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RRIC Community Healthcare Assistant

Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust
This job is closed to applications

Location
Salary
£24,625 - £25,674 per annum pro rata
Profession
Healthcare support worker
Grade
Band 3
Deadline
08 Jul 2025
Contract Type
Permanent
Posted Date
24 Jun 2025

Job overview

Do you have a friendly 'can do' approach to life, and experience working as part of a health or social care team ?

We are looking for you to work as as part of the Aylesbury  Rapid Response & Intermediate Care  team supporting patients in their own homes , providing  personal  , social and rehabilitative care. The overall aims of the Rapid Response & Intermediate Care Team are to  avoid inappropriate admission of patients  into Hospital  and facilitate timely discharge into the community.

The team is committed to ongoing education on the job and development opportunities are available within the organisation. Successful applicants who don't already have a Level 3 Qualification in Health and Social Care will be expected  to  work towards that in post.

Disclaimer: The trust reserves the right to close the vacancy early should we receive sufficient applications and therefore early submission is recommended.

Please note: Previous applicants need not apply.

Main duties of the job

#MissionRRIC

Your main duties include:

  • Providing  general and specific rehabilitation focused care to adults, including personal care, exercise supervision, rehabilitation with domestic tasks and equipment delivery within competencies
  • Being an integral member of the Rapid Response & Intermediate Care (RRIC) team, providing defined delivery of nursing, social and rehabilitative care to patients , working in collaboration with senior staff.
  • Taking  responsibility for designated elements of the patients care  in patients’ own homes.
  • Being responsible for the completion of  delegated non-clinical tasks to support the efficient functioning of the team.

Your main responsibility is to :

  • Improve the care of patients in the community, so patients can remain safely in their own home for as long as possible
  • Have an innovative approach, excellent communication skills and willingness to work with other members of the community teams to ensure high quality service delivery
  • Willingness to further develop your clinical expertise in a range of areasA full UK driving licence and access to a car with Business insurance for work purposes

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

For a comprehensive list of responsibilities and duties, please kindly refer to the Job Description and Person Specification by downloading the JD and PS attachment in the advert.

If you are an internal applicant there is the option for secondment, all applicants must have the endorsement/support of their line manager prior to application.

If you have a disability that makes submitting this online application difficult and would like assistance, please contact us on [email protected] quoting the vacancy reference number.