Health Care Assistant

Job overview

Join our dedicated District Nursing Service, where you will have the opportunity to provide compassionate care to patients in their homes and work in the community. We pride ourselves on delivering high-quality, patient-centred care and are seeking a motivated Health Care Assistant to support the District Nursing Service in Sefton.

You will work closely with our District Nurses and wider healthcare teams as a Health Care Assistant.  This role requires you to work independently and as part of a team, ensuring our patients receive the highest standard of care. Your duties will include assisting with a variety of clinical interventions such as clinical observations, wound care and administering medication as directed by an appropriate professional, maintaining accurate records, having the ability to travel across the Sefton borough, and delivering care sensitively and confidentially.

For the successful candidate, we offer a supportive and collaborative working environment, along with ample opportunities for further training and professional development. This is a chance to grow in your career while making a difference in the lives of our patients.

Main duties of the job

Principle 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.

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Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please see attached job description and person specification for the essential job  criteria for full details. If you have any queries please contact the named person by email.