Job summary
Are you an experienced Nursing Assistant that is passionate about keeping patients in the comfort of their own home to avoid hospital admissions? Then this is the role for you.
The Hospital at Home service enables patients to receive safe, effective treatment at home for up to 14 days. They will provide medical assessments at home alongside our GPs, with overall care under a hospital consultant. We receive referrals from community services, NWAS, 111, GPs and ED deflections with a focus on keeping patients safe at home where possible. A confident communicator with strong organisational skills, you will thrive in an MDT environment and will be instrumental in supporting and developing this new service, to ensure a high-quality service for our patients. With a passion for continuous development and service improvement, you will be involved in projects and trust initiatives. You will receive regular supervision, in-service training, and support.
Main duties of the job
In the role as Senior Nursing Assistant, working without direct supervision you will be responsible for delivering clinical care for patients in their own home. With Immediate access to a qualified staff member for advice and direction on care as required.
You will be responsible for your prioritising your own caseload of work and be responsible for tasks delegated from a registered nurse.
Communicating effectively with patients, relatives, carers, and other healthcare practitioners, ensuring any concerns are listened to and relevant actions are taken.
You will always act in a manner, which illustrates respect for privacy, dignity and confidentiality.
A full UK driving licence with access to a vehicle is required for this role as you will be Travelling across the Trafford Community locality.
About us
MFT is England's largest NHS Trust with a turnover of £2.5bn & is on a different scale than most other NHS Trusts. We're creating an exceptional integrated health & social care system for the 1 million patients who rely on our services every year.
Bringing together 10 hospitals & community services from across Manchester, Trafford & beyond, we champion collaborative working & transformation, encouraging our 28,000 workforce to pursue their most ambitious goals. We set standards that other Trusts seek to emulate so you'll benefit from a scale of opportunity that is nothing short of extraordinary.
We've also created a digitally enabled organisation to improve clinical quality, patient & staff experience, operational effectiveness & driving research and innovation through the introduction of Hive; our brand-new Electronic Patient Record system which we've launched in September 2022.
We're proud to be a major academic Research Centre & Education provider, providing you with a robust infrastructure to encourage and facilitate high-quality research programmes. What's more, we're excited to be embarking on our new Green Plan which will set out how MFT continues to play its part in making healthcare more sustainable.At MFT, we create and foster a culture of inclusion and belonging, provide equal opportunities for career development that are fair, open and transparent, protecting your health and wellbeing and shaping the future of our organisation together.
Job description
Job responsibilities
To find out more about the key responsibilities and the specific skills and experience youll need, take a look at the Job Description & Person Specification attachments under the Supporting Documents heading. So that youre even more equipped to make an informed decision to apply to us, youll need to take time to read the Candidate Essentials Guide that sits with the Job Description and Person Specification. This document provides you with details about the Trust, our benefits and outlines how we care for you as you care for others. Most importantly, it also contains critical information youll need to be aware of before you submit an application form.
COVID-19 vaccination remains the best way to protect yourself, your family, your colleagues and of course patients from the virus when working in our healthcare settings. Whilst COVID-19 vaccination is not currently a condition of employment, we do encourage our staff to get vaccinated. If you are unvaccinated, there is helpful advice and information available by searching on the NHS England website where you can also find out more about how to access the vaccination.
Diversity Matters
MFT is committed to promoting equality of opportunity, celebrating and valuing diversity and eliminating any form of unlawful discrimination across our workforce, ensuring our people are truly representative of the communities we serve. All individuals regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex and sexual orientation are encouraged to apply for this post. As an inclusive employer, we are here to support you. If you have any special requirements to help you with your application, email our team at resourcing@mft.nhs.uk.
Were looking forward to hearing from you!
Job description
Job responsibilities
To find out more about the key responsibilities and the specific skills and experience youll need, take a look at the Job Description & Person Specification attachments under the Supporting Documents heading. So that youre even more equipped to make an informed decision to apply to us, youll need to take time to read the Candidate Essentials Guide that sits with the Job Description and Person Specification. This document provides you with details about the Trust, our benefits and outlines how we care for you as you care for others. Most importantly, it also contains critical information youll need to be aware of before you submit an application form.
COVID-19 vaccination remains the best way to protect yourself, your family, your colleagues and of course patients from the virus when working in our healthcare settings. Whilst COVID-19 vaccination is not currently a condition of employment, we do encourage our staff to get vaccinated. If you are unvaccinated, there is helpful advice and information available by searching on the NHS England website where you can also find out more about how to access the vaccination.
Diversity Matters
MFT is committed to promoting equality of opportunity, celebrating and valuing diversity and eliminating any form of unlawful discrimination across our workforce, ensuring our people are truly representative of the communities we serve. All individuals regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex and sexual orientation are encouraged to apply for this post. As an inclusive employer, we are here to support you. If you have any special requirements to help you with your application, email our team at resourcing@mft.nhs.uk.
Were looking forward to hearing from you!
Person Specification
Shortlisting
Essential
- NVQ level 3 or Equivelent Knowledge/Experience
- Nation Care Certificate
- Experience of working in Healthcare
- Knowledge of infection control and safeguarding processes
- Experience of MDT working
- Good communication skills
- Taking and recording vital signs and other clinical skills after appropriate training
Desirable
- Evidence of continuing development
- Experience in supporting quality and improvement audits
- Experience of working in more than one speciality
- Experience of inducting, coaching junior members of staff
Person Specification
Shortlisting
Essential
- NVQ level 3 or Equivelent Knowledge/Experience
- Nation Care Certificate
- Experience of working in Healthcare
- Knowledge of infection control and safeguarding processes
- Experience of MDT working
- Good communication skills
- Taking and recording vital signs and other clinical skills after appropriate training
Desirable
- Evidence of continuing development
- Experience in supporting quality and improvement audits
- Experience of working in more than one speciality
- Experience of inducting, coaching junior members of staff
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.
