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Procare Community Services- Bank Community Health Care Assistant

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Job summary

We are seeking Bank Community Health Care Assistants to support an efficient, effective, and quality adult community nursing service in Guildford and Waverley. You will deliver delegated health care activities including venepuncture and wound care predominantly to people in their homes. We have full time, part time and bank hours available Monday to Sunday between 8 am and 8 pm.

Procare offer Agenda for Change Terms and Conditions and NHS Pension. Procare are committed to supporting the development of all employees to their full potential and all employees working within the Procare Community Services adult community nursing service will additionally have access to the staff benefits, learning and development opportunities offered by the Royal Surrey NHS Foundation Trust.

Main duties of the job

The post holder will be required to perform a range of health care assistant activities in the community setting and will work without direct supervision under the direction of a Registered Nurse. This post holder will need to ensure that all relevant policy, protocols, guidelines, and Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) are followed. The post holder will need to have health care assistant skills in basic wound care, venepuncture, catheter care etc and have a level 2 NVQ or equivalent.

About us

The Procare Chief Executive is a Community Nurse and our two medical directors are local GPs, our Nurse Director has considerable community experience, and our Director of Compliance has recently completed Return to Nursing. Our clinically led board ensures that Procare has the experience and knowledge base from which to build sustainable integrated services.

With high quality care, patient safety and a positive patient and carer experience at the centre of our strategy, our aim is to ensure high quality care for our local community, through being a great place to work with a highly skilled and competent workforce.

We are an innovative, ambitious, friendly, and supportive local team and pride ourselves in a clinically led and flat management structure that ensures good visibility of all directors. We are seeking someone with all the right skills and attributes, who is pragmatic, and solution focused and wants be part of our local revolution in Community Nursing Services.

Details

Date posted

26 June 2023

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 3

Salary

£24,008 to £25,553 a year Inclusive of Fringe High Cost Area Supplement Pro Rata

Contract

Bank

Duration

1 years

Working pattern

Full-time, Part-time

Reference number

B0171-23-0014

Job locations

Milford Hospital

Tuesley Lane

Godalming

Surrey

GU7 1UF


Haslemere District Hospital

Church Lane

Haslemere

Surrey

GU27 2BJ


Jarvis Centre

60 Stoughton Road

Guildford

GU1 1LJ


Cranleigh Medical Practice

18 High Street

Cranleigh

Surrey

GU6 8AE


Job description

Job responsibilities

Job Summary:

To deliver care in accordance with national and local priorities, policies, procedures, and guidelines and as delegated by the Registered Nurse within the Night Service.

Job Purpose:

The post holder will be working alongside a Registered Nurse overnight to perform a range of nursing activities in the community setting for patients at home where the health and wellbeing of the individual would be compromised by travel. Activities will include wound care, Catheter care, blood glucose monitoring, assisting with Palliative Care.

Job description

Job responsibilities

Job Summary:

To deliver care in accordance with national and local priorities, policies, procedures, and guidelines and as delegated by the Registered Nurse within the Night Service.

Job Purpose:

The post holder will be working alongside a Registered Nurse overnight to perform a range of nursing activities in the community setting for patients at home where the health and wellbeing of the individual would be compromised by travel. Activities will include wound care, Catheter care, blood glucose monitoring, assisting with Palliative Care.

Person Specification

Experience

Essential

  • Knowledge of community health care practice to include venepuncture, monitoring blood glucose, stoma and catheter care, and wounds.
  • Experience of routine tests and sample.
  • Awareness of Health and Safety and Infection Prevention and Control practices.
  • Wide range of health care assistant experience.
  • Able to use databases and other IT programmes, including MicroSoft Word, Excel, Powerpoint, Emails, Virtual Meeting platforms.
  • Analytical skills to resolve day to day issues such as inaccurate or missing information on request forms.
  • Able to travel to patients homes frequently throughout the day across the locality and across Guildford and Waverley, at times travel across Surrey may be required.

Desirable

  • Experience of working in primary care/Community.

Qualifications

Essential

  • Evidence of a good level of education.
  • Insulin training and competency up to date or willingness to undertake.
  • NVQ Level 3, or equivalent.

Desirable

  • Certificate of competence in adult venepuncture.
  • O Level/GCSE standard English and Mathematics.
Person Specification

Experience

Essential

  • Knowledge of community health care practice to include venepuncture, monitoring blood glucose, stoma and catheter care, and wounds.
  • Experience of routine tests and sample.
  • Awareness of Health and Safety and Infection Prevention and Control practices.
  • Wide range of health care assistant experience.
  • Able to use databases and other IT programmes, including MicroSoft Word, Excel, Powerpoint, Emails, Virtual Meeting platforms.
  • Analytical skills to resolve day to day issues such as inaccurate or missing information on request forms.
  • Able to travel to patients homes frequently throughout the day across the locality and across Guildford and Waverley, at times travel across Surrey may be required.

Desirable

  • Experience of working in primary care/Community.

Qualifications

Essential

  • Evidence of a good level of education.
  • Insulin training and competency up to date or willingness to undertake.
  • NVQ Level 3, or equivalent.

Desirable

  • Certificate of competence in adult venepuncture.
  • O Level/GCSE standard English and Mathematics.

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Employer details

Employer name

Procare Community Services

Address

Milford Hospital

Tuesley Lane

Godalming

Surrey

GU7 1UF


Employer's website

https://www.procarehealth.co.uk (Opens in a new tab)

Employer details

Employer name

Procare Community Services

Address

Milford Hospital

Tuesley Lane

Godalming

Surrey

GU7 1UF


Employer's website

https://www.procarehealth.co.uk (Opens in a new tab)

Employer contact details

For questions about the job, contact:

Head of Community Nursing

Jo Bayliss

j.bayliss@nhs.net

Details

Date posted

26 June 2023

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 3

Salary

£24,008 to £25,553 a year Inclusive of Fringe High Cost Area Supplement Pro Rata

Contract

Bank

Duration

1 years

Working pattern

Full-time, Part-time

Reference number

B0171-23-0014

Job locations

Milford Hospital

Tuesley Lane

Godalming

Surrey

GU7 1UF


Haslemere District Hospital

Church Lane

Haslemere

Surrey

GU27 2BJ


Jarvis Centre

60 Stoughton Road

Guildford

GU1 1LJ


Cranleigh Medical Practice

18 High Street

Cranleigh

Surrey

GU6 8AE


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