Community Healthcare Assistant

We love what we do and we think you will, too!

At Gloucestershire Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust (GHC), we provide joined-up mental health, physical health and learning disability services to people of all ages across Gloucestershire. We run community hospitals and provide care and support in people’s own homes and in a range of other locations across the county .

We are on a mission to enable people to live the best life they can and we have a vision to work together to provide outstanding care . We put people at the heart of our services, focusing on personalised care by asking ‘what matters to you ’.

We’re passionate about making sure that everyone can contribute to achieving our mission and w e are continually working to support healthy and happy high-quality team s in all areas of the Trust .

Our application process aims to understand each candidates knowledge, skills and experience. We have found that candidates that use AI to generate their answers can lack specificity and fail to address key criteria outlined in the job description.

It is really important to personalise your application to convey your individual skills, knowledge, and experiences effectively and for us to understand why you are applying for this role with GHC. We discourage over reliance on AI-generated applications as it will lessen your chances of success in securing an interview with us .

The Integrated Community Team brings together Community Nurses, Occupational Therapists, Physiotherapists, Social workers and Reablement workers to work as one team to serve the localities across the county.

The teams work alongside GPs to provide care for people in their place of residence or in the community. They also work with teams within the community Hospitals as well as our county-wide specialist services, voluntary organisations and other care providers to provide assessments, treatment and support for people within the community. The role involves working as a member of this team to provide a high standard of care to our services users, their families and carers as delegated by their Manager.

Deliver essential nursing care in a flexible manner, in a variety of community settings as directed by the registered nurse, using evidenced based practice and according to training, experience and proven competence to meet the demands of the service.

The successful candidate will be working within the Community Nursing service delivering a range of clinical care for people within their own homes. The Community Nursing teams form an integral part of the Integrated Community Teams (ICTs) and are key to the exciting and dynamic developments underway to strengthen ICTs in delivering timely, high intensity acute and routine patient centred clinical interventions to support people in their own homes and prevent unnecessary admissions to hospital.

Contribute to patient assessments by registered nurse and the development and ongoing evaluation of care plans, including recording of pathology results and liaising with appropriate professionals.

Undertake direct patient contact for above clinical activities without direct supervision of registered nurse.

Complete accurate record keeping of patient’s notes and computer systems in line with Trust Policy.

Instigate emergency procedures such as CPR as necessary.

Assist in keeping accurate patient records for the monitoring and continuity of patient care by recording tasks performed, on paper and computer, both Care Services and General Practice Information systems, in accordance with Trust Policy.

We have a skilled and dedicated workforce of over 5000 colleagues working in a diverse range of services over 55 sites and within…