Community Nursing Auxiliary / Community Health Care Assistant in West Kirby

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.

Job overview: 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.

Main duties of the job: 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 our organisation: 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 27 days holiday per year plus bank holidays (based on the standard working week of 37.5 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 24/7 for personal advice

Detailed job description and main responsibilities: 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.

Person specification:

• Quals & professional Essential criteria: NVQ Level III – direct care, social care (or equivalent), Manual Handling Skills, Knowledge of Infection Control, Knowledge of Tissue Viability
• Experience and Knowledge Essential criteria: Experience of patient care, Experience of working within a team
• Desirable criteria: Experience of working within the Community
• Skills and attributes Essential criteria: Good communication skills verbal/written, Ability to work unsupervised when required, Good interpersonal skills, Good personal organisational skills
• Desirable criteria: Basic computer skills
• Personal qualities Essential criteria: Willingness to undertake in-service training and development, Access to a car for work purposes

Important Information: By applying for this post you are agreeing to Wirral Community Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust transferring the information contained in this application to its preferred applicant management system. If you are appointed to a post information will also be transferred into the national NHS Electronic Staff Record system. For further information explaining how we use your information in line with GDPR please see our ‘Guidance for applicants’ document under the section 'Additional documentation'.

We are a Disability Confident and Mindful Employer. WCHC is committed to recruiting and supporting a diverse workforce and we welcome applications from all sections of the community, regardless of disability, age, sex, race, religion, sexual orientation, maternity/pregnancy, marriage/civil partnership or transgender status. We are committed to having a team that is made up of diverse skills, experiences and abilities. We actively encourage BAME, LGBTQ+ and disabled applicants and value the positive impact that difference has on our teams. We are committed to equality and diversity within our workforce and are keen to support reasonable adjustments to support our new and existing staff. We are proud to support our Armed Forces Community as a Veteran Aware NHS Trust and are pleased to share that we recently achieved Bronze Award accreditation.

Further Information: Closing Dates: Candidates are advised to apply early. The Trust reserves the right to close a vacancy prior to the closing date if a high number of applications are received. Reference Information: Please ensure your application is submitted with referees who can verify your employment/education history over the last three years and include valid business email addresses for them. The Trust will not accept personal references from friends or family. Salary Expectations: The Trust pays staff in line with national NHS Terms and Conditions. Relevant experience may be considered when salary offers are made. For all part-time positions, salaries are pro-rata.