| Posting date: | 29 April 2025 |
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| Salary: | £24,625.00 to £25,674.00 per year |
| Additional salary information: | £24625.00 – £25674.00 a year |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 12 May 2025 |
| Location: | Romford, RM3 9SU |
| Company: | NHS Jobs |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | C9395-25-0600 |
Health Care Assistant Job summary
Are you a health care assistant?. Do you want to be part of an innovative, dynamic organisation that is committed to delivering the best care by the best people?
We are looking to appoint people who are as passionate about high quality care as we are.
NELFT provides award winning community and mental healthcare for over 2 million people. We work to ensure our patients, their friends and family, feel confident that their health needs are well met. With an excellent reputation for research and development, our skilled health professionals are at the cutting edge of evidence-based innovation, opening the possibilities for better ways of working and delivery of care.
Health Care Assistant Main Duties
We are committed to the delivering the best care for our patients. The successful candidate will share this commitment and demonstrate our Trust values.
We are committed to continuous learning to improve patient outcomes, so this means that we are also committed to the professional development of our workforce. We want to ensure you have the opportunity to grow and progress within NELFT, so take the first step on this journey by joining us now.
Health Care Assistant will assist in the provision of holistic health care, across Community Nursing, as delegated within their own level of agreed competency, to patients, families/carers in their own home setting.Ideal candidates will possess an NVQ Level 3 in Health and Social Care.
As a member of our community multi-disciplinary team, you will work within a primary care network team alongside District Nurses, Specialist Nurses, Therapists and Health Care Assistant’s to meet the needs of complex community delivered patient care supporting early discharge and avoiding admissions to the acute sector. A full UK driving licence and access to a car for work purposes is essential.
About us
Starting with NELFT
NELFT place great importance on new starters being properly welcomed and inducted into the Trust. All new starters will join the Trust on the first Monday of each month and undertake a comprehensive induction of up to two weeks, including mandatory training, systems training and the allocation of equipment. As part of the process new starters will have the opportunity to also meet the executive team, senior managers and attend a number of drop in sessions focussing in engagement, health and wellbeing and key processes. The induction will be held at our head office in Rainham, Essex.
Probationary Period
This post will be subject to a probationary period. Internal applicants are exempt from the probationary period (unless you are an internal applicant currently part way through a probationary period or currently a bank member of staff).
High Cost Area Supplement – Outer London
This post also attracts payment for High Cost Area Supplement of 15% of the basic salary (with a minimum of £4,551 to a maximum of £5,735p.a. pro rata for part time).
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