Community Healthcare Support Worker - Portsmouth area

Our teams across Portsmouth are looking for a Community Healthcare Support Worker to work within the multi-disciplinary Integrated Care Team that delivers community based services to a GP Practice population, undertaking nursing tasks within agreed parameters, set out by the registered practitioners.

The role will include home visiting and lone working without direct supervision.

The scope of the role will focus on supporting admission avoidance, early supported discharge and promotion of independence and assisting in the effective management of patients with long term conditions and older people with mental health problems.

Full UK driving licence and access to a car is essential., To provide a supporting role to registered practitioners in the Integrated Community Team in the delivery of nursing care.

To observe, monitor and record patient activity and health status, communicating any changes in their condition to the registered practitioners.

To be responsible for progressing patient's treatment plans within guidelines set by registered practitioners and contributing to the review of each patient's progress within the team.

To perform a range of clinical nursing skills as directed by the registered practitioners:

Skin care/Pressure Ulcer prevention

Vital Signs - Temp/Pulse/Lying and Standing BP/Respiratory Rate

Mouth care/Eye care/Toe nails and Finger nails

Catheter care/Bladder washouts/Stoma care

Catheterisation (under registered practitioner discretion -- NVQ III Training)

Bowel care (suppositories)

Venepuncture

Basic Wound care

Simple bandaging and paste bandaging

To monitor the well-being of vulnerable older people within current case load, contributing to protecting those individuals whose health and well-being is at risk.

To monitor and maintain health, safety and security of self and others in own work area, identifying and assessing potential risks and taking appropriate action, and adhering to Trust and team's health and safety policies and procedures. This job may include exposure to unpleasant working conditions or dangerous environment: unhygienic environment, bodily fluids, unpleasant smells.

Hampshire and Isle of Wight Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust provides joined-up mental and physical healthcare for around two million people across our communities. With over 13,000 staff working in the community and local hospitals, we deliver care at every stage of life, helping people live their best and healthiest lives.

Our mental health services include community-based support and early intervention in psychosis (EIP) for both adults and young people, alongside a network of specialist inpatient wards covering forensic, learning disability, eating disorder and older person's care.

We deliver extensive physical health services too, from urgent community response teams helping frail and older patients remain safely at home, to hospitals at home teams providing acute-level care in familiar surroundings. Our neurological services offer rehabilitation and treatment for conditions including Multiple Sclerosis, Parkinson's Disease, Motor Neurone Disease, Head Injury, Cerebral Palsy and Stroke. Across Hampshire, our community hospitals provide inpatient rehabilitation as a step down from acute care, and our dedicated teams also staff Treetops Sexual Assault Referral Centre in Portsmouth, offering expert, compassionate support.

Everything we do is underpinned by our CARE values of compassion, accountability, respect and excellence