Health Care Assistant - Birkenhead, United Kingdom - Wirral Community Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust

Wirral Community Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust

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Birkenhead, United Kingdom

2 weeks ago

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Tom O´Connor

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Health Care Assistant - Community Integrated Response Team/Home First

Do you want to help people in your local community regain their independence following accident or illness, and to be able to get the most from life?

Do you want to be part of a dynamic NHS team where no two days are the same, but every day brings rewards in terms of job satisfaction and team working?

Do you want flexibility with the opportunity to develop skills and knowledge with opportunities for career development?

If you are enthusiastic and have experience in delivering care that helps someone become more independent, therapy or other care and want to make a positive difference to people's lives in your local community, we want to hear from you

This is an exciting opportunity to be part of Wirral's Community Integrated Response Team, where you be supporting local people to remain independent in their own homes, helping them regain confidence and independence so they can reach their full potential.

About the Community Integrated Response Team (CIRT)

CIRT is an integrated team of clinical staff and professionals including Nurses Physiotherapists, Occupational Therapists and Social Workers. The team have a strong focus on admission prevention and early supported discharged from Emergency Department and assessment areas.

One of the fundamental principles of the Healthcare Assistant Role is to support and encourage our patients to become as independent as possible.

Care is provided to patients within their own homes and your daily tasks will be varied and include supporting people with activities of daily living, personal care, moving and handling, prompting medication, meal preparation and social care and support, working with therapists and social workers to make sure people are achieving their recovery goals.

As our patients need care every day, role holders work over a 7-day shift pattern, 8am - 10pm, Monday - Sunday.

A full-time role is 37.5 hours per week, worked over various shift patterns and part time roles are also available.

Wirral Community Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust (WCHC) offers:
Supportive in-depth induction

Structured training

Support to complete the NHS Care Certificate

Opportunities to develop and enhance your skills

Being part of a multi-disciplinary team of health and social care professionals, and development within the wider Wirral's NHS services.

Valued. Supported. Empowered.

As a valued member of our Trust, your manager will support you with your induction and ongoing learning and development.

You will be encouraged to undertake training to assist you to excel in your role with the Trust and ensure you are equipped to reach your full potential in this role.

Our HomeFirst Health Care Assistants assist registered nurses and therapists to implement assessed care needs and helping maintain the patient's rehabilitation and reablement progress.

Their role and the actions they take support admission prevention by responding to incidents of carer breakdown, provide rapid support for individuals to prevent admission to hospital.