Job overview

We have an opportunity to recruit a Health Care Assistant (HCA) into our community nursing teams. This is full time and part time of 30hrs per week.

The community nursing team provides nursing care to patients in their homes who require our services.

The ideal candidate will already be working within a Healthcare Assistant role with experience of working on a ward or in an Intermediate care service.

You will be required to be hard working, motivated and have excellent communication skills.

You will be able to demonstrate that you use your initiative and have a keen interest in working with this group of patients.

Access to a vehicle for travel to and from patients homes is necessary when on duty. Mileage is claimable via the Trust expenses system.

We have a variety of shifts throughout the 7 day service that you maybe required to work alongside the occasional night shift. 

Visits to the team pre interview are welcomed.

Main duties of the job

• Undertake clinical procedures, as delegated by senior staff, such as wound care, wound assessments, pressure area care, venepuncture including capillary INRs, catheter care and observations, for which he/she is accountable for.
• Additionally you will be given training for all nursing care tasks delegated by the senior nurse.
• Provide clinical support / personal support for patients with complex needs, under the direction of senior staff.
• Advise carers and/or patients how to manage care in between visits, and promote health education on an individual basis as directed by senior staff.
• To keep up to date with statutory and mandatory training requirements.
• Offer a holistic service to patients and their families, developing where appropriate an on-going plan of care/support, with an emphasis on prevention and self-care.
• Provide safe, evidence-based, cost-effective, individualised patient care.
• Work with the multi-disciplinary team/ICT, to promote integrated and seamless pathways of care.
• Contribute to the ICT achieving its quality targets to sustain the high standards of patient care and service delivery.
• Help develop and set up new patient services and participate in initiatives to improve existing patient services.

Working for our organisation

Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust is committed to being an inclusive and disability confident employer and has been awarded the Gold for the Armed Forces Employment Recognition Scheme. We provide first class development opportunities for all staff and have a wide range of professional, management and leadership, and clinical skills training available. 

Here at Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust, we know how important it is to have a healthy work life balance; this benefits not only individuals but the patients we care for too.

We encourage applications from people who wish to work on a flexible basis, recognising that flexibility may mean a range of different working patterns and hours, we do our utmost to work with our staff to meet their needs and the needs of our service and its users.

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