Community Advanced Health Care Assistant Scunthorpe, England
Job description
Come and join an exciting service within North Lincolnshire who support patients when leaving hospital that require short term care and rehabilitation. The service will provide care support and re-enablement for patients and their families across seven days a week.
The team will work in collaboration with the District Nurses, locality coordinators, discharge teams and will closely link with community therapy services to promote functional independence and rehabilitation for short term care and support needs.
The advanced community health care will undertake administration of medication and must have appropriate training to be able to do so. Training will be provided in line with local policy where this is not achieved at application stage.
The role will involve assisting with patient’s personal care and support needs up to 4 visits a day over 7-days a week.
The role will involve caring for patients who have recently been discharged from hospital and are returning home with a change in care and support needs. With compassion, the successful applicant will be expected to nurture independence where ever possible to promote improved quality of life.
The successful applicant will care for the individual physically with respect and promote dignity throughout. The successful applicant will respect the individual’s wishes and secure consent for their activities. The successful applicant must be motivated to provide a high standard of care, adaptable to the individual and family’s needs, and be resourceful when needed.
We’re a large organisation with three hospitals located in Scunthorpe, Grimsby and Goole. We also provide community services in North Lincolnshire. Our 6,500 members of staff care for and support a population of more than 400,000 people.
We encourage all our staff to innovate and adopt ‘best practice’ so we can deliver excellent care to our patients. We ask staff to live our values; kindness, courage and respect.
We are committed to recruiting the best people to work with us. You could be one of them.
To learn more about Northern Lincolnshire and Goole NHS Foundation Trust, and discover the unique benefits on offer to employees, view our latest videos, plus more, please visit our recruitment website at https://joinnlag.co.uk/
Should we receive a high volume of applications for this vacancy, the advert may be closed earlier than stated. To view a full job description and person specification please see attachments on this advert.
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“We are committed to safeguarding the welfare of children/vulnerable adults and expect the same commitment from all staff and volunteers”.
We are committed to creating and maintaining a fair and supportive working environment and culture, where contributions are fully recognised and valued by all and staff feel empowered to carry out their duties to the best of their abilities. As employers we are committed to promoting and protecting the physical and mental health and well-being of all our staff. This underpins our values as set out in the NHS Constitution, supports us to be an Employer of Choice and ultimately enables our employees to support the effective care of our patients.
We strongly value the different perspectives and ideas a diverse workforce brings to deliver better outcomes for our patients. We welcome applications irrespective of people’s age, disability, sex, gender identity and gender expression, race or ethnicity, religion or belief, sexual orientation, or other personal circumstances.
