Health Care Assistant

at  East London NHS Foundation Trust

Are you an experienced healthcare assistant looking for your next career move?
Do you want to make a difference? Then join our Extended Primary Care Team in Tower Hamlets.
This is an exciting time to be part of our developing and progressive working environment which is dynamic and proactive with a commitment to making a difference for our patient and carers.
The Health Care Assistant will be responsible for providing skilled nursing care to the residents of Tower Hamlets, promoting the health of the population and reducing the effects of ill health and disability and maximising the individuals potential for independence. S/he will work closely with General Practices, Social Services and other statutory and non-statutory services to meet the needs of the local population using public health information to support service development. You will be part of the team who ensures all new admissions to the Community Nursing services have a clinically robust assessment and patient focused care plan.
As well as bringing your clinical expertise, you will be a champion of integrated community care. You will be a strong team player, an excellent communicator who is adaptable, committed, well organised and work well under pressure.
Make that move to change your career direction and join us in Community Health Tower Hamlets.
To work as a member of the Community Health Team, providing rehabilitation, nursing care and to patients in their homes, community care settings and/or in a group setting.
The Community Health Team (CHT) will manage via a single locality/Network caseload all patients along a step up/down model which will incorporate care from a two hour response, short interventions, rehabilitation, through to the management of Long term conditions and end of life care.
The aim of the team is to maximise the independence, health, and well-being of adults in order to enable them to return to independent or supported living in the community wherever possible.
The CHT works with adults in the community who have various needs such as long term neurological conditions, recent surgery, risk of falls, palliative care, wound care needs, reduced physical and functional ability. CHT is a 7 day service operating 8am -8pm.
The team is also supported by the extended primary care team that consist of Physiotherapist, Occupational therapist, Care Navigators, and Admin. The nurses component has the emphasis on working with the senior nurse working with families to promote independent living.
The nursing team has 1 Band 8A, 2 Band 7, 5 Band 6, 2 making up the senior nursing team. They are supported by 6 band 5 nurses and 2 Band 4 SHCA and 4 HCA with nursing skills. This gives good peer support and development to the team of nurses. The integrated team across social services, voluntary sector and health input make up the team to plan the patient focus care plan.
You will support the development, implementation and maintenance of high quality safe and sustainable clinical and operational leadership under the direction of the team leaders and clinical lead.
We will support you by providing opportunities for development to develop you and your career to become our aspiring future leaders.
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