Job overview

Lewisham and Greenwich NHS trust has an exciting opportunity for Healthcare Support Workers to join the Adult Community Nursing Service delivering services to patients in their own homes in one of our 4 local neighbourhoods.

As no two days are the same in the community, you will be able to work with a high degree of autonomy and professional accountability where the work you do makes a real difference to your patients and those important to them, in line with our trust values.

A full UK driving licence and use of car is essential for this role.

Please note: We are unable to offer sponsorship for this post.

Please note that the following are essential requirements for this post:

• A valid Care Certificate issued by an NHS provider organisation (Care Certificates issued by private organisations are not accepted).
• An NVQ Level 3 in Health and Social Care qualification obtained from a UK college.

Applicants should ensure that they clearly demonstrate how they meet these requirements within their application.

Please note that we are unable to offer sponsorship or a Certificate of Sponsorship (CoS) for this post.

Main duties of the job

We are looking for staff who are compassionate, highly motivated, enthusiastic, excellent communication and team working abilities within our diverse multicultural community.

With the renewed emphasis of community-based care, this is a great time to join our team and continue your journey. In return, we offer a comprehensive induction programme, access to further training and education and actively encourage and enhance career progression.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

The job role includes monitoring patients’ conditions by taking vital signs and escalates changes in patients’ conditions to the district nurse or senior nurse on duty

Taking blood for testing (Phlebotomy) and administration of insulin following appropriate training and consolidation

Carrying out simple wound dressings and other relevant nursing tasks as assigned by the senior nurse.

Promotes patient independence through implementing rehabilitation programmes as directed by the multi-professional team

Undertakes health promotion activities with patients and their families as directed by the District Nurse or members of the multi-disciplinary team

Responsible for ensuring up to date stock levels of materials and equipment used by the team

Maintains accurate documentation immediately after nursing intervention in line with Trust policies, guidelines and procedural documents

To use mobile working devices to record and document relevant information

Undertake routine audits as required

The two shift patterns for the role: 08.00 – 16.00 and 12.00 – 20.00 including weekends and bank holidays.

The post holder must have a full current UK driving licence and daily access to a car, as this is essential for the role

Applicant requirements

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.

Person specification:

Knowledge

Essential

• • knowledge of Infection control, skin integrity, the value of nutrition etc.
• • knowledgeable about activities of daily living and the effect illness has on people who are debilitated and dependant on others for their care
• • knowledge of Trust policies, procedures and guidelines and relevant legislation; confidentiality, information governance etc

Desirable

• Basic knowledge of issues relating to health and wellbeing and patient care.

Experience

Essential

• Experience of working in formal or informal environments such as peoples’ homes, community, statutory, voluntary or paid employment
• Customer service experience

Skills and Attributes

Essential

• • Ability to work under pressure, responding with flexibility to the changing demands of the workload
• • Ability to follow a clear instruction and feed back to senior staff.
• • Ability to work as part of a team, as well as on own initiative.

Desirable

• Ability to undertake: Blood glucose monitoring; taking vital signs; do basic wound care; pressure area care etc

Qualifications and Training

Essential

• Educated up to GCSE with English language

Desirable

• NVQ Level 3 in Health and Social Care, or willingness to undertake training.
• Evidence of continuous learning in any area and willingness to learn practical nursing skills on the job