Sirona care & health CIC

Community Support Worker

The closing date is 08 June 2025

Job summary

Would you like to make a difference to the community you live in and love? Are you looking to start a career in healthcare or are currently a Healthcare Assistant or Support Worker looking for a fresh start?

Our teams support patients to live independently and improve their quality of life in the place they like to call home.

As a Community Support Worker, you'll play a vital role in our service. You will work closely with the multi-disciplinary team made up of clinicians such as Physiotherapists and Nurses to provide ongoing clinical activities such as, nursing tasks, rehabilitation, recovery and support with daily routines and personal care.

Successful candidates will have the support from their teams to be comfortable working independently in the community. If you have strong verbal communication skills and can use initiative to ensure service users and their families have the best experience, then we want to hear from you. In return we can offer a fulfilling and rewarding career within our teams with opportunities for development.

We will offer a tailored training package to suit your development needs to make sure you feel fully supported within your new role - should you wish to progress further in your career then Sirona can offer a number of opportunities such as apprenticeships, where we have strong links with local higher education partners.

Main duties of the job

  • Undertake a range of delegated clinical, therapy & nursing led activities to support the service users on the Integrated Network Team caseload.
  • To provide a safe, patient centred and effective clinical activities in the community setting.
  • You will work within adults services to deliver a full range of healthcare activities.
  • You may be expected to work flexibly with other teams or services, both within the locality and Sirona wide when the need arises at short notice.
  • Be able and willing to travel throughout the service delivery geographical area.

Enhanced pay for weekends and bank holidays, mileage is reimbursed whilst you carry out your duties at work. We also offer generous annual leave allowance and an attractive staff benefits scheme.

We have full and part time hours available and can support flexible working patterns - currently this service runs from 8am - 8pm - 7 days a week.

About us

Ever dreamt about a career that sparks excitement and fosters your professional growth? Picture yourself waking up eager to make a real difference in our community, surrounded by teams who value your unique ideas. It's time to turn your dream into reality!

We are Sirona care & health - England's largest provider of Adult's and Children's Community Services and we'd love for you to join us in Bristol, North Somerset or South Gloucestershire.

Agenda for Change Salary, full NHS benefits, 27+ days' annual leave, and participation in the NHS Pension Scheme - just a glimpse of the benefits we offer.

Whether you're starting your journey in healthcare, looking for a fresh challenge within the NHS, or contemplating a career change, don't be daunted by the prospect of something different - we create development opportunities for all our colleagues and apprentices.

Interested? View our benefits leaflet which you can find as an attachment on this vacancy.

Details

Date posted

20 May 2025

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 3

Salary

£24,625 to £25,674 a year pro rata, per annum

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time, Part-time, Flexible working

Reference number

083-7216890-MP

Job locations

Fishponds Primary Care Centre,

Beechwood Road, Fishponds, Bristol BS16 3TD

Bristol

BS16 3TD


Job description

Job responsibilities

Please see the attached Job Description for a full list of duties and responsibilities before applying for this position.

We are unable to provide sponsorship for this role and can only accept applications from UK based applicants.

If you are currently require a visa to work in the UK, there must be a minimum of 12 months from your start date until the expiry date.

Job description

Job responsibilities

Please see the attached Job Description for a full list of duties and responsibilities before applying for this position.

We are unable to provide sponsorship for this role and can only accept applications from UK based applicants.

If you are currently require a visa to work in the UK, there must be a minimum of 12 months from your start date until the expiry date.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

  • NVQ Level 3 in Health & Social Care or willingness to work towards.

Skills, Knowledge & Experience

Essential

  • Explain how you've worked without direct supervision, to achieve the objectives of a post.
  • Tell us about your experience of direct patient care in a health or social care setting.
  • Tell us about your experience of team working and an understanding of team dynamics including what factors make a team work well and what can go wrong and why.
  • Able to use a variety of IT systems e.g. email, EMIS.

Desirable

  • Recent relevant experience within a community setting.

Application Reason

Essential

  • Please tell us why you have chosen to apply for this role with Sirona care & health?
Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

  • NVQ Level 3 in Health & Social Care or willingness to work towards.

Skills, Knowledge & Experience

Essential

  • Explain how you've worked without direct supervision, to achieve the objectives of a post.
  • Tell us about your experience of direct patient care in a health or social care setting.
  • Tell us about your experience of team working and an understanding of team dynamics including what factors make a team work well and what can go wrong and why.
  • Able to use a variety of IT systems e.g. email, EMIS.

Desirable

  • Recent relevant experience within a community setting.

Application Reason

Essential

  • Please tell us why you have chosen to apply for this role with Sirona care & health?

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.

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Additional information

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.

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Employer details

Employer name

Sirona care & health CIC

Address

Fishponds Primary Care Centre,

Beechwood Road, Fishponds, Bristol BS16 3TD

Bristol

BS16 3TD


Employer's website

https://www.sirona-cic.org.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)


Employer details

Employer name

Sirona care & health CIC

Address

Fishponds Primary Care Centre,

Beechwood Road, Fishponds, Bristol BS16 3TD

Bristol

BS16 3TD


Employer's website

https://www.sirona-cic.org.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)


Employer contact details

For questions about the job, contact:

INT Manager [BIC]

Katie King

katie.king3@nhs.net

07917587201

Details

Date posted

20 May 2025

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 3

Salary

£24,625 to £25,674 a year pro rata, per annum

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time, Part-time, Flexible working

Reference number

083-7216890-MP

Job locations

Fishponds Primary Care Centre,

Beechwood Road, Fishponds, Bristol BS16 3TD

Bristol

BS16 3TD


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