Renal Home Therapy Healthcare Assistant (Part Time 24 hours p/w)

Job overview

Band 3 Renal Home Therapy Healthcare Assistant

This is a part-time post for 24 hours per week.

PLEASE NOTE: You will need to be able to travel to patients - you must therefore be a car driver / owner for this role (area covered M4 corridor Junction 4/5 - 14).

The Berkshire Kidney unit: University department of Renal Medicine cares for patients with Renal disease across Berkshire.

The Renal home therapy team based at the RBH site provide a variety of services both on-site and within the community. We are looking for an HCA to join our Continuous Ambulatory Peritoneal Dialysis (CAPD) team.

A unique role for an HCA - you will be required to travel across East and West Berkshire, providing dialysis related care to patients in their own homes to our Assisted Automated Peritoneal dialysis (AAPD) patients.

Plus occasionally working within the Renal Home Therapy nursing team back at the RBH performing similar tasks for the wider Peritoneal dialysis patient cohort.

An opportunity to work both alone in the community and as part of the wider RBH Renal team.

Main duties of the job

Community visits involve set up, dismantling and disposal of dialysis machine and associated equipment performing both manual automated Peritoneal dialysis, stock control, clinical observations, liaising with on-site nursing renal team and caring for the dialysis device.

Candidates need to be prepared to travel across East and west Berks using your own car - mileage will be reimbursed.

Candidates must be self-motivated and confident in lone working plus have the ability to work within a team back at the RBH.

As a lone worker you must uphold the trust CARE values.

Basic IT skills essential.

No previous experience necessary as training will be provided.

Candidates need to be prepared to work with a diverse multi-cultured patient cohort who often have multiple disease processes.

Duties back at the RBH are similar.

Predominately a lone working role, under the instruction of the trained Renal nursing staff.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

The service provides a 365 days a year, requires rostered weekend working but actual working hours has some degree of flexibility, visits done between the 9-3 pm, e.g. hours per shift 4-6 hr depending on the roster.

The candidate will need to be able to travel to patients ( area covered M4 corridor Junction 4/5 - 14). Community visits involve set up, dismantling and disposal of dialysis machine and associated equipment performing both manual automated Peritoneal dialysis, stock control, clinical observations, liaising with on-site nursing renal team and caring for the dialysis device. Duties back at the RBH are similar.

Predominately a lone working role, under the instruction of the trained Renal nursing staff. Care is usually performed in the patient's own homes, with occasional need to perform the renal skills in nursing home or respite establishments depending on where the patient is residing.

All appropriate training provided and competency based assessments will need to be completed, plus a period of supervised practice before any lone working can take place. Previous caring experience will be an advantage but not essential.

PLEASE NOTE: This healthcare assistant role does NOT involve any personal care such as washing, dressing and feeding.

Applicant requirements

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.