Community Advanced Health Care Assistant

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Full time
Location: Scunthorpe
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Job offered by: NHS
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Community Advanced Health Care Assistant

Northern Lincolnshire and Goole NHS Foundation Trust

Come and join an exciting service 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 wherever 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. 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. Job responsibilities

For more detailed information, please read the job description linked below. Person Specification

Education and Qualifications

Must hold NVQ or NQF equivalent level 3 training in health care and social care Has undertaken some recent study Occupational Experience

Experience of working in a health or social care setting for 6 months Holds a driving license Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions. Employer Name

Northern Lincolnshire and Goole NHS Foundation Trust

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