Clinical Support Worker Higher Level (Community)

Job summary

UCR Clinical / Integrated Support Worker Higher Level - 7 day service (shift patterns apply 08:00 - 20:30, 20:00 - 08:30 )

Be the reason someone smiles today!

Would you like to make a difference to people's lives, in a role that enables you to develop your skills? We are looking for kind compassionate staff to support people to continue to live in their own homes in Hambleton and Richmondshire locality.

This exciting new role has been developed to support the new Hospital at Home (H@H) and Urgent Community Response (UCR) multidisciplinary team working across Hambleton and Richmondshire.

The UCR Team will work with patients that can be assessed in their own home to prevent hospital admission and to facilitate early discharge. You will provide both rehab and nursing care activities following a person-centred plan within the patients' own home.

The role will require some flexibility and this will require the post holder to work a mixture of day and night shifts across Hospital @ Home and UCR in response to service demands and therefore you would need to have access to a vehicle and be able to travel throughout the area.

Applicants must have Numeracy and Literacy Level 2 or Maths & English GCSE A-C/4-9 or Maths & English O Level/GCE A-C or Maths & English CSE Grade 1 or NARIC/ ENIC which compares the qualification to UK GCSE (https://www.enic-naric.net/)

Main duties of the job

This is an opportunity for those who are interested in working in the local community and being part of an exciting new model of working in the community localities of Hambleton and Richmondshire, working alongside nursing and therapy to help bridge the gap between home and hospital.

To work as part of the Integrated Community Urgent Community Response (UCR) therapy/nursing team to deliver a 7 day, 24 hour same day UCR service based in the community, to support discharge to assess and admission avoidance. To work flexibly to meet the changing needs of the patients.

The Clinical / Integrated Support Worker Higher Level is a member of the team who will support patients at home during a 72 hour period of crisis until a care package can be instigated.

The post holder will undertake a broad range of care activities, including personal care without direct supervision of a Registered Practitioner but will feed back findings.

Each person that you work with will have individual needs, but the kind of support you might give includes:

• Assistance with washing and dressing, getting in/out of bed on/off the toilet.
• Prompting with medication
• Base line observations
• Fitting of equipment
• Venepuncture
• Bladder Scanning
• Simple Dressings

Applicants must have access to a vehicle for work purposes to meet the requirements of the role.

Please note that this vacancy will close when we receive sufficient completed applications.

About us

South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust offers leadership and improvement training to all new staff. This training programme has been designed to support our staff in developing their understanding of leadership and management skills. You will be expected to attend the following training sessions:o Your Leadership Impacto Service Improvement for Beginners

After you complete these one and a half days of training, you will be able to explore further leadership and improvement training opportunities. We also offer a range of additional in-house courses and bitesize programmes through our Leadership and Improvement Team.

Employer details

Employer name

South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Friarage Hospital

Bullamoor Road

Northallerton

DL6 1JG

Employer's website

https://www.southtees.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

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Employer details

Employer name

South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Friarage Hospital

Bullamoor Road

Northallerton

DL6 1JG

Employer's website

https://www.southtees.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

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