Senior Care Assistant - Community Harrogate, England
Job description
The postholder will undertake a broad range of Health and Social Care activities, with a specific focus to either keeping people safe and well to avoid unnecessary admission to hospital, or to support people to return home and live independently at home following discharge from hospital.
Primarily you will work with people in their own homes and communities, often as a lone worker.
Candidatesmustbe able to drive in order to fulfil this role.
Please note that visa sponsorship is not available for this role.
All designated tasks would be undertaken in accordance with agreed protocols drawn up by professionals working in the team. You will support people with a broad range of personal care tasks, such as, to wash and dress independently, encourage and motivate them with managing their nutrition and medicines and undertake health or therapeutic observations under the supervision of a Registered Practitioner. The role includes the opportunity to develop clinical competencies such as wound care, catheter care, stoma care and peg feeding assistance, as well as enhanced competencies relating to Physiotherapy or Occupational Therapy, such as supporting the delivery of therapy plans, including Physiotherapy exercises, or assessing people’s equipment needs under the supervision of the relevant Registered Practitioner.
This role will work in partnership with all mainstream health and care services, to ensure the person’s needs are meet in the most efficient and joined up way, and you will advocate for the person so that they only have to tell their story once. You will undertake appropriate risk assessments, and contribute to other professional assessments regarding both health and care needs, liaising with appropriate professionals to share and update relevant health and care records.
The Domiciliary Care Team will provide Domiciliary care to patients at their own home in the community, upon hospital discharge. Some clients will be suitable for re-ablement support and this role will be aligned to this patient group.
At Harrogate and District NHS Foundation Trust we provide ‘outstanding’ care to both our patients and our staff. We support staff through benefits, health and wellbeing initiatives and opportunities for personal and professional development.
- An inclusive and supportive culture – our Trust encourages staff to bring their whole selves to work and active Staff Networks identify areas for improvement.
- Staff Recognition - as well as regular appraisals, we recognise staff with our Making a Difference and Team of the Month Awards plus the Christmas Oscars.
- Employee Support and wellbeing - we have a comprehensive Employee Assistance Programme, counselling service and fast track physiotherapy service for employees.
- Staff Benefits - We have a range of staff benefits and schemes to support staff health, engagement, wellbeing and inclusion.
This will include the following:
- Supporting people to maintain a healthy and safe living environment
- Supporting people to remain well-nourished and hydrated, including assistance in clinical health tasks, such as supporting PEG feeding, Stoma Care, or delivery of agreed speech and language therapy plans
- Support people to maintain their personal appearance and self-esteem, including personal care
- Assisting people to achieve rest and sleep by attending to comfort needs
- Applying a person centred approach in the delivery of routine and fundamental health and care needs, delivering personalised approaches to support interventions
- Safeguard the health and well-being of people in their care, reporting concerns promptly
- Administer medication in accordance with policy, procedures and guidelines
- Encourage access to universal services and mainstream community facilities, including voluntary sector services in their area
- Maximise the person’s ability to manage their own resources and circumstances, enabling them to maintain their independence for as long as possible, including managing risk in a positive manner
- Ensure people manage long term health conditions, seeking advice from professionals as required to support people to live well with long term health conditions
- Contribute to person centred support plans and reviews to achieve both health and social outcomes identified by the recipient of the service
- Undertake continuous monitoring throughout the duration of the service, recording and reporting accurately
- You may assist adults with maintaining their employment by providing support in the workplace and help promote natural supports in the workplace wherever possible
- Provide appropriate personal care in a manner that promotes dignity and independence, assisting adults to maintain their personal hygiene and appearance
- Deliver services to support wound care, monitoring and ordering stock as required, and report issues relating to skin integrity to professionals
- Assess for, and in some circumstances deliver equipment and aids which support people to live independently. Carry out practical tasks e.g. fitting of simple adaptations in peoples
- Have responsibility as case holder where equipment, adaptation or telecare only has been provided following an assessment, or to be an additional assessor for a caseload where other services are also provided, or allocated within the framework established by your line manager
- Identify, fit, and demonstrate less complex equipment, adaptations and telecare to maximise independence.
