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Job Introduction
Community Healthcare Assistant
Location- Derby
£22,816 - £24,336
With additional payments for unsociable hours
Enhancements / Benefits:
You will attract an additional 30% when working Monday to Friday evenings and 45% working weekends.
Generous annual leave entitlement & NHS Pension – we also honour NHS continuous service – bring your entitlement with you!
DHU Healthcare is a ‘not-for-profit’ community interest company providing a diverse range of services to the NHS frontline, including urgent and emergency care, primary care, out of hours services and NHS111. We care for patients across the West and East Midlands – a population totalling around 14 million. As a socially conscious organisation, we provide compassionate, high-quality care to our patients and offer a supportive work environment to our 2,500 DHU employees. If you would like to find out more about us, you can visit our website at Our profile :: DHU Healthcare.
About the role:
The post holder will perform and assist in the provision of holistic, high quality, evidenced based health care to a defined local population, working within an appropriate supervisory and monitoring framework, to an agreed, multi-disciplinary treatment plan, as appropriate to clients across a wide spectrum of clinical conditions within the service provided by DHU Health Care CIC. This will be from the Chesterfield, Derby or satellite bases across Derbyshire and Derby City.
The Community Health Care Assistant will be part of a multi-professional team including community staff nurses, medical, nurse practitioners and support staff providing accessible services to the population across North Derbyshire.
A commitment to a quality service and excellence in all that DHU Health Care CIC undertakes are integral to the role and the development of the service.
The post holder will participate in promoting and advancing DHU Health Care CIC, whilst working towards DHU’s Values, behaviours and principles
We are always:
• Compassionate – we show kindness, consideration and understanding in everything we do – and demonstrate our caring nature to our patient, people and communities
• Accomplished – we are available day and night – a response, adaptable, professional NHS partner, providing the best advice, care and treatment for every individual
• Respectful – we recognise the value that individual and team difference bring – welcoming views, listening, being honest, and learning from others’ experiences
• Encouraging – we believe everyone matters, so we inspire confidence in other – promoting ‘speaking up’, fostering career-long learning and development, and supporting improvement ideas
Responsibilities:
• Carrying out direct patient care duties under the direction and supervision of registered nursing staff to patients in their own homes or alternative health care setting, to promote recovery and encourage and maintain independence.
• Offering reassurance to vulnerable patients and to communicate information to patients and carers regarding their health needs and associated treatment plans.
• Assisting nursing staff in preparing patients for clinical assessment or treatment e.g. assisting with undressing.
• Assisting nursing staff in administering treatments e.g. assisting with the application of dress-ings.
• Making verbal reports to registered nursing staff concerning patients’ well-being and behaviours.
• To report and take appropriate action regarding any change in patient condition or circumstance and communicate verbal and written information to all relevant integrated care team members.
Full duties outlined on the job description attached, or available on request.
Essential Qualifications:
• 4 GCSEs Grades A-C or equivalent including English and Mathematics or relevant experience.
• NVQ Level 2 or equivalent.
Essential Experience:
• Previous experience of working with the public in a busy environment
• Communication with a variety of people and services
• Computer experience (e.g., Word/Excel and other packages) as well as email systems and other electronic media
• Previous healthcare experience preferred
Essential Skills:
• Effective communication skills with a variety of media and all levels of staff with the company as well as external agencies
• Ability to use initiative
• Excellent and accurate record keeping
• Excellent telephone manner
• Good at problem solving
• Listening skills
• Effective time management – strong organisational skills
• Ability to maintain strict levels of confidentiality
In return, we can offer:
Joining DHU means you will receive some great benefits. This will include access to the NHS pension scheme – alongside a generous annual leave allowance that grows with your length of service or recognises your existing NHS commitment. We provide an incremental sick pay scheme and family friendly policies like maternity and paternity pay that match the NHS offer, alongside working enhancements including an additional 30 - 45% of annual salary for unsociable hours benefit (earning potential will vary on shift days / times). We will also support your health and wellbeing - with complementary Westfield Health Insurance membership which covers basic costs like your dental care, glasses, physiotherapy, chiropody and many more.
At DHU Healthcare, we are committed to fostering an environment where Equity, Diversity, Inclusion, and a strong sense of Belonging are not only celebrated but actively promoted. We believe that every individual, regardless of their background, deserves the right to access quality healthcare services and to be treated with respect and dignity. Our commitment to Equity, Diversity, Inclusion, and Belonging is at the heart of everything we do, from patient care to our organisational culture.
Location- Derby
£22,816 - £24,336
With additional payments for unsociable hours
Enhancements / Benefits:
You will attract an additional 30% when working Monday to Friday evenings and 45% working weekends.
Generous annual leave entitlement & NHS Pension – we also honour NHS continuous service – bring your entitlement with you!
DHU Healthcare is a ‘not-for-profit’ community interest company providing a diverse range of services to the NHS frontline, including urgent and emergency care, primary care, out of hours services and NHS111. We care for patients across the West and East Midlands – a population totalling around 14 million. As a socially conscious organisation, we provide compassionate, high-quality care to our patients and offer a supportive work environment to our 2,500 DHU employees. If you would like to find out more about us, you can visit our website at Our profile :: DHU Healthcare.
About the role:
The post holder will perform and assist in the provision of holistic, high quality, evidenced based health care to a defined local population, working within an appropriate supervisory and monitoring framework, to an agreed, multi-disciplinary treatment plan, as appropriate to clients across a wide spectrum of clinical conditions within the service provided by DHU Health Care CIC. This will be from the Chesterfield, Derby or satellite bases across Derbyshire and Derby City.
The Community Health Care Assistant will be part of a multi-professional team including community staff nurses, medical, nurse practitioners and support staff providing accessible services to the population across North Derbyshire.
A commitment to a quality service and excellence in all that DHU Health Care CIC undertakes are integral to the role and the development of the service.
The post holder will participate in promoting and advancing DHU Health Care CIC, whilst working towards DHU’s Values, behaviours and principles
We are always:
• Compassionate – we show kindness, consideration and understanding in everything we do – and demonstrate our caring nature to our patient, people and communities
• Accomplished – we are available day and night – a response, adaptable, professional NHS partner, providing the best advice, care and treatment for every individual
• Respectful – we recognise the value that individual and team difference bring – welcoming views, listening, being honest, and learning from others’ experiences
• Encouraging – we believe everyone matters, so we inspire confidence in other – promoting ‘speaking up’, fostering career-long learning and development, and supporting improvement ideas
Responsibilities:
• Carrying out direct patient care duties under the direction and supervision of registered nursing staff to patients in their own homes or alternative health care setting, to promote recovery and encourage and maintain independence.
• Offering reassurance to vulnerable patients and to communicate information to patients and carers regarding their health needs and associated treatment plans.
• Assisting nursing staff in preparing patients for clinical assessment or treatment e.g. assisting with undressing.
• Assisting nursing staff in administering treatments e.g. assisting with the application of dress-ings.
• Making verbal reports to registered nursing staff concerning patients’ well-being and behaviours.
• To report and take appropriate action regarding any change in patient condition or circumstance and communicate verbal and written information to all relevant integrated care team members.
Full duties outlined on the job description attached, or available on request.
Essential Qualifications:
• 4 GCSEs Grades A-C or equivalent including English and Mathematics or relevant experience.
• NVQ Level 2 or equivalent.
Essential Experience:
• Previous experience of working with the public in a busy environment
• Communication with a variety of people and services
• Computer experience (e.g., Word/Excel and other packages) as well as email systems and other electronic media
• Previous healthcare experience preferred
Essential Skills:
• Effective communication skills with a variety of media and all levels of staff with the company as well as external agencies
• Ability to use initiative
• Excellent and accurate record keeping
• Excellent telephone manner
• Good at problem solving
• Listening skills
• Effective time management – strong organisational skills
• Ability to maintain strict levels of confidentiality
In return, we can offer:
Joining DHU means you will receive some great benefits. This will include access to the NHS pension scheme – alongside a generous annual leave allowance that grows with your length of service or recognises your existing NHS commitment. We provide an incremental sick pay scheme and family friendly policies like maternity and paternity pay that match the NHS offer, alongside working enhancements including an additional 30 - 45% of annual salary for unsociable hours benefit (earning potential will vary on shift days / times). We will also support your health and wellbeing - with complementary Westfield Health Insurance membership which covers basic costs like your dental care, glasses, physiotherapy, chiropody and many more.
At DHU Healthcare, we are committed to fostering an environment where Equity, Diversity, Inclusion, and a strong sense of Belonging are not only celebrated but actively promoted. We believe that every individual, regardless of their background, deserves the right to access quality healthcare services and to be treated with respect and dignity. Our commitment to Equity, Diversity, Inclusion, and Belonging is at the heart of everything we do, from patient care to our organisational culture.
