Healthcare Assistant - Stratton-on-the-Fosse, United Kingdom - Cornwall Partnership NHS Foundation Trust

Cornwall Partnership NHS Foundation Trust

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Stratton-on-the-Fosse, United Kingdom

3 weeks ago

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Healthcare Assistant
Stratton Community Hospital
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Band 2/ Band 3:

Main area

Healthcare Assistant

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Grade

Band 2/ Band 3

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Contract

Permanent: Full and part time hours

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Hours

Full time
Part time

37.5 hours per week (Full and part time hours)
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Job ref
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Site

Stratton Community Hospital

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Town

Stratton

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Salary

Per annum / Pro rata

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11/05/2023 23:59Thank you for your interest in joining us at
Cornwall Partnership NHS Foundation Trust.

We pride ourselves in striving to be an employer of choice.

_ Strategic Themes_

_ Great Care_
- _Care based on what matters to people. _
- _Care provided at home or close to home. _
- _Improvement through learning, research and innovation. _
- _Prevention and alternatives to hospital._

_Great Organisation_
- _Buildings that support health and wellbeing. _
- _Technology enabled care. _
- _Care teams are supported by responsive corporate services. _
- _Safe, efficient, effective and productive._

_Great People_
- _A place people love to work and feel valued. _
- _Living our values with staff (all voices count). _
- _Attract, grow and develop talent. _
- _Leaders with compassion, who continuously learn and listen._

_Great Partner_
- _Encourage and enable effective partnerships. _
- _Joined-up community services. _
- _Work with others to maximise workforce opportunities. _
- _Reduce our impact on the environment._
- _At the NHS, we are reminded every day of how important life is. As a flexible working friendly organisation, we want to be sure that you can work in a way that is best for us and for our patients, and for you. Speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement whether that's job share, part time or another flexible pattern. In addition, although the role advertised may have a 'home' office base indicated, we remain committed to supporting flexibility around workplace locations. If it works for the service, we will do our best to make it work for you.

_ The successful applicant will be an NHS employee and may therefore have contact with vulnerable service users. During the COVID-19 pandemic, it has been necessary to take significant steps to protect the health and safety of our staff, service users and those attending our sites. Unless exempt, we encourage and support staff to be vaccinated as this remains the best line of defence against COVID-19._

Job overview:

Successful applicants will be invited to attend an Assessment Centre at Carew House, Bodmin on 19th May 2023. This will be a morning or afternoon to be confirmed.

Cornwall Partnership NHS Foundation Trust are pleased to offer opportunities for experienced Healthcare Assistants and for those looking to start their careers in healthcare as a Care Support Assistant.

We are committed to developing our staff and can offer band 2 or band 3 positions depending on your level of experience.

Join our nursing team for our 17 bedded ward at Stratton Community Hospital.

This role will require the post holder to be committed to the on-going development of the ward and multi disciplinary team working, aiming to deliver the highest standards of patient care to our predominantly elderly patients.

Posts available undertaking a range of Early, Late and Night duties on a rotational basis in order to support 24 hour nursing care, 7 days per week.

Although based at Stratton Community Hospital, a flexible working approach is required to support Launceston Community Hospital as service needs require.

Main duties of the job:

The purpose of the post is:

To assist in the delivery of clinical care, planned and assessed by the Registered Nurses.
To carry out care / other duties under indirect supervision of a Registered Nurse and/or Senior Health Care Assistant
Support care on a daytoday basis for all patients in the clinical area in a manner sensitive to the individual clients needs and wishes, acknowledging their rights and beliefs at all times
Contribute to resource management within the clinical area

Key Dimensions of the post are:

17 bedded Community Hospital
Outpatients Department
Minor Injuries Department
Xray Department
Physiotherapy Department

Working for our organisation:

We're an NHS community and mental health provider Trust based in Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly. We deliver community and hospital-based care to improve people's physical and mental health. We also provide specialist support to people with dementia or a learning disability.

We are a people organisation and people matter to us.

As part of the team, you'll help support the health and wellbeing of the people who live and visit this beautiful part of the UK.

Over 4,000 people make up the Trust. This includes doctors, nurses, therapists, plus admin and support staff.

We work in people's homes, in community clinics and bases. Some staff work from one of