Health Care Support Worker in Chelmsford

We are looking for a Health Care Support Worker who will work within a community nursing team based in clinics in Braintree, Maldon and Chelmsford, supporting adults with management of leg ulcers. This role suits a candidate with experience or interest in wound care. You will assist the registered staff in ensuring appropriate pathways of care for patients, contribute to assessment and treatment, and communicate any changes in care needs to the registered staff. You will also communicate with patients, relatives, carers and health care professionals to assist the registered staff in ensuring an integrated, holistic approach to patient care.

Main duties of the job:

• Able to work alongside a multidisciplinary group of health professionals.
• Able to work independently and autonomously undertake clinical and non-clinical tasks.
• Possessing observational and communication skills which complement your role.
• Possess basic computer skills.
• Willing to develop in your role and adjust responsibilities as the service grows and transforms.
• Car driver with access to a car.

Person specification:

Essential criteria:

• NVQ level 3 in Health and Social Care or equivalent.
• Car driver.
• Basic IT skills.

Desirable criteria:

• Community experience.

Work Related Knowledge and Experience:

Essential criteria:

• Experience of working in a health/care environment.
• Understanding of professional conduct.
• Information Governance awareness.

Desirable criteria:

• Previous experience of wound care/leg ulcers.

Skills and Aptitudes:

Essential criteria:

• Ability to work without direct supervision.
• Ability to work under pressure.
• Good organisational skills.
• Ability to organise and prioritise own workload under supervision of RN.
• Effective time-management skills.
• Effective demonstration of communication and interpersonal skills.

Circumstances:

Essential criteria:

• Ability to work with others.

Desirable criteria:

• Discreet, helpful, empathetic, friendly.

Further Information:

All correspondence for this post will be by email or text messaging. Please register for text messages on your TRAC account. Applicants are advised to check their email accounts regularly to ensure that email filters are set to allow our mails. As we often have many applicants for jobs at Provide, we regret that we will only be able to contact those external applicants who are shortlisted for interview. Therefore if you have not heard from us within two weeks of the closing date, please assume you have not been shortlisted for interview on this particular occasion. Internal candidates who are unsuccessful can seek feedback from the recruiting manager.

If you wish to contact the Recruitment Team, please do so via provide.recruitment1@nhs.net. If you wish to contact the Recruiting Manager about the vacancy/role or for feedback after interview, their details are provided within the advert.

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Closing Date: Provide reserves the right to close this vacancy at any time or bring forward the closing date should it have an overwhelming response. We therefore encourage an early application to ensure consideration for this post.

Professional UK clinical registration required for the role? If we require you to hold UK professional clinical registration for the role we appoint you to, Provide will pay for your registration during the first year of your employment.

COVID‑19 Vaccination: Provide CIC continues to encourage all colleagues to ensure they have been double vaccinated and received a booster vaccination. We recognise that taking the vaccine provides the best defence against COVID‑19 for our patients, service users, customers, fellow colleagues, and their families.

Anti Fraud: Our staff have been trained in Anti‑Fraud and will use technology to examine identity/immigration documents.

Disability: If you have a disability and need assistance or more time to complete your application or attend interview, please contact a member of the HR Services Team on 0300 3030 2661 or provide.recruitment1@nhs.net.

Work Trials: Please check with your local Job Centre Plus to see if you are eligible for a Work Trial. If you are interested in trying this job first, please contact the HR Services team and we can help you make the arrangements with the Job Centre and the Recruiting Manager.

Successful Applicant: You will be required to bring all your documentation to your interview to show the recruiting manager and again at your pre‑employment appointment with the Recruitment Coordinators. The information that you provide will be treated confidentially. If you fail to provide all of the information, Provide may not be able to fulfil our contractual obligations to you or may be prevented from complying with our legal obligations.

We are committed to equal opportunities, flexible working practices and the National Living Wage.