| Posting date: | 26 March 2025 |
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| Salary: | £24,071.00 to £25,674.00 per year |
| Additional salary information: | £24071.00 – £25674.00 a year |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 09 April 2025 |
| Location: | Scunthorpe, DN15 7BH |
| Company: | NHS Jobs |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | C9208-25-0249 |
Health Care Assistant Job Summary
Come and join an exciting service as a health care assistant 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.
Please note that evidence of the NVQ qualification will be required on the day of the interview.
Main duties of the job
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.
About us
Northern Lincolnshire and Goole NHS Foundation Trust is part of one of the largest acute and community Group arrangements in the NHS, seeing well over one million patients every year and managing a budget of over £1.3 billion.
Made up of two Trusts – Northern Lincolnshire and Goole NHS Foundation Trust (NLAG) and Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust (HUTH) – our Group has significant ambitions and is committed to delivering world-class hospital and community services for the 1.65 million people we serve.
Together we employ nearly 20,000 staff. Our five main hospital sites are Diana, Princess of Wales Hospital, Scunthorpe General Hospital and Goole and District Hospital, for NLAG and Hull Royal Infirmary and Castle Hill Hospital for HUTH.
As Teaching Hospitals working with the Hull York Medical School, we both lead and contribute to research in many areas – biomedical research, primary care, palliative medicine, cardiovascular and respiratory medicine, vascular surgery, cancer surgery and oncology.
We believe that by developing a diverse, inclusive, innovative, skilled and caring workforce, we can deliver excellent care to our patients and a great future for our employees, our Group and our community.
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