Community Healthcare Assistant

Job Overview

To work within the Community Nursing Teams to support and assist in the provision of holistic nursing care and support to patients, their families and carers. Your role will be pivotal within the local community by making a difference to our patients, delivering a high level of care in their own home.

Responsibilities

• Provide care for end of life, wound management, administering medication including insulin, setting up equipment, and recording observations within scope of practice and competencies.
• Coordinate and participate in specialist care such as wound care, Doppler testing, medication administration (including insulin), and clinical activities under the supervision of a Registered Nurse. Full training will be given.
• Undertake diagnostic tests on request of District Nurses or GP's, e.g., chronic disease monitoring programmes; may include home visiting or coordination of repeat or regular testing for residents in residential homes.
• Undertake clinical interventions as delegated by a senior team member.
• Participate in the assessment process of care needs and implementation of programmes of holistic care within set standard.
• Support, educate and inform family / carers where appropriate.
• Assist in the promotion of health and wellbeing of patients.
• Work in partnership with patients ensuring privacy and dignity.
• Act upon procedures in place to protect vulnerable individuals when necessary.
• Be flexible to requests to move base temporarily or permanently according to service needs.

About the Organisation

St George's, Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals and Health Group cares for a population of four million people in South West London and North East Surrey. Our sites include St George's Hospital, one of 11 major trauma centres in the UK and the largest healthcare provider and major teaching hospital in the area; St Helier Hospital, home to the South West Thames Renal and Transplantation Unit and Queen Mary's Hospital for Children; and Epsom Hospital, home to the South West London Elective Orthopaedic Centre (SWLEOC). After years of collaboration, our two Trusts became a hospitals group in 2021. While remaining as two separate Trusts, being a hospitals group will help us to collaborate more closely on research, and the development, education, and training of our 17,000-strong workforce.

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