Community Nursing Auxiliary / Community Health Care Assistant Full Time

We are looking to recruit a part time Community Nursing Auxiliary for The Warrens Community Nursing Team. Whilst community experience would be an advantage we are keen to recruit those who have relevant transferable skills who are enthusiastic to develop their career in the community setting.

You will be required to work predominantly day shifts on a flexible rota, including weekends and Bank Holidays; however you may be required to work shifts across the 24 hour period depending on service needs.

Main duties of the job

The posts require good communication and interpersonal skills and the ability to be adaptable, reliable and approachable. You will have a sound knowledge of recent changes within the NHS and current professional issues. You will be working in a lone capacity under the direction of a Team Leader and in conjunction with other team members, ensuring clinical standards are maintained using evidence based practice. You will be flexible, adaptable and reliable and be able to evidence excellent clinical skills.

Working for our organisation

Working for Wirral Community Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust offers you a great opportunity to be a part of a talented, passionate and committed team delivering excellent community based healthcare services throughout Cheshire and Merseyside.

Our services support adults providing care in the community to help prevent ill health and reduce unnecessary hospital admissions.

We have a wide range of roles in our organisation including Nurses, GPs, Allied Health Professionals, Dental, Management, Health Informatics as well as the wider healthcare team supporting effective delivery of patient facing services.

Whatever your role, you will play a valuable part in our services.

In addition to being an exceptionally rewarding environment to work in, there are a number of other benefits, including:

• Flexible working options
• At least 27 days holiday per year plus bank holidays (based on the standard working week 37.5 hours)
• Staff benefits including NHS Pension, childcare vouchers, a salary sacrifice car scheme, additional annual leave purchase scheme, trade union membership and a range of ambassadorial engagement roles
• Annual appraisals, personal development plans and a wide range of supported apprenticeships to support career aspirations
• Strongly developed Wellbeing support, including access to a confidential support service 24/7 for personal advice

Visit our website wchc.nhs.uk for more information about who we are and what we do.

Detailed Job Description And Main Responsibilities

For full details of the requirements of the role and the type of knowledge and skills the successful candidate will need to demonstrate, please see the attached job description and person specification.

Person specification

Quals & professional

Essential Criteria

• NVQ Level III – direct care, social care (or equivalent)
• Manual Handling Skills
• Knowledge of Infection Control
• Knowledge of Tissue Viability

Experience And Knowledge

Essential criteria

• Experience of patient care
• Experience of working within a team

Desirable criteria

• Experience of working within the Community

Skills And Attributes

Essential criteria

• Good communication skills verbal/written
• Ability to work unsupervised when required
• Good interpersonal skills
• Good personal organisational skills

Desirable criteria

• Basic computer skills

Personal qualities

Essential Criteria

• Willingness to undertake in-service training and development
• Access to a car for work purposes