
• Recruitment Advisor: Louise Ledward on 07884 659608

We are happy to answer any questions that you may have.

Please note that if you haven't already done so, you will be required to complete a Care Certificate within 3 months of employment.

Unfortunately, we are unable to offer sponsorship at this time.

Main Responsibilities

• To implement treatment by following care plan.
• To keep the patient at the centre of his or her care, ensuring patient and carer participation in decision making.
• To undertake the daily care and support of delegated patients.
• Deliver treatment/care within a community setting as specified in a written care plan, under the guidance of a registered practitioner.
• Wherever possible to avoid hospital admission and reduce inpatient length of stay to ensure that patient receives the appropriate care in the most appropriate setting.
• Responsibility for the day-to-day care of patients including monitoring.
• Support the taking of medication under the authorisation of the qualified practitioner.
• To have a good knowledge of infection control, to reduce risk of health care acquired infections.
• To enable patients to reach their optimum level of independence.
• Support terminally ill patients and their carers/relatives.
• To communicate with individuals about routine and daily activities, this may include overcoming difficulties (e.g. hearing/language).
• To ensure the needs and wishes of the individual are documented.
• To work within a multi-professional team.
• To undertake specific tasks as delegated.
• To assist registered and junior staff, referring to registered staff when necessary.
• To practice the principles and philosophy of individualised patient care in accordance with policy, procedures, and regulatory body’s guidelines.
• To obtain consent for any treatment undertaken.

The Ideal Candidate

• Good general education.
• NVQ Level 3 in health care – or willingness to achieve.
• Experience of working under distanced supervision.
• Experience of supporting other workers.
• Ability to work as a team member.
• Delivering patient focused care.
• Ability to recognise own limitations.
• Typing/data inputting skills.
• Physical skills to manually handle patients and use appropriate lifting aids.
• Undertake specific nursing/therapy skills.
• Current full driving license and use of a car during working hours.
• Willing to work in other areas of HCRG Care Group as and when required to do so.
• Driven to achieve.
• Self-motivated.
• Good time management.
• Food Hygiene certificate or willingness to undertake.

About The Company

We change lives by transforming health and care.

Established in 2006, we are one of the UK's leading independent providers of community health and care services, working with health and care commissioners and communities to transform services with a focus on experience, efficiency, and improved outcomes. We deliver and transform adult and children community health services, primary care services including urgent care, sexual health, dermatology, and MSK services, as well as adult social care and wellbeing services. Across England, we support communities of many millions and directly help more than half a million people each year - guided by our simple values: we care, we think, we do.

We're committed to equal opportunities and welcome applications from a broad, diverse range of people who want to join our team. We’re a Disability Confident Committed company, so we work to provide facilities, work environment adjustments, and technical solutions to be as inclusive of everyone.

While it doesn’t happen often, sometimes a role is very popular, and we’ll need to close it earlier than the date we’ve shown here. If you’re keen to join our team, we’d love to hear from you so please apply as soon as you can.

As you’d expect, safeguarding and protecting the children, young people, and vulnerable adults that we work with is of the utmost importance, so we have policies and procedures in place to promote safeguarding and safer working practices, and everyone who joins the team is subject to a safer recruitment process, including the disclosure of criminal records and vetting checks.

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