Rehabilitation Support Worker
East Coast Community Healthcare CIC
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Job summary
Inpatient Rehabilitation Support Worker
Full time, permanent position, up to 37.5 hours per week, Band 2
We have an exciting opportunity for an enthusiastic support worker to join our established inpatient team. You will support both nursing and therapy teams to facilitate rehabilitation in an inpatient environment. Your role will be patient facing and very much hands on, supporting patients with activities of daily living.
Our aim is to promote recovery and well-being, whilst empowering patients to self-manage and maximise their independence using meaningful activity. We take a very holistic approach to rehabilitation working on the ethos that all patient interactions have the potential to be a rehabilitation opportunity.
The unit also supports inpatient Specialist Palliative Care patients.
This role attracts paid enhancements for out of hours, bank holiday weekend and night working.
If you are aged between 16-30 and not currently in education, employment or training, our colleagues at the Norfolk and Waveney Integrated Care Board (supported by the Princes Trust), can provide application and interview coaching. To request this support please contact NWICB.Careers@nhs.net
If you are not eligible to receive the above support from the ICB, pop to your local Jobcentre to see what support is available or check out the DWP website for support at 6: Applications and interviews - JobHelp
Main duties of the job
You will be part of a team of support workers trained in a range of skills. Your role will be very physical, providing hands on care including assisting with all ADLS as needed. You will work alongside both nursing and therapy teams, delivering care so that they can support and respond to the patients needs. This includes all aspects of personal care, with an ethos of rehabilitation to support patients to gain as much independence as possible. You will also support end of life patients and their families over the last few weeks/days of life.
About us
ECCH is well established health care provider and has been successfully delivering NHS care within the community since 2011. We provide a range of NHS, community health and social care services predominantly across the easterly region of the Norfolk/Suffolk borders.
We are aligned to NHS terms and conditions, and offer many employee benefits, to find out more about us visit our website - www.ecch.org. We are a social enterprise and staff owned organisation which means staff can opt to be shareholders and have a real say in how ECCH is run and evolves to deliver healthcare for the future.
At the heart of our ambition, we work in partnership with and for the community to become the provider and employer of choice for community healthcare.
We encourage you to apply as early as possible as this job may close earlier than the advertised closing date once enough applications have been received.
The Unit presently comprises of 20 intermediate care beds delivering rehabilitation and 6 Specialist Palliative Care (SPC) beds in a purpose designed setting. For our intermediate care patients our aims are to reduce acute hospital admission and facilitate early discharge by utilising the skills of the multidisciplinary team of nurses and therapists. For the SPC patients we aim to provide holistic symptom management.
Date posted
15 July 2024
Pay scheme
Agenda for change
Band
Band 2
Salary
£22,383 a year
Contract
Permanent
Working pattern
Full-time, Part-time
Reference number
B9849-076-24
Job locations
Beccles Hospital
St. Marys Road
Beccles
Suffolk
NR34 9NQ
Employer details
Employer name
East Coast Community Healthcare CIC
Address
Beccles Hospital
St. Marys Road
Beccles
Suffolk
NR34 9NQ
Employer's website
https://www.ecch.org/ (Opens in a new tab)
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