Health Care Practitioner

Health Care Practitioner

Home Close, Fulbourn

Full or part time hours available

£13.10 per hour

We have an exciting opportunity to join our Home Close nursing home as an experienced Health Care Practitioner.

The main function for our Health Care Practitioners is to provide high quality care to residents as directed by the registered nurse. To provide leadership and supervision to Senior Care Assistants and Care Assistants.

About us:

Healthcare homes group has an existing portfolio of 45 residential and nursing homes, located across East Anglia and the South of England.

At Healthcare Homes we pride ourselves on the quality of our homes and are looking for people who share our passion for providing excellent care and who share our values; respect, compassion and commitment.

About the role:

You will be required to provide the highest quality of care to our residents as directed by the nurse in charge. you will complete clinical tasks such as MUST and Waterlow Assessments, wound management, monitoring residents blood pressure, temperature, pulse, respirations, height, weight and blood sugar levels. Within the role you will also be responsible for supporting with End of life care, safe management of PEG feeding,Safe control, administration and storage of residents’ medication as prescribed by the General Practitioner and Catheter and Colostomy care.

About the home:

We provide person-centred nursing, residential, respite and dementia care for up to 72 residents. Arranged over two floors, our bedrooms can be personalised to make them a real home-from-home, and residents are able to enjoy a selection of lounges, dining rooms and well-kept gardens for relaxing, socialising and entertaining.

About you:

You will be someone that is engaging, compassionate and respectful and have a minimum of 12 months expereinece within the health sector. Having a good understanding of regulatory frameworks including DoLs/MCA is essential. You will pride yourself on delivering outstanding care while supporting and encouraging the team around you.

You must have Care Practitioner Award or equivalent to be suitable for this role

In return we offer a comprehensive benefits package including:

• Company Pension
• 5.6 weeks paid holiday pay
• Refer a Friend scheme worth up to £1000 per person
• Employee Assistance Programme to support your mental health, financial support, counselling and family wellbeing
• Extensive training courses through our Healthcare Homes Academy
• Qualifications and Apprenticeship opportunities including Advanced Healthcare Practitioner
• Blue Light Card offering a number of discounts across retail and hospitality including 10% at Asda and discounted tickets for theme parks and attractions
• Recognition and Long Service awards

Established in 2005, Healthcare Homes Group has an existing portfolio comprising of 48 residential and nursing homes located across East Anglia and the South of England. We are a leading provider within the care sector and our ethos is to deliver the best person-centred care to all our residents.

About Home Close

At Home Close we provide person-centred nursing, residential, respite and dementia care. The entire team work hard to treat our residents like family as we work within their home.

We are lucky enough to be situated in a lovely area of the country on the outskirts of Cambridge and we’re proud of our facilities we offer to our residents. We have a specialist nursing team and the whole team always work to provide varied and engaging activities and compassionate care centred by respect, dignity and choice.

To find out more about Home Close follow this link.