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Community Healthcare Assistant | Norfolk Community Health and Care NHS Trust
| Dyddiad hysbysebu: | 15 Hydref 2025 |
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| Cyflog: | Heb ei nodi |
| Gwybodaeth ychwanegol am y cyflog: | £24,937 - £26,598 pro rata per annum |
| Oriau: | Rhan Amser |
| Dyddiad cau: | 14 Tachwedd 2025 |
| Lleoliad: | King's Lynn, PE30 5NU |
| Cwmni: | Norfolk Community Health and Care NHS Trust |
| Math o swydd: | Parhaol |
| Cyfeirnod swydd: | 7532378/839-7532378-RB |
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This is an exciting opportunity for a Healthcare Assistant to join the Kings Lynn Primary Care Network; a community team made up of Community Nurses, Therapists and Community Matrons.
The role 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.
Applicants should be good communicators, have obtained some experience of working within a healthcare setting, be caring, compassionate and deliver a high-standard of patient-centred care.
A typical day involves:
1. Undertaking basic observations including blood pressure, oxygen saturation, blood glucose monitoring, pulse and respiration rates.
2. Supporting administration of insulin for diabetic patients.
3. Undertaking basic wound care, including dressing changes and simple wound assessment.
4. Provision of basic pressure relieving equipment and pressure ulcer risk assessment and advice.
5. Venepuncture
6. Simple catheter care
7. Ability to organise your day, adopt flexibility to different patient needs and that of the service.
The ability to work as part of the team and to have a flexible approach to work is essential. 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 - 6.00pm, seven days a week, and you will be required to work shifts between these times.
Apply now to join an organisation that has been awarded an ‘Outstanding’ rating by the Care Quality Commission (CQC), the highest possible rating and the first stand-alone NHS community trust in the country to be awarded the title.
Find out more about working for our organisation here: https://online.flippingbook.com/view/226719057/
Key Areas of Responsibility
• To contribute to the delivery of care packages for patients, for patients with long term conditions, palliative care and rehabilitation needs, to achieve quality of life and independence where possible.
• To work within the integrated team to facilitate early discharge from hospital
• To work within the integrated team to prevent unnecessary admission to hospital
• To work with all health care professionals, and statutory/non statutory agencies to provide a seamless, integrated service to our service users.
Clinical
The post holder will:
• Apply competency based treatment techniques/care to patients with specific conditions under the supervision of a qualified practitioner, following a prescribed treatment.
• Plan and prioritise own visits to delegated patients and ensure these are documented in personal work diary.
• Ensure patient held records are completed for each visit and that SystmOne inputting is completed on a daily basis.
• Make basic judgements on patients response to prescribed treatment/care plans, and report findings to a qualified practitioner.
• Liaise with other healthcare professionals as required.
• Communicate with patients/carers by exchanging factual information, reassurance, tact and empathy.
• Establish and maintain appropriate working relationships with colleagues, patients, carers and other health care professionals.
• Demonstrate dexterity and coordination when undertaking treatment of patients where accuracy is important, e.g. taking blood sugars, venepuncture, supervising, transfers and passive exercises.
• Be responsible for ensuring equipment is used safely, following relevant training and that it is maintained appropriately.
• Contribute to the requisitioning of supplies and equipment through electronic ordering systems.
• Work with qualified practitioners with group work/clinics as required.
• Demonstrate an awareness and understanding of consent and gain consent as appropriate following organisational policies.
• Share responsibility of indirect patient contact tasks such as answering telephones, arranging appointments, processing referrals and inputting activity data.
• Undertake health promotion / education as required, e.g. smoking cessation, falls etc.
• Will be exposed to bodily fluids, infected material, blood products on a daily basis, therefore must utilise universal precautions and adhere to infection control policies.
This advert closes on Sunday 9 Nov 2025
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