Health Care Assistant - HomeFirst inBirkenhead inBirkenhead PUBLISHED
MON 4 NOV 2024
The Community Integrated Response Team (CIRT) emphasises admission prevention and early supported discharge from emergency services, enabling patients to achieve their rehabilitation and reablement aims. Health Care Assistants work closely with registered nurses and therapists, participating in clinical care procedures, responding rapidly to care needs, and directly contributing to the overall well-being of clients in their homes. Suitable candidates should possess enthusiasm, relevant experience, and a desire to positively impact their local community.
Health Care Assistant - Community Integrated Response Team/Home First
Do you want to help people in your local community regain their independence following accident or illness, and to be able to get the most from life?
Do you want to be part of a dynamic NHS team where no two days are the same, but every day brings rewards in terms of job satisfaction and team working?
Do you want flexibility with the opportunity to develop skills and knowledge with opportunities for career development?
If you are enthusiastic and have experience in delivering care that helps someone become more independent, therapy or other care and want to make a positive difference to people's lives in your local community, we want to hear from you!
This is an exciting opportunity to be part of Wirral's Community Integrated Response Team, where you be supporting local people to remain independent in their own homes, helping them regain confidence and independence so they can reach their full potential.
About the Community Integrated Response Team (CIRT)
CIRT is an integrated team of clinical staff and professionals including Nurses Physiotherapists, Occupational Therapists and Social Workers. The team have a strong focus on admission prevention and early supported discharged from Emergency Department and assessment areas. One of the fundamental principles of the Healthcare Assistant Role is to support and encourage our patients to become as independent as possible.
Care is provided to patients within their own homes and your daily tasks will be varied and include supporting people with activities of daily living, personal care, moving and handling, medication, meal preparation and social care and support, working with therapists and social workers to make sure people are achieving their recovery goals.
As our patients need care every day, role holders work over a 7-day shift pattern, 8am - 10pm, Monday - Sunday. A full-time role is 37.5 hours per week, worked over various shift patterns and part time roles are also available.
About us
Our HomeFirst Health Care Assistants assist registered nurses and therapists to implement assessed care needs and helping maintain the patients rehabilitation and reablement progress.
HomeFirst Health Care Assistants provide and assist with the care of people within their home environment, working with individuals and their families to ensure a person-centred approach is carried out, which includes the participation in clinical care procedures e.g. recording observations and application of topical cream, as well as helping patients / individuals with personal care tasks including assisting with meals and drink preparation if required.
Their role and the actions they take support admission prevention by responding to incidents of carer breakdown, provide rapid support for individuals to prevent admission to hospital.
Please refer to the job description for more details, or contact Jen Fell,
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