Healthcare Assistant London, England
Job description
We are looking for exceptional Band 3 Health Care Assistant to join us in our West London Community Nursing Day Service. The service is run from8.00am to 4.30pmincluding weekends.You will be working in one of the District Nursing team which covers Kensington and Chelsea and North Westminster area.
You should hold NVQ level 3 in health and social care and have a minimum of 12 months acute or community experience. If you are a motivated team player and want to excel in delivering exceptional holistic healthcare to a diverse patient group in their own home, we want to hear from you.
Previous experience of working in the NHS is essential, community experience is desirable but training will be given. Car driving is not required as we walk to visit our patients.
As a Health Care assistant, you will be directly involved in facilitating and shaping self-care for patients with long term conditions in order to help keep them as well as possible in their own homes.
We are committed in offering you access to learning and development to ensure your continuous professional development.
- The Health Care Assistant will provide a mixture of general and specific care to a group of patients under the guidance and supervision of a registered nurse or allied health professional. The HCA will work in a variety of settings including community centres, clinics and patient/carers own homes
- The post holder will be expected to become proficient and competent in their area of practice by undertaking competency assessments specific to the area of clinical practice. The HCA will promote optimum independence and individualised client centred care to a delegated caseload
- The post holder will also support the Community Nursing Team to deliver against key performance indicators and maintain quality of the service.
- To contribute to the on-going assessment of a patient by completing the appropriate paperwork for allocated patients, recording and reporting all clinical and behavioural information to the nurse/therapist for action and planning purposes
- To undertake, and report back on delegated clinical activities that have previously been signed competent. Eg: vital signs, routine urinalysis, glucose monitoring, gait/mobility training, falls prevention awareness groups, increasing independence through activities of daily living
- To enable patients/carers to make most effective use of resources within the service by ensuring they receive up-to-date information sheets, responding to any questions constructively
- To pass onto/seek assistance from other colleagues, promptly, any questions that you are unable to resolve
- To liaise and refer patients to the MDT team as appropriate in accordance with local procedures.
- To assist with errands and general duties appropriate to the clinical area as required.
- To prescribe appropriate equipment and educate carers and patients in the safe use of this equipment, after being deemed competent to do so.
- To use clinical judgement and skills to report any untoward changes in carers or client’s health status immediately to the relevant team member, GP, District Nurse or emergency services if appropriate.
- To collect data from patients/carers for recognised outcome measure and document for therapists/nurses to interpret.
- To provide care to patients with challenging behaviour by maintaining a calm safe environment and reporting back to the nurse/therapist as indicated.
- 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 a variety of clinical intervention tasks after achieving appropriate competencies delegated by a nurse/therapist.
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