Job summary
We are currently recruiting for a Support Worker to join our Intermediate Care Team on a full time permanent contract working 37.5 hours per week. The Moor to Sea Intermediate Care Team is based at Totnes Hospital, although we cover a large geographical area.
As a Support Worker for Intermediate Care Team (SWIC), you will assist Occupational Therapists, Physiotherapists and Community Nurses working under supervision in providing an Intermediate Care Service to patients to promote faster recovery from illness, prevent unnecessary acute hospital admissions, support timely discharge and maximise independent living within the recommended time frame of six to eight weeks.
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Main duties of the job
- On a daily basis, you can make a difference by helping patients through recovery and returning back to health and independence. A difference that you can make to an individuals quality of life.
- We recognise the importance and impact clinical support can make a difference, and that's why we're looking for an ambitious and eager individual who also want to make a difference within the healthcare profession.
- You will interact and communicate with patients, carers and relatives appropriately and effectively take behaviour and body language into account, in order to ensure information is understood by all concerned. Meanwhile respecting individual's privacy, dignity, wishes and beliefs, equally minimising any unnecessary discomfort at all times.
About us
The Intermediate Care Team is part of an integrated, co-located, multi-disciplinary The main duties of this job is to make a difference by helping patients through recovery and returning back to health and independence
We work in an integrated way with allied health care professionals within the locality, and are a motivated and caring team to both patients and colleagues.
The team is flexible and promotes a health work/home life balance. Therefore, your package with us includes a lot more than just your pay.
Listed are a few of the additional benefits that are available to you as an employee:
- NHS Pension Scheme
- Generous Holiday Entitlement, starting at 27 days a year (for full time workers) plus bank/public holidays
- Staff Discounts
- Career development and training opportunities
- Employee Support - Staff have access to a 24-hour helpline
Our people are caring, committed, inclusive and focused on quality. We focus on solutions and people's strengths. We encourage outside the box thinking and embrace innovation and change wherever it can drive improvement.
If you share our values and vision and are passionate about working with people on what matters to them, you could be a real assed to Team Torbay and South Devon.
Job description
Job responsibilities
- Communicate with a range of people on a range of matters that is appropriate to them and the situation.
- Collect, collate and record appropriate personally generated observations and report any significant changes that might be detrimental to the patient.
- Work independently using a wide range of skills.
- Teach patients, carers and relatives the correct use of specialist equipment and daily living aids.
- To place the Service User at the heart of the service
- Under supervision assist in developing and restoring the function of the body using exercise and equipment for the patient to gain an optimum level of mobility.
- Deliver nursing procedures, e.g. simple wound management, venipuncture, capillary blood sugar monitoring and any other procedure deemed appropriate for or during the intermediate care period.
Full vacancy details can be found on the attached Job Description/Person Specification.Ability to travel efficiently around the Bay is important in order to carry out your duties (e.g. Full driving licence and vehicle).Please refer to your suitability to the post in your supporting information from the role requirements or person specification.
Job description
Job responsibilities
- Communicate with a range of people on a range of matters that is appropriate to them and the situation.
- Collect, collate and record appropriate personally generated observations and report any significant changes that might be detrimental to the patient.
- Work independently using a wide range of skills.
- Teach patients, carers and relatives the correct use of specialist equipment and daily living aids.
- To place the Service User at the heart of the service
- Under supervision assist in developing and restoring the function of the body using exercise and equipment for the patient to gain an optimum level of mobility.
- Deliver nursing procedures, e.g. simple wound management, venipuncture, capillary blood sugar monitoring and any other procedure deemed appropriate for or during the intermediate care period.
Full vacancy details can be found on the attached Job Description/Person Specification.Ability to travel efficiently around the Bay is important in order to carry out your duties (e.g. Full driving licence and vehicle).Please refer to your suitability to the post in your supporting information from the role requirements or person specification.
Person Specification
Qualifications and training
Essential
- NVQ level 3 in Health & Social Care or equivalent qualification/experience
Desirable
- Care certificate
- English & Mathematics at GSCE grade A-C (9-4) or level 2 functional skills
Knowledge and experience
Essential
- Previous experience in a care environment or able to demonstrate a caring nature/ life experience
- Understands the need for strict confidentiality
Desirable
- Working knowledge of complex care needs of some individuals/families including Safeguarding Children & Adults, Domestic Abuse and Mental Health
Specific skills
Essential
- Basic computer/keyboard skills
- Fine motor skills - for venepuncture, phlebotomy and other clinical tasks
- Good interpersonal and communication skills
- Able to prioritise and organise work
- Able to work under instruction, under pressure and as part of a team
- Record keeping competency in handwritten and electronic records
- Able to demonstrate empathy, sensitivity, and to adapt communication style to circumstances
- Able to manage stress in themselves and others
- Able to offer support at times of emotional distress
- Willingness to undertake new skills and training
- Able to work as a team member or independently
- Ability to adapt behaviour to changing and challenging situations
- Be flexible, adaptable, reliable and punctual
- Demonstrate a positive commitment to uphold diversity and equality policies approved by the Trust
Desirable
- Healthcare competencies appropriate to area of work
Person Specification
Qualifications and training
Essential
- NVQ level 3 in Health & Social Care or equivalent qualification/experience
Desirable
- Care certificate
- English & Mathematics at GSCE grade A-C (9-4) or level 2 functional skills
Knowledge and experience
Essential
- Previous experience in a care environment or able to demonstrate a caring nature/ life experience
- Understands the need for strict confidentiality
Desirable
- Working knowledge of complex care needs of some individuals/families including Safeguarding Children & Adults, Domestic Abuse and Mental Health
Specific skills
Essential
- Basic computer/keyboard skills
- Fine motor skills - for venepuncture, phlebotomy and other clinical tasks
- Good interpersonal and communication skills
- Able to prioritise and organise work
- Able to work under instruction, under pressure and as part of a team
- Record keeping competency in handwritten and electronic records
- Able to demonstrate empathy, sensitivity, and to adapt communication style to circumstances
- Able to manage stress in themselves and others
- Able to offer support at times of emotional distress
- Willingness to undertake new skills and training
- Able to work as a team member or independently
- Ability to adapt behaviour to changing and challenging situations
- Be flexible, adaptable, reliable and punctual
- Demonstrate a positive commitment to uphold diversity and equality policies approved by the Trust
Desirable
- Healthcare competencies appropriate to area of work
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
