Health and Social Care Apprenticeship (Domiciliary) - London

We are looking for compassionate, reliable, and dedicated Healthcare Assistants to join our growing team. If you are passionate about making a positive difference in people's lives and delivering high-quality, person-centred care, we would love to hear from you.

As a Healthcare Assistant, you will provide essential support to individuals in their own homes, supported living settings, or other community environments, helping them maintain their independence, dignity, and quality of life. You will work closely with registered nurses, care coordinators, and other healthcare professionals to deliver outstanding care tailored to each individual's needs.

• Meeting patients and their families to inform them of the role of the Care Assistant; commencing the care plan; offering information regarding treatments, procedures, prescriptions, and continuing care.
• Participating in interdisciplinary meetings to develop care plans in conjunction with other care providers; ensuring smooth care plan advancement; promoting peer support; educating colleagues on case management practices.
• Supervising quality and delivery of care by carrying out patient rounds; documenting care and progress towards desired care outcome; identifying and correcting digression from the documented plan of care; reviewing progress with patients in conjunction with the principal care provider; working alongside external departments to agree and expedite tests, procedures, and consultations; reporting staff and performance concerns to the manager; maintaining communication with operation staff regarding deviation from the care plan or transfer/release plan.
• Measuring the effectiveness of the plan by evaluating the results of care with the interdisciplinary team; providing care improvement recommendations.
• Act in accordance with the care guidelines and legal requirements; fostering treatment practices and standards of care that comply with the values of the hospital and nursing division; observance of governing regulations.
• Follow policies and procedures to prevent the spread of diseases and illnesses amongst self, colleagues, and patients.
• Maintaining patient confidentiality and respecting the rights of patients.
• Creating and implementing organisational procedures to maintain quality standards.
• Recording patient information in the patient care database as it becomes available; backing up data; validating findings and reports.
• Continually improving industry and technical knowledge by attending professional workshops; reviewing trade publications; building professional networks; familiarising oneself with new practices.

Your training

Paragon Skills is an award-winning, Ofsted-rated ‘Good’, national apprenticeship provider inspiring over 10,000 learners annually and working with over 3000 businesses to deliver apprenticeships in a high-quality, consistent way.

Our dedicated focus on the Care and Education sectors means we are deeply rooted within these sectors and have in-depth knowledge and understanding of what is required from a training perspective. Upon completion of this 10-month apprenticeship standard, you will have obtained your Adult Care Worker apprenticeship Level 2 Apprenticeship.

Where it leads

There is a possibility of being offered a full-time role after successful completion of the apprenticeship.

About Kome Care LTD

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Where you'll work

• 53 East Smithfield, London, E1W 1AW

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