Community Health Care Assistant
Gloucestershire Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust
The closing date is 22 August 2024
| Posting date: | 07 August 2024 |
|---|---|
| Salary: | £22,816.00 to £24,336.00 per year |
| Additional salary information: | £22816.00 – £24336.00 a year |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 22 August 2024 |
| Location: | Stroud, GL5 2HZ |
| Company: | NHS Jobs |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | C9327-24-1053 |
Job summary
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Health Care Assistant to work as part of the Stroud Locality Integrated Community Team (ICT).
The successful Health Care Assistant candidate will be working within the Community Nursing Service delivering a range of clinical care for people within their own homes. The Community Nursing teams form an integral part of the Integrated Community Teams (ICTs) and are key to the exciting and dynamic developments underway to strengthen ICTs in delivering timely, high intensity acute and routine patient centred clinical interventions to support people in their own homes and prevent unnecessary admissions to hospital.
Main duties of the Health Care Assistant job
To work as part of the team, Health Care Assistant will need to have a good general standard of education with at least two years’ work experience in a relevant health or social care setting. NVQ level 3 in a Health or Social Care related subject or equivalent level of knowledge acquired through work experience is also required along with a proven ability to work efficiently and effectively. Good written and oral communication skills are essential as is an ability to work without direct supervision. Additional training and development will be provided within a work-based competency framework.
The Health Care Assistant need to be able to work full time or part time over a shift system which includes early and late shifts across seven day including weekends and bank holidays. A valid UK driving licence is essential.
The qualification, training & experience requirements for the role are underlined in the Job Description/Person Specification.
About us
We have in excess of 5000 staff working over 50 sites, providing a diverse range of services. We strive to support an organisational culture that is welcoming, builds and celebrates inclusivity and diversity and provides a sense of belonging and trust.
The annual NHS Staff Surveygives our people the opportunity to tell us about their experience working at the Trust. For the 2023 survey just over 2800 colleagues gave us their views (58.5%). It was great to see from the results that colleagues are saying that:
- 89.7% believe they are making a positive difference to patients/service users;
- 73.3% would recommend the organisation as a place to work;
- 82.4% agree that care of patients and service users is the organisations priority;
- 76.7% would be happy with the standard of care for a friend or relative
Our results put us as 5th nationally as a Community, Mental Health and Learning Disabilities NHS Employer of Choice and 1st equal amongst all NHS Provider Trusts in the South West. However, we know we have more to do and will continue to drive forward our commitment to making GHC a Great Place to Work.
To apply for this job please visit beta.jobs.nhs.uk.