Clinical Support Worker Home Dialysis Band 3
Job Description
Job summary
Home Dialysis Health Care Assistant Band 3 - 37.5 hours per week (Permanent)
Working throughout North Cumbria the Home Dialysis Team aim to provide high quality, individualised care to those requiring either peritoneal or home haemodialysis. These new posts have come about due to a remodelling of the service to fit the needs of an ever evolving Health Service. The successful candidates will work along side the Specialist Nurses and other members of the MDT to promote independence and a high quality of life for our patients.
The main duties of this post revolve around care of dialysis dependent patients in their own home.
As North Cumbria is a large, mostly rural area the post holder may need to drive quite long distances between patients.
An ability to plan their work is therefore important. This post involves venepuncture and monitoring of blood pressure, weight etc. Renewing dressings following ANTT protocols and instructing patients how to do so themselves is part of the role. Communicating within the team is a vital role.
Unfortunately the Trust will be unable to sponsor you under SOC code 6131. The reason for this is that this role has a lack of direct supervision whilst carrying out duties: SOC 6131 requires the employee to actively assist and work alongside Registered Nurses or Doctors. Routine care duties performed alone in a private residence caring for patients does not meet this definition.
Main duties of the job
- To assist registered nurses in providing high quality patient care to dialysis dependent patients in their own homes.
- Be an effective part of the multidisciplinary team.
- Maintain patients' privacy and dignity at all times
- Work and duties will be set, directly managed and indirectly supervised by a Registered Nurse.
- Continue to develop and maintain competencies
- Safe guarding vulnerable adults reporting any problems to the specialist nurses.
- Support patients and relative adjusting to dialysing at home.
- Adhere to infection control protocols.
- Comply with annual updates
- Adhere to Trust policies and procedures.
- Ensure extended scope training is completed pertinent to the role.
Since 2016 the UK Renal Registry and Kidney Care UK have undertaken yearly patient satisfaction surveys asking renal patients a range of questions about their care. The Patient Reported Experiences (PREM) survey results have shown that for the last four years North Cumbria Trust are within the top 3 out of 71 renal centres for overall patient experience.
About us
At NCIC, we have an ambition to deliver outstanding healthcare services to the population of North Cumbria. The Trust is committed to creating a centre of excellence in providing rural and remote healthcare and provides a wide range of community and acute services throughout our county.
Our 5 key principles demonstrate our belief in the delivery of 'safe, high quality care every time':
Being a clinically led organisation
Quality and safety at the heart of our Trust
A positive patient experience every time
A great place to work
Managing our money well
As an organisation we are serious about supporting a diverse workforce that reflects our local community and are very much focused on being an inclusive and compassionate place to work.
Across the North East and North Cumbria we are working together to deliver our ambition to be the greenest region in England by 2030. All staff are expected to support sustainability.
Job responsibilities
Please see attached job description and person specification for further information regarding the role and the essential and desirable criteria required to be met by applicants.
CERTIFICATE OF SPONSORSHIP
Please note, due to changes implemented by the Government to the UK immigration policy, individuals who require a Health and Care Visa or a Skilled Worker Visa may no longer be eligible for sponsorship where the UKVI salary threshold is not met or if the occupation is not included in the updated Immigration Salary List (ISL). Applicants must check their eligibility to be employed in any role they are interested in applying for, prior to completing an application for employment.Any applicants who do not meet the eligibility criteria will not be progressed. For further information visit theUK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
If you are applying under the Disability Confident Scheme or Armed Forces Covenant and you meet all the essential criteria for a post, you will be guaranteed an interview.
Relocation assistance may be available for successful applicants moving to the region for certain posts. Please see our Policy for eligible vacancies.
Disclosure and Barring Service:
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.
The cost of the DBS must be met by the successful candidate(s) through salary deduction. DBS charges are as follows if applicable to the post:
Standard Check: £21.50 + Administration cost of £6.50 = £28.00 Deducted from salary over a 4 month period or a one-off payment.
Enhanced Check: £49.50 + administration cost of £6.50 = £56.00 Deducted from salary over a 4 month period or a one-off payment.
NCIC can offer successful future employees the following benefits:
27-day holiday scheme rising to 33 after 10 years
Flexible working Scheme
NHS Discounts*
Salary Sacrifice schemes including lease cars and Cycle to Work*
Excellent opportunities for development*
Competitive NHS Pension scheme
Vivup is a free, confidential counselling and information service to assist with personal or work-related problems
*Subject to eligibility
Important Information
Please ensure that you document evidence of meeting all the essential criteria in the supporting information.
If sufficient response is received this post could be closed earlier than the specified closing date, please apply as soon as possible to ensure that your application is considered.
Candidates who have been successfully shortlisted for interview will be asked via an email notification to log on to their Trac account to select an interview time. This will usually be within 2 weeks of the closing date
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Level 3 vocational qualification or Short courses and completion of competency workbook equivalent to Level 3 in a range of patient and clinical care duties or Equivalent knowledge and experience in a range of clinical care duties equivalent to Level 3
- Theoretical knowledge
- Experience of a range of care and related procedures
- Clinical observations
- Knowledge of data protection legislation and health and safety at work legislation
- National Care Certificate or commitment to complete within 12 weeks of commencing employment
- Numeracy and Literacy Level 2
Desirable
- Undertaken relevant additional training for Clinical Support Workers
Knowledge & Experience
Essential
- Experience of working in health or social care.
- Experience of undertaking and recording clinical observations and escalating changes or findings
- Working knowledge of legislation underpinning care provision
- Understanding of the importance of robust, accurate, clear, timely documentation
- Insight into behaviours and skills of a carer and the need for effective team work.
- Knowledge of Safeguarding.
- Understanding work-related boundaries.
- Awareness of GDPR and the need for confidentiality
Desirable
- Familiarity with current NHS and social care policies.
- Computer skills
- Clinical policies and procedures
- Evidence of understanding of Trust Business
- Experience of working in the Trust previously
Skills & Aptitudes
Essential
- Excellent interpersonal, communication and active listening skills. Ability to adopt appropriate styles and methods of communication.
- Time-keeping, planning and prioritisation skills.
- Basic IT skills to use electronic patient records and other Trust systems.
- Analytical and judgement skills to make decisions based on patient / service user interactions, observations and metrics.
- Ability to demonstrate the importance of holistic person centred care and related procedures.
- Attention to detail
- Ability to use initiative appropriately.
- Ability to demonstrate the compassionate values and behaviours ...
