Role Summary
Castle Place GP Practice has a unique and exciting opportunity for two part-time Senior Healthcare Support Workers to join our team. Our permanent role is for 21 hours per week, and we have a fixed term contract until March 2024 for 13.5 hours.
As part of our team, you will:
- Form part of a multi-disciplinary team providing and recording nursing procedures, screening and health promotion services to the Practice population.
- Understand the principles of healthy living, chronic disease management and provision of care in the primary care setting.
- Assist medical and clinical personnel in the care of practice patients, to include treatment, preventative care, screening and patient education under the direction and supervision of a Registered Nurse/Clinician.
- Practice in accordance with Trust standards and statutory requirements and operate within the boundaries of the role and assessed competencies.
- Undertake administrative duties as required
About the Role
For more information on the Job Description and Responsibilities please click the link below.
More detail about the role
Castle Place Practice, which is part of the Royal Devon University Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust, is uniquely positioned to thrive in the ongoing development of integrated care. A friendly practice within a market town holding 14,100 patients on its list this is an exciting time to join the team.
We are located within spacious modern premises adjacent to a community hospital with a wide range of services including radiology, inpatients and urgent care. We are very much a team-based practice with a democratic approach across specialities. We pride ourselves on providing excellent care with a supportive ethos. We meet regularly throughout the day including at morning huddle and coffee.
Our multi skilled team extend to Nurses, ANPs, Clinical Pharmacists, Paramedic, Physiotherapists and being a teaching and training practice makes this a dynamic place to work. We are one of two practices within Tiverton Primary Care Network (PCN) which makes us an effective size for collaboration. Work life balance is important to us and maintaining enthusiasm for general practice through learning and development.
As we strengthen our partnership with the Royal Devon University Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust, which delivers acute, community and primary care across the region, we are developing opportunities for greater collaboration with a huge range of specialties, and this will include opportunities to enhance the care provided to patients as well as strengthen our local workforce and we are keen for this post to be part of developing these opportunities.
Working Pattern: 21 hours per week and 13.5 hours per week. Working hours between 07:00 and 18:00. Occasional extended hours to finish at 20:00. Working pattern negotiable within the working day as per service need.
Depending on your shift pattern and working hours, you may also receive additional enhancements to your pay.
Interview Date: Tuesday 15th August 2023.
This is a fixed term contract until March 2024. For current NHS employees this post could be a secondment opportunity.
For further information please contact Sarah Gray (acting Lead Practice Nurse) on 07751 353746 or by email at sarahgray@nhs.net
Preference will be given to staff with ‘Priority’ and 'At Risk' status including NHS At Risk staff throughout Devon.
The Royal Devon University Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust reserves the right to close vacancy when sufficient applications have been received.
The Royal Devon University Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust was established in April 2022, bringing together the expertise of both the Royal Devon and Exeter NHS Foundation Trust and Northern Devon Healthcare NHS Trust.
About Us
Stretching across Northern, Eastern and Mid Devon, we have a workforce of over 15,000 staff, making us the largest employer in Devon. Our core services, which we provide to more than 615,000 people, cover more than 2,000 square miles across Devon, while some of our specialist services cover the whole of the peninsula, extending our reach as far as Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly.
We deliver a wide range of emergency, specialist and general medical services through North Devon District Hospital and the Royal Devon and Exeter Hospital (Wonford). Alongside our two acute hospitals, we provide integrated health and social care services across a variety of settings, including community inpatient hospitals, outpatient clinics, and within people’s own homes. We also offer primary care services, a range of specialist community services, and Sexual Assault Referral Centres (SARC).
Our state-of-the-art equipment, leading technologies and strong links to local universities put us at the forefront of research and innovations, enabling us to provide world-class care to our local communities.
Our values are at the heart of everything we do, click here to find out more
It has never been a more exciting time to join the Royal Devon, as you will help to shape our services as we continue along our integration journey.
Benefits
Looking after you is important to us.
We strive to help our staff create a healthy work-life balance through flexible working schemes and our family friendly policies.
If you are starting out in the NHS, you’ll start with 27 days paid annual leave (plus bank holidays), rising to 33 days plus bank holidays.
You will benefit from access to our own comprehensive occupational health services, including counselling, onsite wellbeing activities and groups.
We will work together to maintain a culture that develops and supports you and your team.
This might include funding for a care certificate, a degree or leadership qualifications. Or it might include days off to study, engage in CPD or rotational placements to help you hone your skills. Wherever you are heading in the NHS, we will help you get there.
Salary is not the only financial benefit
You will have access to an extensive range of staff discounts on shopping, fitness and leisure options and you can spread the cost of technology and home appliance purchases from major retailers. You will also have access to other benefits including:
- National discount services such as the Blue Light Card and Health Service Discounts.
- Salary sacrifice options including our OFSTED rated outstanding nursery onsite at Exeter
- Car lease schemes.
- The NHS Pension scheme (one of the most generous and comprehensive in the UK).
- Cycle to work scheme
These are just a few of the benefits available – if the role is something you are interested in, we would love to hear from you.
