Home Care Practitioner - Cleator Moor, United Kingdom - North Cumbria Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust

North Cumbria Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust

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Cleator Moor, United Kingdom

3 weeks ago

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Home Care Practitioner

Working along side the community team with a special interest in palliative care and rehabilitation

The team delivers care to patients which includes supporting with Activities of Daily Living, including personal care, catheter care, meal provision and support with nutrition.

End of life support and comfort.

Care should be delivered in such a way to promote independence where possible and as part of an ongoing plan to support the patient to remain in their own home.

Care is delivered to ensure patients have a safe and timely discharge from hospital and prevent readmission or admission to hospital.

Home Care Practitioner

Where possible to promote independence

To deliver a high quality of personal care

You will need to have excellent communication skills

You will be part of a very motivated team -who deliver a high quality of care and rehabilitation

The team works 7 days per week, 365 days per year across between 08:00 and 22:00, staff may be expected to change their shifts pattern and work outside these hours with limited notice.

At NCIC, we have an ambition to deliver outstanding hospital and health services to half a million people.

Established on 1st October 2019, the Trust is creating a centre of excellence in providing rural and remote healthcare and provides a wide range of community and acute services throughout north Cumbria and beyond.

We're responsible for delivering over 70 services across 15 main locations and we employ more than 6,500 members of staff.

Our 5 key principles demonstrate our belief in the delivery of 'safe, high quality care every time'.

Being a clinically led organisation
Quality and safety at the heart
A positive patient experience every time
A great place to work
Managing our money well

As an organisation we are serious about supporting a diverse workforce that reflects our local community and are very much focused on being an inclusive and compassionate place to work.

Across the North East and North Cumbria we are working together to deliver our ambition to be the greenest region in England by 2030.

There is an expectation for all staff to support this by familiarising yourself with the Trust's sustainability initiatives such as waste and recycling, going paperless, videoconferencing, sustainable transport and others.

We encourage you to think about what you can do as an individual and within your team to contribute in to embedding carbon reduction into the everyday running of our organisation.

Please see attached Job description and person specification for further information regarding the role and the essential and desirable criteria required to be met by applicants.

Relocation assistance may be available for successful applicants moving to the region for certain posts. Please see ourPolicyfor eligible vacancies?

The essential criteria for this role includes the requirement to have a care certificate or the willingness and ability to undertake this.

For further information, please see the additional information link which can be viewed under the "read this before applying" section.

Please ensure that you document evidence of meeting all the essential criteria in the supporting information.

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Standard Check:
£18 + Administration cost of £3.85 = £21.85. Deducted at £6.85 from 1st month salary and £5 deducted from salary over following 3 months.

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£38 + administration cost of £3.90 = £41.90. Deducted at £11.90 from 1st month salary and £10 deducted from salary over following 3 months.

As part of the one of the largest employers in the UK NCIC future employees will have also access to the following benefits.

A lease car may be available for this position; further details will be provided upon appointment if applicable.

27 day holiday scheme rising to 33 after 10 years

Flexible working Scheme

Excellent opportunities for development

Competitive NHS Pension scheme

Access to NHS discounts with retailers and leisure companies

EAP (Employee Assistance Programme) a free, confidential counselling and information