Health Care Assistant Deal
Job description
The Acute Response Team (ART) provides short term health, rehabilitation and care support to enable service users to remain in the community / home environment. This may include treating acutely unwell people that would otherwise require hospital admission. The service also supports hospital discharges.
Home is nationally evidenced to be the best place to recover and regain independence. Enablement and rehabilitation will be the priority focus with active participation from service users in order to achieve maximum independence.
At KCHFT, we are working with East Kent Hospitals University Trust, who are leading on developing a virtual ward for people with acute respiratory infections, such as a chest infection, or with an underlying condition, like COPD, to be cared for at home.
Patients who agree to be discharged earlier from hospital, will be monitored at home using technology, such as apps, wearables or other medical devices remotely – and supported by a consultant, specialist GP or advanced practitioner. What technology will be used is still being scoped as we co-design the wards with patients and colleagues during the months ahead.
If you are interested in a new challenge and an exciting new change within the ART team and Virtual Ward, then this just may be the job for you.
Health Care Assistants who work in these services require a range of core skills as follows:
- To deliver elements of prescribed packages of care under the guidance and supervision of a Nurse / Therapist / Health Care practitioner
- To contribute to the on-going implementation and evaluation of delegated caseload and reporting all clinical and behavioural outcomes to delegating nurse or therapist to support re- assessments.
- To undertake, and report back on delegated clinical activities that have previously been signed competent. e.g. baseline vital signs, routine urinalysis, glucose monitoring, wound management, falls prevention awareness, equipment provision, increasing independence through activities of daily living.
- To actively work as a member of the multi-professional team to provide high quality care to patients.
- To plan and implement straightforward tasks and work guided by standard operating procedures and protocols and undertake roles/duties as delegated by a nurse/therapist.
- To undertake clinical interventions utilising a variety of modes, including planning and leading group and individual therapy as part of packages of prescribed care after achieving appropriate competencies delegated by a nurse/therapist.
One of the largest community NHS trusts in the UK, KCHFT are rated ‘outstanding’ by the CQC. We’ve got a passion for delivering high standards of care to patients and deliver excellent services to improve the health of our communities. To do this we need outstanding people who share our valuesCompassionateAspirationalResponsiveExcellent
We’re committed to equality, diversity and inclusion, which leads to better patient care and a happier workforce. So, all our colleagues have equal access to career opportunities.
We’ve signed up to be a real UK living wage employer. From September 2022, the minimum salary we’ll pay is £10.90 per hour (excluding apprentices). The real Living Wage is the only UK wage rate voluntarily paid by 7,000+ UK businesses who believe their staff deserve a fair wage. Committing to the real UK Living Wage is one way we’re delivering our pledge to be the best employer
Flexibility is another way we do this. In the NHS, we’re reminded every day how important life is. As a flexible working friendly organisation, we want you to be able to work in a way that is best for us, for our patients and for you. Speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement without having to sacrifice time for personal interests or family commitments. We’ll support you to work flexibly in a way that will suits us both
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