Clinical Assessment and Treatment Service Health Care Assistant

Job overview

Are you a passionate Health Care Assistant looking to work nights only? Join our Dorset Integrated Urgent Care Service (DIUCS) as part of our supportive Community Night Nursing team!

You will be joining a fantastic team within the Clinical Assessment and Treatment Service to support and assist Community Night Nursing during overnight mobile visits to patients in their own homes.

As a Health Care Assistant, you will be working in pairs with a registered nurse always as part of a supportive and collaborative unit. You will be able to communicate clearly and effectively with patients, families and carers, assisting the registered staff in the assessment of health needs and delivery of care, sharing the driving of the IUCS vehicles across Dorset, working in the community, residential or in healthcare environment. The vehicles are stocked with essential nursing equipment, including catheters, wound dressings, palliative care stock.

We are offering a part-time post of 30 hours per week. The service runs from 20.00 to 08.00. We welcome applications with a minimum of 23 hours per week over 2 nights. Rota patterns can be discussed at interview stage. A full valid UK driving license is essential for the role.

For more information please contact Clinical Assessment and Treatment Service Manager, Rob Milham: [email protected]

Main duties of the job

To assist registered staff in the assessment of health needs, planning, delivery and evaluation of care, for a number of individuals or groups of patients, including clinical risk assessment.

To exercise a reasonable and agreed degree of autonomy and make judgements and decisions in order to satisfy the expectations and demands of the job.

To undertake Clinical work and related tasks as delegated by registered nursing staff, following appropriate training and assessment of competency.

To undertake clinical supervision in line with Trust policy, to further develop competence and clinical practice.

To liaise effectively with all stakeholders in the care process.

Please note visa sponsorship for this role is unfortunately not available. Ensure you hold valid right to work in the UK and will not require sponsorship if successful.

Employment in this post requires an Enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check, which the Trust will cover the cost of.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

For the main duties and responsibilities for this role please read the attached job description and person specification.  When completing your application please ensure your supporting statement reflects the criteria set out in these documents by showing how your experience and skills apply to this post.

We understand that AI can be a useful tool when completing your application. However, we are seeing an increasing over-reliance of AI tools, which can negatively affect your application as it reduces a candidate’s individuality, and makes it difficult for us to gain a clear and authentic understanding of your experience, skills, and in turn your suitability for the role.

All submissions must be truthful and if you do use AI, it should only be used to enhance your application and not create your supporting statement in its entirety. Your supporting statement should be in your own words and must accurately reflect your personal experience and achievements.  Where we have concerns that AI has been used to generate content that misrepresents your experience and suitability for the role, we may withdraw your application.

As part of our vision to have a skilled, diverse and caring workforce, Dorset HealthCare offers support for people getting into work. We offer an employability service to support individuals with application writing, interview skills and other employment support. If you would like or know of anyone who would value this support, please do contact [email protected]t