Generic Worker - Bluebird Lodge

East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust

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Job summary

Bluebird Lodge Community Hospital has an exciting opportunity for 2 x fulltime permanent Band 3 Generic Workers for 37.5 hours per week.

Bluebird Lodge is one of three East Suffolk Community Hospitals alongside Aldeburgh and Felixstowe Community Hospitals working in close partnership with Ipswich Hospital and as part of the wider ESNEFT NHS Trust. This post would be based at Bluebird Lodge with the opportunity to experience working at all three community hospital sites.

We are looking for an enthusiastic individual to work alongside nurses, healthcare assistants and therapists to provide high quality care and rehabilitation to enable individuals to increase their independence and facilitate timely and appropriate discharges.

Main duties of the job

To meet the direct and indirect care needs of patients under the delegation and supervision of a registered nurse. Including specific skilled support with wound care management, pressure ulcer prevention and additional patient support with stoma teaching for example.
To provide a reablement approach to supporting patients with personal care including bathing, toileting and feeding.
To provide specific skilled support to the registered therapists in providing rehabilitation from set rehabilitation plans alongside the therapy team and helping to facilitate patient's to achieve their goals and support timely discharges.
To be able to work flexibly over a 7 day service.
To establish effective communication across the multi-disciplinary team to ensure high quality care for our patients, families and carers.
To support in the identification and issuing of equipment required for patient use on the ward.

About us

We are ESNEFT and we provide hospital and community health services to almost one million people across east Suffolk and north Essex. Our dedicated staff deliver care from acute hospitals in Colchester and Ipswich, community hospitals, surgeries, community clinics and in patients' own homes.

We are one of the largest NHS organisations in England, employing more than 12,000 staff.

We pride ourselves on supporting our staff. We offer a wide range of training and development opportunities, as well as flexible working options.

Along with supporting you to achieve your career goals we offer a generous pension scheme, unsocial hours payments (where applicable), 27 days annual leave on commencement (pro rata) and access to a range of NHS discounts. Our Staff Health and Wellbeing programme offer a variety of services.

Our philosophy is thatTime Mattersto everyone. Across the Trust, we concentrate on improving the things we do and removing those which cause time delays for our staff and patients.

We are investing in our commitment to Time Matters with a partnership with leading electronic patient record (EPR) supplier Epic. This digital transformation will bring what's widely regarded as the world's best EPR system to ESNEFT, transforming life in hospital for staff and patients.

If you are passionate about patient care and want to develop your skills and knowledge, then we want to hear from you.

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Date posted

05 July 2024

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 3

Salary

£22,816 to £24,336 a year per annum

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

432-HR728-24

Job locations

Bluebird Lodge

Ipswich

IP3 9GJ

Job description

Job responsibilities

For full details of the responsibilities and duties of this role please see the attached job description.

Job description

Job responsibilities

For full details of the responsibilities and duties of this role please see the attached job description.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

QCF care certificate or equivalent knowledge and experience or working towards an Apprenticeship
Experience of working with the general public

Desirable

NVQ 3 in Health & Social Care or equivalent
Experience of working within a care setting

Knowledge and Skills

Essential

Keyboard skills and knowledge of SystmOne
Be a team player
Able to make own travel arrangements to meet the needs of the services if required to

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

QCF care certificate or equivalent knowledge and experience or working towards an Apprenticeship
Experience of working with the general public

Desirable

NVQ 3 in Health & Social Care or equivalent
Experience of working within a care setting

Knowledge and Skills

Essential

Keyboard skills and knowledge of SystmOne
Be a team player
Able to make own travel arrangements to meet the needs of the services if required to

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.