Healthcare assistant - united kingdom, washington, tyne and wear

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healthcare assistant

15 hours per week

an exciting opportunity has arisen for a band 3 health care assistant to join our established community falls service.

we are looking for an individual who has drive and motivation and is looking for a challenge. you must have experience working with older people or those with long term conditions or complex needs.

you will work in partnership with colleagues across traditional care boundaries in the integrated delivery of individualised, safe and effective care that is of high quality. you will want to work within a cycle of continuous improvement and will always be interested in understanding the experiences of our patients and their families.

you will have sound knowledge and skills pertaining to both acute and community settings and will demonstrate an understanding of the whole patient journey. you will demonstrate a caring and compassionate approach to care delivery and you will have excellent interpersonal awareness. you will be keen to develop as an autonomous practitioner and will be confident working collaboratively with colleagues across a wide range of professions and organisations.

you will be a health care assistant in possession of the care certificate and a history of relevant recent and ongoing professional development and you will have a sense of value for inter-professional and work based learning. you will have excellent communication skills and will demonstrate the ability to work well as part of a team.

before commencing/submitting your application form, please ensure that you read the attached job application process/confirming appointment procedure candidate guidance

important note on completion of the reference section of application form - in line with nhs employment check standards, if you are successful at interview, the trust, as part of the recruitment process will seek to confirm a 3 year employment/training/education history. therefore, when completing the reference section of your application form, please give the address, telephone number and work email address of each of your current/previous employer and/or educational establishment that cover the last 3 years. if you are currently a professional student due to qualify, please also provide the details of your mentor. failure to complete this section may result in your application not being processed.

you will be able to track the progress of your application via nhs jobs. if you have been successful at shortlisting you will be invited to interview via nhs jobs using the e-mail address you have registered. you should check your spam / junk folders as well as your inbox. if you have not been contacted within 6 weeks of the closing date you should assume your application has been unsuccessful.

please quote the job reference number in all correspondence.

please note the vacancy may be closed early if exceptional volumes of applications are received and late applications will not be accepted or considered.

dbs charges

as from 1st november 2020, it is a requirement of south tyneside and sunderland nhs foundation trust that all successful candidates who require a dbs for the post they have been offered pay for their dbs certificate. the method of payment is a salary deduction from your first month's pay.

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