Night Community Health & Social Care Assistant

Job summary

Our Community First Team has opportunities for Night Community Health & Social Care Assistants to join our team in Derby City.

What does the Community First Team do?

We step in to support people who are discharged from acute hospitals who need an urgent community response. You will provide short term/interim support in their homes. Our teams are committed to caring and supporting people at home and work over a seven day rota.

If you would like to talk about what a day in the life of this role is like, please feel free to contact Jonathan Hargadon on 07887832010.

What are the hours?

21.45pm - 7.30am

This includes weekends and bank holidays.

Where would I be working?

Base:Perth House Assessment Hub and people's own homes.

Area Covered:Derby City and surrounding area.

Working in this team means you will need be able to meet the travel requirements of going to people's homes. This will require you have access to a vehicle. DCHS has a mileage policy and car lease scheme available to support our staff.

Main duties of the job

The successful candidate is expected to work and document to a high standard and work in a way that reflects the DCHS values.

To maintain standards, ensuring quality of patient care through the development of a range of knowledge and competencies to support clinicians.

To assist all clinicians in delivering agreed programmes of treatment and care where appropriate and work as an effective member of the wider multi-disciplinary team.

To carry out individual care without direct supervision in the community and to work in the Perth House Assessment Hub at night to support customers with their rehabilitation goals.

To provide support to patients to optimise their health and independence.

About us

The Purpose and Activities of DCHS?

Our purpose is to provide community health services to a patient population of over one million people in Derbyshire and Derby, as part of Joined Up Care Derbyshire.

We employ around 4,200 substantive staff, caring for patients in 11 community hospitals and more than 30 health centres, as well as in clinics, GP practices, schools, care homes and, increasingly, in people's own homes and via virtual consultations.

Benefits include:

• Commitment to flexible working where this is possible
• 27 days annual leave/year plus bank holidays, increasing to 29 days after 5 years & 33 days after 10 years' service
• Yearly appraisal and commitment to ongoing training
• Generous NHS pension scheme
• Good maternity, paternity and adoption benefits
• Incremental pay progression
• Free confidential employee assistance programme 24/7
• Access to our staff networks
• Health and wellbeing opportunities
• Structured learning and development opportunities

As an employer and sponsor licence holder, to be able to provide sponsorship to overseas nationals via the Skilled Workerroute we must ensure that we adhere to the sponsorship requirements set by UK Visa's and Immigration.

After carefully reviewing this role, we do not believe that this position meets the requirements for sponsorship. For details on eligibility criteria for a Skilled Worker visa, please follow this link to the gov.uk websiteSkilled Worker visa: Overview - GOV.UK(www.gov.uk)