Southern Health NHS Foundation Trust

Health Care Support Worker

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Job summary

Integrated Community Care Team -- Fareham 2 CCT

Part Time Band 3 -- 30 hrs Substantive contract

PSEH Locality Integrated Care Team

Southern Health Foundation Trust has exciting opportunity for a Band 3 Healthcare Support Worker to join the Fareham 2 Community Care Team.

Working in the community you will be providing care to housebound patients with complex care needs, enabling patients to receive the care they need in their own home.

This is an excellent opportunity if you are thinking of joining a community team or broadening and gaining new experiences. We are looking for enthusiastic, caring & motivated professional with excellent clinical & communication skills, who has the ability to work autonomously, supporting the team lead to manage the case load and staff development.

The post holders must have relevant experience in health care and demonstrate a proactive and positive attitude to learning the skills required to fulfil the role.

You will be joining a leading organisation that is both forward thinking and innovative. Southern Health Foundation Trust is committed to improving the quality of community health services across Hampshire and takes pride in rewarding the success of its staff.

Access to a vehicle and possession of a full driving license is essential.

Further enquiries and informal visit's are welcome please call:

Community Matron Kelly Moss: 07774795832

Main duties of the job

To work within the multi-disciplinary Integrated Care Team that delivers community based services to a GP Practice population, undertaking nursing tasks within agreed parameters, set out by the registered practitioners.

The job will include home visiting and lone working without direct supervision.

The scope of the role will focus on supporting admission avoidance, early supported discharge and promotion of independence and assisting in the effective management of patients with long term conditions and older people with mental health problems

About us

Are you committed to providing remarkable care and service?Are you passionate about helping people and want to make a difference every day?We want to meet you!

Southern Health is one of the largest Foundation Trusts in the UK, specialising in mental health, adult and child community health and learning disabilities. We are committed to promoting the welfare and safeguarding of children, young people and adults at risk of abuse and neglect through our 6,500 strong workforce.

Southern Health has over 300 sites across the county and we serve 1.5 million people throughout all stages of their lives. Our aim is to work alongside the people we support (and our health and care partners) to deliver the best possible care and constantly improve.

Here at SHFT we have so much to be proud of:

  • Working as a team and supporting each other, we put patients and our staff at the heart of everything we do.
  • We have a skilled and diverse workforce and are committed to our staff development, offering bespoke training packages, leadership pathways and career opportunities.
  • We offer a variety of benefits such as an amazing pension scheme, generous annual leave, Childcare Choices scheme, many discounts (Blue Light card, The Company Shop, NHS Staff Discounts, cycle to work scheme) and much more.

Come to work with us, together we will provide outstanding treatment and care to improve lives.

Details

Date posted

29 December 2023

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 3

Salary

£22,816 to £24,336 a year Based on full time hours

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Part-time

Reference number

348-PSE-3416

Job locations

Alpha Court

Unit A6, Segensworth Business Centre, Segensworth Road

Fareham

Hampshire

PO15 5RQ


Job description

Job responsibilities

Further information about the Trust and this role can be found on the Job Description and Person Specification document attached.

We are happy to talk Flexible Working - all requests for flexible working options can be discussed as part of the interview process.

Job description

Job responsibilities

Further information about the Trust and this role can be found on the Job Description and Person Specification document attached.

We are happy to talk Flexible Working - all requests for flexible working options can be discussed as part of the interview process.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

  • Literate
  • * Numerate
  • * Relevant experience as a care assistant in a health care environment.
  • * Evidence of delivering care delegated from a range of registered professionals, in particular nursing.
  • * Evidence of ability to implement prescribed programmes of care for a range of conditions.
  • * NVQ 3 in health care related subject or willingness to undertake
Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

  • Literate
  • * Numerate
  • * Relevant experience as a care assistant in a health care environment.
  • * Evidence of delivering care delegated from a range of registered professionals, in particular nursing.
  • * Evidence of ability to implement prescribed programmes of care for a range of conditions.
  • * NVQ 3 in health care related subject or willingness to undertake

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.

Employer details

Employer name

Southern Health NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Alpha Court

Unit A6, Segensworth Business Centre, Segensworth Road

Fareham

Hampshire

PO15 5RQ


Employer's website

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


Employer details

Employer name

Southern Health NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Alpha Court

Unit A6, Segensworth Business Centre, Segensworth Road

Fareham

Hampshire

PO15 5RQ


Employer's website

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


Employer contact details

For questions about the job, contact:

Hiring Manager

Kelly Moss

Kelly.moss@southernhealth.nhs.uk

07384876135

Details

Date posted

29 December 2023

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 3

Salary

£22,816 to £24,336 a year Based on full time hours

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Part-time

Reference number

348-PSE-3416

Job locations

Alpha Court

Unit A6, Segensworth Business Centre, Segensworth Road

Fareham

Hampshire

PO15 5RQ


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