Health Care Support Worker

Job overview

This role is offered on a fixed term basis for up to 12 months. Full time and part time hours are available.

An exciting opportunity has arisen for Healthcare Assistants, Band 2 to join our Evening and Overnight District Nursing Team.

We are looking for adaptable, reliable and hardworking individuals to join our great team.

The Evening and Overnight District nursing service (ENDNS) is part of the Integrated Community teams, out of hours community nursing provision.

The role of the health care assistant is to work alongside the registered nurse for the service, visiting community nursing patients, for unplanned priority visits in the out of hours period.

The service currently operates with three twilight teams and two-night teams, to cover priority unscheduled visits to patients from 7pm until 8am.

This role as a healthcare assistant is to work both night shifts (10pm until 8am) and twilight (7pm to 1am)

Job description

The main duties of the role include driving, route planning, organisation of equipment /supplies and being chaperone to the registered nurse.

The healthcare assistant will work alongside the registered nurse to provide support for patients as directed, along with manual handling tasks and personal care.

The role requires long periods of driving, to deliver care to patients in their own homes, throughout the county.

The qualification, training & experience requirements for the role are underlined in the Job Description/Person Specification.

Job responsibilities

This role will provide driving and health care support to the evening and overnight registered nurses.

The post holder will work twilight 7pm to 1am and night shifts 10pm until 8am. This may be flexible if the clinical need occasionally demands this.

Main responsibilities includepreparing the equipment and supplies for the shift and transport these to the pool vehicle.

As a Health Care Assistant you will be responsible for participating and assisting in the delivery of care / services to patients and service users as part of a Mental Health and Social Care Health Service. Health Care Assistant, Social Care Workers and other Healthcare Support Workers employed by the Trust are required to follow the guidance set out in Code of Conduct for Health Care Assistants/ Health Care Support Workers to provide safe and compassionate care of a high standard, and to challenge others who are not. You will receive direct supervision and training to support you in the role.

To manage the stock rotation of overnight supplies using a proforma for guidance.

Checking of equipment and stock levels, checking of service dates of medical devices/equipment and liaise with the team administrator.

Adhere to the Trust policy around driving a Trust vehicle, including visual vehicle checks, refuelling, documentation of mileage and reporting of issues.

Ensure the pool car is equipped for the shift, to include completion of checklist, fuel and equipment in the car.

To support the registered nurse to provide personal care as required for patients in their own homes.Personal care, assistance with cleaning, washing a patient /changing of bedding where asked.

Manual handling of patients nursed in bed/transferring bed to chair /use of slide sheets/hoists/stand aid-directed by the registered nurse.

This role is not eligible for sponsorship as per the Governments UK VISA and Immigration Rules and Regulations. For more information please visithttps://www.gov.uk/browse/visas-immigration/work-visas

To support compliance with UK immigration requirements, all applicants who require a visa to work in the UK must disclose their visa history in full. This includes current and previous sponsors, dates of sponsorship, visa category, and any changes of employment. If you are on a Graduate or Dependant Visa, please disclose the expiry date on your application. Incomplete information may mean we are unable to consider your application

About the organisation

We have a skilled and dedicated workforce of over 5000 colleagues working in a diverse range of services over 55 sites and within people's homes. We strive to enable a welcoming workplace culture that builds and celebrates civility, inclusivity and diversity, while providing a sense of belonging and trust.

Annual staff surveys, regular Pulse surveys and other engagement opportunities provide our people with lots of opportunity to tell us about their experiences of working with us. In the latest staff survey, 61% of colleagues gave us their views. It was great to hear that:

• 72% of colleagues would recommend the Trust as a place to work, ranking us 1st for Provider Trusts in the South West region on this question.
• 76% would recommend the standard of care provided in our services if a friend or relative needed treatment, also ranking us 1st in the South West region.
• 81% said that care of patients and service users is the Trust's priority, compared with an average in comparable NHS Trusts in England of 64%.

This high-level overview shows we are in a healthy position, with higher scores than average for comparable organisations, alongside a great response rate, indicating good staff engagement. However, we also know we have plenty of room for improvement in many areas. To that end, we continue to prioritise and invest in our commitment to genuinely becoming a Great Place to Work with consistent top-quartile performance in the annual staff survey and Pulse surveys.

Person specification

Qualifications

Essential

• Good general standard of education to GCSE/NVQ level 2 or equivalent experience
• Driving Qualification

Desirable

• Advance driving qualification

Length and /or nature of experience

Essential

• Ability to undertake a range of tasks /follow direction
• Ability to work in a caring support role
• Ability to work flexibly to support the needs of the service

Desirable

• Experience of working in a healthcare /social care setting
• Experience of community working
• Experience of driving in a working capacity

Supporting documents

• 327-25-1016_HCA B2.pdf (PDF, 353 KB)