Community Nursing Auxiliary​/Community Health Care Assistant

Our values:
Compassion

Supportive and caring, listening to others.

Open

Communicating openly, honestly and sharing ideas.

Trust

Trusted to deliver, feeling valued and safe.

Wirral Community Health & Care NHS Foundation Trust provides high quality community health and care services which are responsive to the needs of our local population. Services are delivered by our dedicated and innovative multi disciplinary professionals and supported by equally committed staff behind the scenes. We strive to continue developing and improving our services by working with and listening to our populations, partners, commissioners and staff.

WCHC offers you a great opportunity to be a part of a talented, passionate and committed team delivering excellent community based services across Cheshire and Merseyside.

We are looking to recruit two part‑time Community Nursing Auxiliary for West Kirby Community Nursing Team based at Marine Lake Health and Wellbeing Centre. 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 hour period depending on service needs.

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 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 days holiday per year plus bank holidays (based on the standard working week .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 / 7 for personal advice

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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.

Quals & professional

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

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

• Experience of working within the Community

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

• Basic computer skills

• Willingness…