Healthcare Support - Acomb, United Kingdom - Nimbuscare Ltd

Nimbuscare Ltd

Verified Company

Acomb, United Kingdom

1 week ago

Posted by:

Tom O´Connor

beBee Recruiter

Description

Salary:
£23,400 per annum core salary
plus enhanced pay for weekend work (pro rata for part time hours)

Tenure:
Permanent

Hours:
Full-time / Part-time / Flexible working

Would you like to join a dynamic and successful team that is dedicated to supporting the health and wellbeing of patients within our community?

If you are looking for a fresh start or seeking a new challenge, this role offers you the ability to develop a broad range of skills and capabilities across a number of disciplines, leading to further career progression.

Our service supports patients to:
- remain independent in their own homes, continuing healthcare assessment, rehabilitation, reablement and recovery.
- remain at home during an acute episode of illness and or injury, preventing unnecessary hospital admissions.
- come home from hospital earlier

You will work closely with a team of nurses and specialist GPs, physiotherapists, occupational therapists, therapy assistants, paramedics, dietician and social prescriber to support patients' individual needs, promoting patient health and wellbeing.

This team is available to you to get support whenever needed.

Main duties of the role

To perform robust independent first visit assessments of patients in their own home but with the overseeing support from a team of nurses and doctors.
To provide care and support as set out as appropriate following a first visit assessment. Tailoring care as is required to the individual.
To maintain written records and other related information as required and report all changes in the patient's condition to the registered nurse on duty or overnight services.
To ensure patient's comfort, safety, and dignity at all times.
To assist and support patient's and carers as appropriate.
To assist patients to meet their basic needs, including prompting and administrating medication as required, diet, maintaining personal hygiene, assessing and using toilet facilities as appropriate.
To respect the privacy and dignity of the patient at all times, keeping to the code of confidentiality.
Planned and

Unplanned Cover:

To contribute to maintaining the levels of service expected of our patients and the Practice in achieving its goals by taking a 'fair' share of covering colleagues planned and unplanned absence.

To effectively, efficiently and appropriately acknowledge, signpost and/or handle queries autonomously as deemed appropriate.
Administrative Record Keeping: Responsible for maintaining accurate records / discharging and archiving patients paperwork. Completing YICT Healthcare Support visit data and ensuring this is inputted correctly.
To perform physical observations on patients using the necessary equipment (BP monitor, blood sugar, pulse oximeter) when it is deemed appropriate or when advised to by a manager or the nurse team. You would be trained on these skills as needed.
To ensure referrals to other agencies are made appropriately.
To ensure any CQC requirements and/or documentation for which the post holder is responsible for is completed timely and accurately. To also ensure any procedures and processes applicable to the role are followed timely and accurately.
To ensure you devote the whole of your time, attention and abilities to your role, our business and its goals.
Such other duties as may reasonably be delegated from time to time.

About you

Experience of working in healthcare preferred, not essential
Background of dealing with a diverse range of people from all walks of life with good caring and communication skills
Hold a Full UK Driving Licence and access to a vehicle.

Dates to bear in mind
Preliminary dates for interviews are week commencing
1st April 2024.

Job Types:
Full-time, Part-time, Permanent

Salary:
£12.00 per hour

Expected hours:
No more than 37.5 per week

Benefits: