HEALTH CARE ASSISTANT - LUTON COMMUNITY

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Health Care Assistant - Luton Community

Band: 3

Salary: £20,330 - £21,777

Hours: 37.5hrs per week

Contract: Permanent

Base: The Poynt, Luton

The Community Nursing Service in Luton is offering a fantastic opportunity for a highly motivated and enthusiastic Community Health Care Assistant to join our service. The successful candidate must be able to demonstrate a passion for supporting adults with a wide range of health care needs.

Working in the community requires specialist knowledge and skills, which we will help you to develop. We believe in working together across specialities, trusts and sectors to achieve the best patient outcomes.

Previous experience as a Health Care Assistant is essential.

Our Community Nursing teams provide care to patients in the privacy of their own home. Our aim is to prevent unnecessary hospital admission and facilitate early discharge from the acute hospitals.

We believe in practitioner-led care that treats the whole person, not just the condition, enabling them to stay at home longer and leave hospital faster.

Previous applicants need not apply

If you believe in the 6 C's and want to join an integrated community nursing team that is ready to look at the future for Luton then please come along and join us, you are welcome to visit us for an informal meeting before applying.

Due to the nature of the role it is essential that applicants are able to travel effectively and independently on a daily basis to and from the base, clients' homes and other venues around the geographical area whilst transporting equipment. If necessary, adjustments can be considered, in accordance with the Disability Discrimination Act.

No 2 days are the same. You may be required to travel across the town sometimes at short notice. As a team we cover a large geographical area which you may need to travel across during your working day.

This role involves attendance to Care Quality Commission (CQC) regulated care homes providing nursing, or personal care in England, you will be asked to provide evidence that you have had the double Covid-19 vaccinations, or have a medical exemption.

For an informal discussion or visit please contact Kim Milligan - Operational Support Officer - .
As part of our safe recruitment practice pre-employment checks will be undertaken before any appointment is confirmed which may include a Disclosure and Barring check and where the position requires you to drive as part of your everyday duties, you will be asked to validate your driving licence online via the DVLA. We will also use technology to ensure the documents you provide are genuine.

If this role involves attendance to any Care Quality Commission (CQC) regulated care homes providing nursing, or personal care in England, you will be asked to provide evidence that you have had the double Covid-19 vaccinations, or have a medical exemption

Successful applicants to posts at band 6 or above for which a DBS check is required, will be asked to pay for this as a condition of their job offer (£44 for an Enhanced Check or £27 for a Standard Check). This payment will be deducted from their first month's salary unless a longer pay back period is agreed with the appointing manager. This will not apply to successful applicants who are registered with the DBS Update Service and in possession of the disclosure certificate, for whom an online status check will be undertaken.

In submitting an application form, you authorise Cambridgeshire Community Services NHS Trust, to confirm any previous NHS service details via the Inter Authority Transfer (IAT) process should you be appointed to the post.

ALL CORRESPONDENCE relating to vacancies will be via the e-mail address you have provided on your application form. Some servers automatically send e-mails to your junk mail so please check as well as your in box. If you have not been invited to an interview with 2 weeks of the closing date, please be advised that on this occasion your application was unsuccessful.