Job summary
Are you looking for a change and a challenge? Do you want to broaden your knowledge and skills and join an innovative developing Healthcare Service, at the leading edge of Integrated Community Care?
We are developing the Integrated Care Model and therefore have close, co-located working relationships with our Social Care colleagues, thus providing a holistic, joined -up service for our patients.
An exciting opportunity for a Community Generic Worker has arisen in the Sudbury Community Health Team. The team are based in the modern Health Centre in Sudbury which is a historic market town surrounded by picturesque villages. The Sudbury Health Centre is the base for a wide range of other health professionals and agencies including Adult Social Care and a GP practice so we are able to work together in a fully integrated way. The successful applicant will join a dynamic, friendly team of community nurses and therapists.
Main duties of the job
Following training, as required, to use skills from the professional areas of Nursing, Occupational Therapy and Physiotherapy, you will be providing nursing and therapy support to patients in the community.
You will be visiting patients in their own homes and implementing the patient's individualised care plan designed by the nurses and therapists. Some of your duties may include carrying out home exercise programmes, phlebotomy, wound care, administering insulin to stable diabetic patients and monitoring basic physical observations for good health.
As well as the essential person specifications as on the job description, you will need to have good communication skills, initiative, and be flexible.
Experience of working in the health and social care field will be needed including skills and understanding of community based work. an advantage. You will have the chance to be fully involved in working with the Multidisciplinary Team and integrating with Social Care and hospital based staff, as part of our Hospital At Home service. You will need to be committed to ongoing learning and development within the WSFT Community Service.
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?
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please see full detail of job description attached.
STAFF CAR PARKING
Staff Car Parking on the West Suffolk Hospital Site is eligible for individuals working outside of the core hours, 07:00 18:30.
For individuals working within the core hours, the Trust offers parking off site at the Bury St Edmunds Rugby Club, which is serviced by a regular shuttle bus to and from the Hospital. Details of the bus timetable can be found in the on-line starter pack on the West Suffolk Hospital website.
This parking restriction does not apply if an individual is required to work on a weekend or if they are required to complete on call duties within their role.
The closing date for this vacancy may change if we receive a strong response. Please ensure that you apply for any post you are interested in as soon as possible.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please see full detail of job description attached.
STAFF CAR PARKING
Staff Car Parking on the West Suffolk Hospital Site is eligible for individuals working outside of the core hours, 07:00 18:30.
For individuals working within the core hours, the Trust offers parking off site at the Bury St Edmunds Rugby Club, which is serviced by a regular shuttle bus to and from the Hospital. Details of the bus timetable can be found in the on-line starter pack on the West Suffolk Hospital website.
This parking restriction does not apply if an individual is required to work on a weekend or if they are required to complete on call duties within their role.
The closing date for this vacancy may change if we receive a strong response. Please ensure that you apply for any post you are interested in as soon as possible.
Person Specification
Education & 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
Experience & Knowledge
Essential
- Ability to communicate effectively
- Keyboard skills and knowledge of SystmOne
- Able to provide high standards of care
- Able to report and escalate concerns to senior clinician
Skilsl & Abilities
Essential
- Tact & diplomacy
- Empathy & sensitivity
- Ability to use own initiative
- Good observational skills
- Ability to manage stressful situations
- Able to contribute to team goals.
- Work flexibly to accommodate patient/service needs
- Demonstrate self-awareness and the ability to reflect on and change own behaviour.
- Manoeuvre patients using handling aids
- The ability to kneel, bend & stoop, and work in cramped environments
Personal Qualities
Essential
- Professional appearance in line with trust uniform policy
- Highly motivated
- Welcomes feedback on their performance and able to reflect and change behaviour.
- Flexible approach
- Able to make own travel arrangements to meet the needs of the services if required to
Person Specification
Education & 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
Experience & Knowledge
Essential
- Ability to communicate effectively
- Keyboard skills and knowledge of SystmOne
- Able to provide high standards of care
- Able to report and escalate concerns to senior clinician
Skilsl & Abilities
Essential
- Tact & diplomacy
- Empathy & sensitivity
- Ability to use own initiative
- Good observational skills
- Ability to manage stressful situations
- Able to contribute to team goals.
- Work flexibly to accommodate patient/service needs
- Demonstrate self-awareness and the ability to reflect on and change own behaviour.
- Manoeuvre patients using handling aids
- The ability to kneel, bend & stoop, and work in cramped environments
Personal Qualities
Essential
- Professional appearance in line with trust uniform policy
- Highly motivated
- Welcomes feedback on their performance and able to reflect and change behaviour.
- Flexible approach
- 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.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
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.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
