RRIC Community Healthcare Assistant

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 Marlow  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  help avoid unnecessary  admissions and  support patients to leave Hospital promptly.

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

Main duties of the job

#MissionRRIC

Your main duties include:

• Providing  personal and rehabilitative  care to adults in their own home environment.
• Being an integral member of the Rapid Response & Intermediate Care (RRIC) team, collaborating with registered Occupational and Physiotherapists to  deliver  rehabilitative ,social and nursing care to patients.
• Taking  responsibility  for delivering  care, equipment , supervising exercises and other delegated tasks  in patients’ own homes.
• Being responsible for the completion of  delegated non-clinical tasks to support the efficient running 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

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

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.