NHS Jobs
Job role: Healthcare Assistant
Salary: £24,937.00 to £26,598.00 per year
Company name: NHS Jobs
Job Location: United Kingdom
Job Sector: Healthcare
Job reference: C9270-25-0768
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About the Job:
We are looking for enthusiastic applicants with experience of working in a health and social care background and multi-disciplinary working. The post holder will provide assessment and rehabilitation to patients in their own homes and ensure patients are referred on for longer term needs.
Rewards and benefits:
- Free parking on trust sites
- Competitive mileage rates
- Enterprise carpool scheme
- Learning and development support and the trust is committed to developing its staff
Main duties of the job:
As a Healthcare assistant you will:
- Support the team to avoid patients being admitted to hospital by providing short term rehabilitation and support at home
- Provide rehabilitation for patients who have become deconditioned being in hospital to ensure they are discharged from hospital in a timely manner
- Assess and provide suitable equipment to enable people to live independently
- Be accountable for providing quality care to our patients
- Utilise technology to enable you to update records as you go
Patients treated by this team are often complex and require a multidisciplinary response to treat and rehabilitate them in their own environment. With a fantastic ethos, our dedicated team has a passion for quality care.
Must have skills:
- You will need to have some experience of working in a healthcare setting, ideally based in the community.
- You will need to adapt to different scenarios in the community and be able to work with a range of health professionals and informal carers.
- You will need to be able to drive and have access to a car for work purposes to enable you to fulfil your community role.
- You will be part of a dedicated team who have a passion for quality care and should be able to work flexibly with minimal supervision.
To apply for this job please visit beta.jobs.nhs.uk.
