Community Healthcare Assistant - North Walsham, United Kingdom - Norfolk Community Health and Care NHS Trust
1 month ago
Description
We are looking for a highly motivated Community Healthcare Assistant to join our community nursing team based in North Walsham 30 hours a week.
Working in the picturesque North Norfolk area our patch covers a wide area delivering care to patients from North Walsham, Cromer.
This is an ideal opportunity for career progression and experience within a community setting.
The job requires someone to deliver high standards of health care to patients within their own homes, care homes, the travelling community and in clinics, by assessing, planning, implementing and evaluating packages of care.
A typical day involves:
- Undertaking basic observations including blood pressure, oxygen saturation, blood glucose monitoring, pulse and respiration rates.
- Supporting administration of insulin for diabetic patients.
- Undertaking basic wound care, including dressing changes and simple wound assessment.
- Provision of basic pressure relieving equipment and pressure ulcer risk assessment and advice.
- Venepuncture
- Simple catheter care
- Ability to organise your day, adopt flexibility to different patient needs and that of the service.
There is clear competency and training programme in place to support you to obtain the skills required for this role.
The service operates between 8.00am - 5.00pm, Monday to Friday, and between 8.00 am and 6.00 pm at weekends week, and you will be required to work shifts between these times.
Achieving 'Outstanding' from CQC is a testament to the forward progressive nature of the Trust and our commitment to delivering high quality care in sometimes challenging environments.
North Norfolk offers beautiful countryside, beaches and many towns and buildings of historic interest, as well as being within close proximity to the city of Norwich which offers many cultural and leisure amenities.
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