To undertake delegated assessments and deliver healthcare to patients in their own homes, undertaking delegated clinical activities following treatment plans set by registered practitioners.  

To work within the integrated team to facilitate early discharge from hospital. 

To work within the integrated team to prevent unnecessary admission to hospital. 

Apply competency-based treatment/care/interventions to patients under the supervision of a registered practitioner, following a prescribed treatment/care plan. 

Understand own role and scope of practice in delivering care, enabling or providing interventions and treatments to meet individual’s assessed needs 

Plan and prioritise own visits to delegated patients and ensure these are scheduled on SystmOne. 

Ensure patient records are completed for each intervention, ensuring SystmOne inputting is completed. 

Make basic observations on patients’ response to prescribed treatment/care plans, identify risks, and report findings to a registered practitioner. Make suggestions on care, protection and support. 

Liaise with other health care professionals as required. 

Overcome barriers to understanding, e.g. patients with hearing or cognitive impairment. 

Communicate with patients/carers by using factual information, giving reassurance, with tact and empathy. 

Establish and maintain appropriate working relationships with colleagues, patients, carers and other health care professionals. 

Demonstrate dexterity and coordination when undertaking treatment of patients where accuracy is important, and report results to qualified practitioner or via daily handover.  

Be responsible for ensuring equipment is used safely, following relevant training,  

Ensure equipment is maintained appropriately, reporting issues via incident reporting processes. 

Contribute to the requisitioning of supplies and equipment through electronic ordering systems. 

Predominately work independently on specified tasks, with regular clinical support and supervision by a registered practitioner. 

Work with other practitioners with group work/clinics. 

Demonstrate an awareness and understanding of consent, and gain consent following organisational policies. 

Respect people’s dignity, wishes and beliefs, involving them in shared decision making. 

Maintain store cupboards, pool cars, cleaning equipment and carry out general housekeeping tasks. 

Undertake indirect patient tasks, such as, answering telephones, arranging appointments, and inputting activity data on System One. 

Undertake health promotion / education as required, to optimise patient engagement  e.g. smoking cessation, falls etc. 

Work within the Trust policies/guidelines ensuring safe standards of care. Understand the need for risk reporting and pressure ulcer policies and report any incidence promptly via Radar. 

Adhere to infection control policies and utilise universal precautions as you will be exposed to bodily fluids, infected material, blood products on a daily basis. 

Demonstrate IT and standard keyboard skills. 

Participate and contribute in multidisciplinary team/multi-agency meetings. 

Attend training as required to enhance role. 

Be required to demonstrate own duties to students, new starters and/or less experienced staff; and be involved in induction programmes for new staff / students as required. 

Be aware of limitations of own scope of practice, and when to involve a more senior practitioner, both in daily practice and in emergency situations. 

Acknowledge and recognise peoples’ expressed beliefs, preferences and choices. 

Demonstrate an awareness of clinical governance and risk management and apply to work situation. 

Provide peer support to other assistants. 

Actively contribute to team working and express ideas on improving services for users and the team. 

Be aware of trust’s behaviour framework and ensure behaviours are demonstrated in role. 

Undertake mandatory training as required. 

Participate in the Personal Development Review process. 

Follow Trust policies, local procedures and Competency Framework 

Ensure absence reporting is undertaken as determined by Team Leader and Trust Policy. 

Take responsibility to plan and book allocated Annual Leave throughout the year to support your health and wellbeing. Observing trust and local team policy. 

Contribute to clinical audit as required. 

Complete risk assessment and incident forms as required. 

Take part in clinical supervision as per Trust Policy.