NHS Band 3 Health Care Assistant In Liverpool: Sponsorship Available

Health Care assistant  Job overview

We have an exciting opportunity to recruit a highly motivated Health Care assistant  to join our  Virtual ward delivery at Liverpool University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust.

This is an exciting position working with two well-established teams of specialist nurses the Heart Failure Team and Community Respiratory to support delivery of the Virtual Ward.

 The Health Care assistant post will include working across acute, community and virtual ward settings. The service will operate 7 days per week and requires flexibility working within an evolving proactive, dynamic and committed multidisciplinary Heart failure and Respiratory Team.

The main aim of the Health Care assistant  role is to support patients  who have been identify  across the two hospitals sites for the Virtual ward, This will include the distribution of Monitoring equipment , education on use and the weekly stock control and ordering of this equipment.

**Please note this vacancy will close once sufficient applications have been received**

Health Care assistant Main duties

The main aim of the role is to support patients  who have been identify  across the two hospitals sites for the Virtual ward, This will include the distribution of Monitoring equipment , education on use and the weekly stock control and ordering of this equipment.

Health Care Assistant main responsibilities

• Work as a member of the multi-disciplinary team.
• Undertake a range of patient interventions within the scope of NVQ level 3 skills for  patients as delegated by team leader or other qualified clinical staff.
• Offer advice to patients and carers on a wide range of health issues to include health  promotion, lifestyle advice and self-care.
• Plan and organise own work schedule once delegated from team leader.
• Undertake basic patient observations.
• Work within existing clinical guidelines, policies and infection control procedures.
• Offer advice and support to patients and families in a wide range of situations.
• Communicate factual and sensitive information within confidentiality guidelines to
  patients, ensuring all information is appropriately documented and reported back to  the team leader.
• Demonstrate own role to new starters and students.
• Ensure safe moving and handling techniques in the delivery of patient care, this can  include the safe use of equipment.
• Communicate information to multi-disciplinary team and other agencies as  appropriate.
• Undertake ordering and receipt of stores.
• Undertake further training to gain skills in other areas.
• Utilise NVQ level 3 skills within identified areas as required by the clinical team. 
• Deliver patient care within essence of care standards and Trust guidelines and  policies. 
• Document care delivered within hand-written or electronic patient records.
• Participate in own PDR with team leader to establish objectives, reporting  arrangements, supervision and ongoing development. 
• Participate in mandatory training events.
• Work with community groups to improve patient participation and involvement.
• The post holder shall as necessary provide cover for and undertake duties of
  absent colleagues.
•  The post holder shall follow all the policies and procedures of the organisation. 

Person specification

Qualifications

Essential criteria

• NVQ Level 3 or equivalent.

Experience

Essential criteria

• Previous health and social care experience or equivalent.

Knowledge

Essential criteria

• Understanding of the principles of Data Protection Act.
• Health and Safety.
• Equality and Diversity.

health care assistant Skills

Essential criteria

• Able to work without direct supervision.
• Able to plan own workload.
• Ability to undertake clinical interventions commensurate with NVQ level 3 skills.
• Able to work as a team member
• Excellent developed oral and written communication skills.
• Able to keep accurate written and electronic contemporaneous records.
• Able to work in a confidential and sensitive manner.
• Able to travel for work purposes.
• Basic computer skills/ECDL or equivalent

Please ensure you check the email account (including junk/spam boxes) from which you apply regularly as we will use this to contact you regarding your application. 

Only those applicants who demonstrate clearly how they meet our person specification will be shortlisted for interview.

We reserve the right to close any vacancies from further applications when we have received a minimum number of applications from which to make a shortlist. Please ensure you apply without delay if you wish to be considered for this role.

Candidates applying for the role of Healthcare Assistant on the staff bank  should note that due to the nature of the role,  workers must be aged 18 or above when commencing in post. Applicants are therefore welcome from those aged over 18 or within 3 months’ of their 18^th birthday.

The Trust is committed to promoting a healthy work-life balance and achieve fair, equitable and consistent practice. We welcome flexible working requests and will consider a variety of flexible working arrangements from day one of your employment. Not all roles are suitable for every flexible working opportunity all of the time. Flexible working options may include reduced hours, compressed hours, fixed shifts, time back in lieu and home working.

The Trust is committed to promoting equality and diversity; we value the contribution of individual talent, skills, knowledge and experience and aim for a workforce demography representative of the local community. We encourage applicants from the following groups that are currently under-represented in our workforce black, Asian and minority ethnic, lesbian, gay, bisexual and Transgender (LGBTQ+), disabled, male and age 16-24.

Trust policy requires that the cost of submitting & processing the successful applicant/s DBS application be recovered via salary deduction following start in post. The amount of £18+£5 (standard disclosure) or £38+£5 (enhanced disclosure) will be deducted from salary, in manageable monthly instalments for up to 3 months following commencement of employment. Bank posts require upfront payment.

From April 2017, Skilled visa applicants and their adult dependant(s) will be required to provide a criminal record certificate from each country they have lived in consecutively for 12 months or more in the past ten years.

Applicants requiring sponsorship may wish to determine the likelihood of obtaining sponsorship for this position by assessing themselves against the criteria on the gov.uk website – https://www.gov.uk/check-uk-visa.

This organisation has a zero-tolerance approach to the abuse of children, young people and vulnerable adults. All staff must ensure they adhere to the organisations safeguarding children and adults’ policy and comply with the Local Safeguarding Children and Adult Board procedures.

Staff should be mindful of their responsibility to safeguard children and adults in any activity performed on behalf of the organisation in line with the requirements of statutory guidance and legislation.

All employees (and volunteers)are expected maintain their safeguarding knowledge and skills by completing mandatory safeguarding training which includes understanding and recognising the signs of abuse and neglect and taking appropriate action.

As an organisation, we have adopted the Merseyside Domestic abuse workplace scheme which supports our staff who are experiencing Domestic Abuse /any forms of sexual violence.

If you have any personal requirements that will enable you to participate in our recruitment process please contact a member of the Recruitment Services by phone on 0151 706 4666 at the earliest opportunity to ensure that measures can be put in place to enable your application for this post.

Please note: new entrants to the NHS will commence on the first pay point of the relevant band.

For agenda for change banded roles; salary payments will reflect the 2023/24 pay scales. The 2024/25 pay scales will be paid in October 2024 including any backpay due. Therefore should the successful applicant start in post prior to October, the salary will initially reflect the 2023/24 pay scales.

 

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