Out of Hours Healthcare Assistant and Night Sitting

Sirona care & health CIC

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Job summary

We are looking for Health Care Assistants to join us in our night sitting service within the award winning Out of Hours Team in Bristol and South Glos localities to allow more people to leave the acute hospitals and return directly home.

The Out of Hours Service provides a range of urgent care and long-term conditions management health care interventions for service users registered with GPs aligned the Primary Care Networks (PCNs) across BNSSG. The teams provide a full range of nursing and therapy support skills to prevent admission to hospital, to support people to remain safe, well and as independent as possible in their own homes or care homes.

The night support options include waking night sits or drop in visits to support patients in their own home. The service is part of larger service of Integrated Network Teams (INTs) enabling 24 hour, 7 days a week support.

With enhanced pay rates, full NHS Benefits (including salary and pension), no traffic or congestions and working in a fully supported team. What are you waiting for?

Main duties of the job

Work within the Out of Hours service to deliver a full range of health and social care activities, both waking night or drop in visits, acute and long term, supported by a robust competency framework to support adults within their own home and other settings.

You must undertake a range of delegated clinical and therapy led activities to support the patients on the Out of Hours and Night Sitting caseload. Providing safe, patient centred, effective and evidence-based clinical activities in the community setting.

You will provide a waking night sit when required and follow the prescribed aspects of treatment plan and escalate any changes in patient presentation or concerns you have to a more senior member of your team.

You will undertake and complete the appropriate training, supported by a robust competency framework, within the time allocated, in order to carry out the requirements of the role and deliver a competent clinical service.

About us

We are Sirona care & health, a Community Interest Company committed to providing local communities with a range of high-quality specialist health care services across Bristol, North Somerset and South Gloucestershire. For us, its about the personal approach; we take pride in what we do and deliver the high standard of care that we would expect for ourselves and our families.

At Sirona, we continue to build an inclusive culture that encourages, supports, and celebrates the diverse voices of colleagues, service users and communities. We therefore welcome applications from all those who feel they have the skills and attributes we are seeking.

Benefits:

We offer NHS Agenda for Change Salary, Terms and Conditions and an NHS pension scheme plus much more! Please see the benefits leaflet attached to this advert for more details.

Additional Information:

Please note that we reserve the right to close this vacancy early if sufficient applications are received prior to the advertised closing date.

Date posted

25 October 2023

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 3

Salary

£22,816 to £24,336 a year pro rata

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time, Part-time, Flexible working

Reference number

B9083-23-0165c

Job locations

The Withywood Centre

Queens Road

Bristol

BS138QA

Cossham Memorial Hospital

Lodge Road

Bristol

BS151LF

Job description

Job responsibilities

Please refer to the attached job description and person specification for further details about the role.

Job description

Job responsibilities

Please refer to the attached job description and person specification for further details about the role.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

NVQ level 3 in Health & Social Care or equivalent or willingness to work towards

Additional Criteria

Essential

Full driving licence and access to car in work time (with business use car insurance)

Experience

Essential

Experience of direct patient care in a health or social care setting.
Able to work without direct supervision, as agreed within the team, to achieve the objectives of the post
Able to make correct decisions within a set of clear guidelines
Able to prioritise tasks
Excellent communication and interpersonal skills including the ability to use tact and persuasive skills where necessary
Able to use a variety of IT systems e.g. email, EMIS
Ability to practice in a non-discriminatory way when approaching all colleagues and service users
An understanding of team dynamics, including what factors make a team work well and what can go wrong and why.

Desirable

Please confirm you have the right to work in the UK. If you are currently on a visa, please provide further details. Sirona cannot offer sponsorship for this role.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

NVQ level 3 in Health & Social Care or equivalent or willingness to work towards

Additional Criteria

Essential

Full driving licence and access to car in work time (with business use car insurance)

Experience

Essential

Experience of direct patient care in a health or social care setting.
Able to work without direct supervision, as agreed within the team, to achieve the objectives of the post
Able to make correct decisions within a set of clear guidelines
Able to prioritise tasks
Excellent communication and interpersonal skills including the ability to use tact and persuasive skills where necessary
Able to use a variety of IT systems e.g. email, EMIS
Ability to practice in a non-discriminatory way when approaching all colleagues and service users
An understanding of team dynamics, including what factors make a team work well and what can go wrong and why.

Desirable

Please confirm you have the right to work in the UK. If you are currently on a visa, please provide further details. Sirona cannot offer sponsorship for this role.

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.