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Trosolwg o'r swydd

An opportunity has arisen to work in an exciting integrated model for the delivery of patient care in Dorset County Hospital’s Acute Hospital at Home service. This  service proactively manages and monitors a defined caseload of patients who have complex care needs in the short term, on a multi-disciplinary basis in their own home.

We are looking for a dynamic Healthcare Assistant/Therapy Assistant, to work in our multi-disciplinary team, ensuring a patient focused and individualised approach. Ideally you will have acute and/or community experience within a multi-disciplinary team working .

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Prif ddyletswyddau'r swydd

Our unique Acute Hospital at Home team are looking to recruit Healthcare Assistant/Therapy Assistants. Our service proactively manages and monitors a defined caseload of patients, who have complex care short term needs. The team is truly multidisciplinary, and consists of Therapists, Staff Nurses and HCA/Therapy Assistants.

Our team are in the privileged position of treating people in their own home, getting to know them well and seeing them recover from acute illness. Our team and our service work with the patient’s needs at its heart and aims to support admission avoidance and early discharge from hospital wards. The focus of the service is the acutely medically ill.

We are looking for a team member who:

- Has 12 months experience in a healthcare setting

- Has a special interest and passion for caring for the patients of our community

- Has evidence of and/or insight into community working

In return we can offer you a rewarding career, in an incredible team and Trust, based in a genuinely beautiful part of the country.

Previous applicants need not apply

Gweithio i'n sefydliad

Patients in receipt of Acute Hospital at Home treatment are offered continuity of care by following them from hospital into the community and the post provides the opportunity to work  closely with acute, community and primary care colleagues in a seamless service. It is truly rewarding watching patients recover In their own home. 

Acute Hospital at Home staff will experience a unique opportunity to interact with senior, specialist nurses and medical staff with the support of their line managers. There are opportunitites to develop a number of nursing and therapy based skills. 

This is a service with the patient’s needs at its heart and aims to support admission avoidance and early discharge.