Generic Worker - Haverhill INT

Job summary

Band 3 Generic Worker

Haverhill Integrated Neighbourhood Team

Full time (or part time considered)

Permanent

A full time Band 3 Generic Worker / Support worker, position is now available within the Haverhill Health Community Team.

We are looking for an applicant with experience in a variety of NHS clinical areas though previous community experience, though ideal, is not essential.

The successful applicant will work with the District Nursing team, our Community Matron, OT's & Physio's, alongside the GP practices to provide high quality patient care, together with our Integrated Alliance partners, ACS, Home Care, Council & Voluntary sector colleagues.

The Haverhill Integrated Team is a friendly, harmonious team, who always look to support each other in caring for individual patients our neighbourhood, which has a warm community feel. The base site at Haverhill will soon be relocated to the Haverhill Health Centre; enabling an integrated working environment.

We welcome any questions & welcome anyone who would like to visit prior to application.

If you have the necessary skills, experience, and qualities to help us put patients first, please contact Natalie Readings, Team Manager, for an informal discussion or to arrange a visit.

Main duties of the job

We receive referrals for adults with all long-term conditions; leg ulcer patients; diabetics; patients discharged from acute hospitals with ongoing needs and in the prevention and management of falls etc. Treatment is carried out in patients own homes.

You will be responsible for your own work with supervision & support from the Community Nurses & Therapists.

You are expected to have excellent communication & IT skills.

You will show experience of basic nursing skills & an ability to contribute to care planning and carrying out interventions to aid patients' health and wellbeing. You will have access to training and supervision that will build upon your current skills.

You will need to have the ability to travel to all rural locations to carry out the post. Pool vans are available for staff to use on a shared basis & to transport equipment.

About us

#BeKnown at West Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust. By us. By our patients. By our community

We are a busy, friendly, rural NHS Trust providing high-quality care and compassion to more than a quarter of a million people across west Suffolk. We care for, treat and support people in hospital, at home and in various community settings.

The West Suffolk Hospital in Bury St Edmunds provides acute and secondary care services (emergency department, maternity and neonatal services, day surgery unit, eye treatment centre, Macmillan unit and children's ward). It has 500+ beds and is a partner teaching hospital of the University of Cambridge.

Adult and paediatric community services, provided in collaboration with West Suffolk Alliance partners, include a range of nursing, therapy, specialist, and ongoing temporary care and rehabilitation, some at our Newmarket Community Hospital.

We do our utmost to achieve outstanding clinical outcomes for patients and our values of fairness, inclusivity, respect, safety and team work guide how we work and behave as a team.

With nearly 5,000 staff, from all over the world, we strive to make our organisation a great place to work. Whatever your role or ambition, we want to help you be the best you can be.

We promote a diverse and inclusive community where everyones voice counts and you can #BeKnown for whoever you are.

Join us. What will you #BeKnown for?