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The role requires you to work across all sites of Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust at Chorley and Preston Hospitals.
Job summaryBand 3 -Senior Health Care Assistant-Renal Home Therapy Opportunity
This is an excellent opportunity to join the Renal Home Therapy Service in Lancashire. We have a vacancy for Band 3 Health Care Assistant 30 hours (4 days per week) and are seeking individuals who would like to expand their knowledge in renal services or develop new skills. The post involves the on-going education and training of patients and relatives on peritoneal or home haemodialysis to enable them to dialyse independently at home.
You will be required to work across the hospital-based training unit at Chorley Hospital as well as the community setting covering Lancashire and South Cumbria. Unit opening hours are 07:00-18:00 Monday to Friday. Shift times are 7:00 -15:00, 8:00 -16:00 and 10:00-18:00.
You will also be highly motivated with excellent communication, interpersonal and organisational skills and can work independently as a lone worker and within a multi-disciplinary team setting.
The role requires you to work across all sites of Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust at Chorley and Preston Hospitals. The main site being Chorley Home Therapies unit.
In return we can offer a huge commitment to your ongoing development.
Main duties of the job
The main role of the band 3 Health Care Assistant will be to provide an Assisted Peritoneal Dialysis service, peritoneal dialysis training and providing support to trained staff members when teaching patients to perform their own haemodialysis.
The service also provides an acute drop-in service for the home dialysis patients. The Home Therapies Chorley team will work closely with the home therapies team based in Kendal to provide an equitable service for our patients. Car driver would be advantageous as the community setting covers a large geographical area.
About us
Our values define who we are and how we behave.
Caring and compassionate
.We treat everyone with dignity and respect,doing everything we can to show we care.
Recognising individuality
.We respect, value and respond to every person'sindividual needs.
Seeking to involve
.We will always involve you in making decisionsabout your care and treatment, and are alwaysopen and honest.
Team working
.We work together as one team, and involvepatients, families, and other services,to provide the best care possible.
Taking personal responsibility
.We each take personal responsibility to give thehighest standards of care and deliver a servicewe can always be proud of.
Job responsibilities
- Provide good quality personalised care in accordance with agreed local and national standards.
- Take samples from patients for testing or dispatching eg: Urine, sputum, faeces, MRSA swabs, blood sugars
- Assist patients to meet their individual care plan
- Undertake clinical duties relevant to clinical area following achievement of competencies.
- Assist to maintain patient safety, conforming to health, safety and security legislation, policies, procedures and guidelines
. - Assist to maintain patient safety, conforming to health, safety and security legislation, policies, procedures and guidelines
. - Contribute to maintaining safe, clean, and productive care environment, compliant with standards for hygiene and cleanliness.
Job description
Job responsibilities
- Provide good quality personalised care in accordance with agreed local and national standards.
- Take samples from patients for testing or dispatching eg: Urine, sputum, faeces, MRSA swabs, blood sugars
- Assist patients to meet their individual care plan
- Undertake clinical duties relevant to clinical area following achievement of competencies.
- Assist to maintain patient safety, conforming to health, safety and security legislation, policies, procedures and guidelines
. - Assist to maintain patient safety, conforming to health, safety and security legislation, policies, procedures and guidelines
. - Contribute to maintaining safe, clean, and productive care environment, compliant with standards for hygiene and cleanliness.
Person Specification
Qualifications & Education
Essential
- GCSE Maths & English grade C or above OR level 2 numeracy skills and level 2 literacy skills
- NVQ Level 3 in care or similar care qualification (within 18 months of start date)
- NVQ level 3 in Dialysis
- Basic IT Skills
Essential
- Previous experience of working in an acute hospital setting
- Understanding of health and safety issues within an acute trust
- Understanding of concept and application of confidentiality
- Understanding of the role of a band 3 senior HCA on a Dialysis Unit
- Evidence of working at a band 3
Qualifications & Education
Essential
- GCSE Maths & English grade C or above OR level 2 numeracy skills and level 2 literacy skills
- NVQ Level 3 in care or similar care qualification (within 18 months of start date)
- NVQ level 3 in Dialysis
- Basic IT Skills
Essential
- Previous experience of working in an acute hospital setting
- Understanding of health and safety issues within an acute trust
- Understanding of concept and application of confidentiality
- Understanding of the role of a band 3 senior HCA on a Dialysis Unit
- Evidence of working at a band 3
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Employer details
Employer name
Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Address
Chorley
Chorley
PR7 1PP
Employer's website
Job summary
Band 3 -Senior Health Care Assistant-Renal Home Therapy Opportunity
This is an excellent opportunity to join the Renal Home Therapy Service in Lancashire. We have a vacancy for Band 3 Health Care Assistant 30 hours (4 days per week) and are seeking individuals who would like to expand their knowledge in renal services or develop new skills. The post involves the on-going education and training of patients and relatives on peritoneal or home haemodialysis to enable them to dialyse independently at home.
You will be required to work across the hospital-based training unit at Chorley Hospital as well as the community setting covering Lancashire and South Cumbria. Unit opening hours are 07:00-18:00 Monday to Friday. Shift times are 7:00 -15:00, 8:00 -16:00 and 10:00-18:00.
You will also be highly motivated with excellent communication, interpersonal and organisational skills and can work independently as a lone worker and within a multi-disciplinary team setting.
The role requires you to work across all sites of Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust at Chorley and Preston Hospitals. The main site being Chorley Home Therapies unit.
In return we can offer a huge commitment to your ongoing development.
Main duties of the job
The main role of the band 3 Health Care Assistant will be to provide an Assisted Peritoneal Dialysis service, peritoneal dialysis training and providing support to trained staff members when teaching patients to perform their own haemodialysis.
The service also provides an acute drop-in service for the home dialysis patients. The Home Therapies Chorley team will work closely with the home therapies team based in Kendal to provide an equitable service for our patients. Car driver would be advantageous as the community setting covers a large geographical area.
About us
Our values define who we are and how we behave.
Job responsibilities
Job description
Job responsibilities
Person Specification
Qualifications & Education
Essential
Essential
Qualifications & Education
Essential
Essential
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Employer details
Employer name
Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Address
Chorley
Chorley
PR7 1PP
Employer's website
Band 3 -Senior Health Care Assistant-Renal Home Therapy Opportunity
This is an excellent opportunity to join the Renal Home Therapy Service in Lancashire. We have a vacancy for Band 3 Health Care Assistant 30 hours (4 days per week) and are seeking individuals who would like to expand their knowledge in renal services or develop new skills. The post involves the on-going education and training of patients and relatives on peritoneal or home haemodialysis to enable them to dialyse independently at home.
You will be required to work across the hospital-based training unit at Chorley Hospital as well as the community setting covering Lancashire and South Cumbria. Unit opening hours are 07:00-18:00 Monday to Friday. Shift times are 7:00 -15:00, 8:00 -16:00 and 10:00-18:00.
You will also be highly motivated with excellent communication, interpersonal and organisational skills and can work independently as a lone worker and within a multi-disciplinary team setting.
The role requires you to work across all sites of Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust at Chorley and Preston Hospitals. The main site being Chorley Home Therapies unit.
In return we can offer a huge commitment to your ongoing development.
Main duties of the job
The main role of the band 3 Health Care Assistant will be to provide an Assisted Peritoneal Dialysis service, peritoneal dialysis training and providing support to trained staff members when teaching patients to perform their own haemodialysis.
The service also provides an acute drop-in service for the home dialysis patients. The Home Therapies Chorley team will work closely with the home therapies team based in Kendal to provide an equitable service for our patients. Car driver would be advantageous as the community setting covers a large geographical area.
About us
Our values define who we are and how we behave.
Caring and compassionate
.We treat everyone with dignity and respect,doing everything we can to show we care.
Recognising individuality
.We respect, value and respond to every person'sindividual needs.
Seeking to involve
.We will always involve you in making decisionsabout your care and treatment, and are alwaysopen and honest.
Team working
.We work together as one team, and involvepatients, families, and other services,to provide the best care possible.
Taking personal responsibility
.We each take personal responsibility to give thehighest standards of care and deliver a servicewe can always be proud of.
Job responsibilities
- Provide good quality personalised care in accordance with agreed local and national standards.
- Take samples from patients for testing or dispatching eg: Urine, sputum, faeces, MRSA swabs, blood sugars
- Assist patients to meet their individual care plan
- Undertake clinical duties relevant to clinical area following achievement of competencies.
- Assist to maintain patient safety, conforming to health, safety and security legislation, policies, procedures and guidelines
. - Assist to maintain patient safety, conforming to health, safety and security legislation, policies, procedures and guidelines
. - Contribute to maintaining safe, clean, and productive care environment, compliant with standards for hygiene and cleanliness.
Job description
Job responsibilities
- Provide good quality personalised care in accordance with agreed local and national standards.
- Take samples from patients for testing or dispatching eg: Urine, sputum, faeces, MRSA swabs, blood sugars
- Assist patients to meet their individual care plan
- Undertake clinical duties relevant to clinical area following achievement of competencies.
- Assist to maintain patient safety, conforming to health, safety and security legislation, policies, procedures and guidelines
. - Assist to maintain patient safety, conforming to health, safety and security legislation, policies, procedures and guidelines
. - Contribute to maintaining safe, clean, and productive care environment, compliant with standards for hygiene and cleanliness.
Person Specification
Qualifications & Education
Essential
- GCSE Maths & English grade C or above OR level 2 numeracy skills and level 2 literacy skills
- NVQ Level 3 in care or similar care qualification (within 18 months of start date)
- NVQ level 3 in Dialysis
- Basic IT Skills
Essential
- Previous experience of working in an acute hospital setting
- Understanding of health and safety issues within an acute trust
- Understanding of concept and application of confidentiality
- Understanding of the role of a band 3 senior HCA on a Dialysis Unit
- Evidence of working at a band 3
Qualifications & Education
Essential
- GCSE Maths & English grade C or above OR level 2 numeracy skills and level 2 literacy skills
- NVQ Level 3 in care or similar care qualification (within 18 months of start date)
- NVQ level 3 in Dialysis
- Basic IT Skills
Essential
- Previous experience of working in an acute hospital setting
- Understanding of health and safety issues within an acute trust
- Understanding of concept and application of confidentiality
- Understanding of the role of a band 3 senior HCA on a Dialysis Unit
- Evidence of working at a band 3
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Employer details
Employer name
Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Address
Chorley
Chorley
PR7 1PP
Employer's website
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