Continence Health Care Assistant - Band 3 Coventry, England
Job description
Welcome to Coventry and Warwickshire Partnership Trust. An exciting opportunity has risen to join the compassionate Community Continence service within the Out of Hospital Service, covering the City of Coventry and surrounding areas. Our service is based at Paybody Building near the city centre. You will be working alongside a highly skilled workforce including a Continence Clinical Nurse Specialist, Continence Sisters, and other experienced Registered Nurses and Health Care Assistants.
We are looking for an highly motivated Health Care assistant who has a passion for caring for patients with bladder, bowel and pelvic floor dysfunction. Our service provides a range of Clinic, video, telephone and home patient contacts. All members of our team actively participate with ongoing service improvement and quality improvement programs.
Please note many Trust interviews take place through Microsoft Teams, this can be downloaded either through the App Store or Google Play for use on your phone/tablet.
Our working hours are usually Monday – Friday between the hours of 0800-1800 on a flexible basis to meet the needs of the service. You may be required to work outside of these hours. Applications for flexible hours will be considered on an individual basis.
Car owner/driver is essential.
Ifyouare a compassionate, dedicated team player who works well with others and is motivated by meaningful, holistic patient care; then please get in touch and help us make a real difference. We are looking for a individual who is organised and able to work autonomously within the community setting.
Please ensure you read the attached Job Description and Person Specification to ensure you meet the essential requirements for this position before submitting your application. This post is subject to a Disclosure and Barring Service Enhanced (DBS) check.
At Coventry and Warwickshire Partnership NHS Trust (CWPT), we deliver a wide range of physical, mental health, learning disability and autism services, and are proud to serve communities across Coventry, Warwickshire and beyond.
We put ‘people at our heart’; this ethos is at the centre of everything we do and how we do it. We care for our staff and colleagues as much as they care for others and offer a wide range of benefits and development opportunities.
These include:
- generous annual leave entitlement which increases during your time with us
- excellent learning and development opportunities, including apprenticeship frameworks, distance learning, internal training, coaching and mentoring, and much more
- salary sacrifice schemes for lease car/ vehicle, Cycle to Work, home and electronics, gym membership and more
- discounts with a range of retailers, restaurants and entertainment venues through our Employee Assistance Programme and NHS discount schemes
- wellbeing support, including an in-house counselling service, external helpline and more
- staff networks and support groups
As a valued team member your development will be supported through a robust induction programme, a value based appraisal, one to one meetings, regular in-service training and clinical and managerial supervision. You will be work out of a multi professional base so there is opportunity for joint working and collaborative learning across a range of Health Professionals who are supporting and delivering high standards of clinical care. Training opportunities are supported by our Clinical Nurse Specialist, Practice Based Facilitators and Talent for Care team and is actively encouraged by Team Leads. Previous community nursing experience desirable but not essential. Our team is part of the Out of hospital service which provides a 7 day service to the city of Coventry.
Car owner/driver is essential.
For more information on this role please see the attached support information. This will give you a better overview of the job role and requirements.
