Job summary
Health Advisor
Urgent Care Home Visiting
Grade: Band 2
Hours: Full or part time posts. To include evenings, nights, weekends and bank holidays.
Base: Spalding, Lincoln
Main duties of the job
Main place of work as agreed including travelling to all dispatchpoints within the locality.
Driving vehicles transporting clinicians to patients' homes.
Supporting the Clinican in the care of patients.
Please check JD for further details.
About us
We are a vibrant and creative organisation which provides a varied range of clinical services across Lincolnshire.We are rated 'Outstanding' by the Care Quality Commission 2018 for being a well led and responsive NHS trust.
At LCHS we place great importance on the health and wellbeing of our colleagues, so we provide a very comprehensive health and wellbeing programme. Some examples include access to free fitness classes, a healthy lifestyle service, in-house physiotherapy, telephone helplines, free counselling services and psychological interventions.
We are committed to embedding equality, diversity and inclusion, and we put considerations into all our policies, practices and procedures to improve the working environment for every single member of the LCHS team.
The Learning & Development Service at LCHS aims to support, engage, educate and develop all our people with a focus on succeeding in their personal and professional development. We support a working environment where our workforce can really feel the difference through our service. We aim to ensure our people feel empowered, listened to, valued and supported to bring the best version of themselves to work every single day.
The LCHS values underpin everything we do, and all our staff follow the LCHS way:We Listen, We Care, We Act, We Improve
Job description
Job responsibilities
To provide Health advisor support to Clinicians. The location of work will be determined by the needs of the business.
We are looking for outstanding, passionate individuals who can help drive our vision to be the first choice for healthcare closer to home. If you would like to be a part of making a difference to our community then we look forward to hearing from you.
Please see person specification.
Job description
Job responsibilities
To provide Health advisor support to Clinicians. The location of work will be determined by the needs of the business.
We are looking for outstanding, passionate individuals who can help drive our vision to be the first choice for healthcare closer to home. If you would like to be a part of making a difference to our community then we look forward to hearing from you.
Please see person specification.
Person Specification
Essential and Desirable
Essential
- Healthcare related Level 2 vocational qualification/equivalent or equivalent experience in relevant field.
- Commitment to Continuous Professional Development (CPD) and lifelong learning
- Previous experience working and communicating with the public.
- Basic computer skills.
- Ability to work in a team
- Ability to follow written and verbal instructions.
- Standard driving skills to visit patients homes or transport equipment from one location to another.
- Ability to stay calm in the event of the unexpected and under pressure.
- Ability to deal sensitively with distressing, emotional situations.
- Ability to work unsocial hours including 24/7 shift work and bank holidays.
Desirable
- Minimum GCSE level English and Maths or equivalent and possesses a fundamental level of ICT skills.
- Typing/word processing skills or qualification.
- Evidence of related training
- Previous experience working in a team in a heath care setting.
- Knowledge and experience of NHS IT systems/applications.
- Experience of rotational shift patterns, to include days and nights.
- Knowledge of the Trust's Values expressed in the LCHS Way.
- Experience of rotational shift patterns, to include days and nights.
Person Specification
Essential and Desirable
Essential
- Healthcare related Level 2 vocational qualification/equivalent or equivalent experience in relevant field.
- Commitment to Continuous Professional Development (CPD) and lifelong learning
- Previous experience working and communicating with the public.
- Basic computer skills.
- Ability to work in a team
- Ability to follow written and verbal instructions.
- Standard driving skills to visit patients homes or transport equipment from one location to another.
- Ability to stay calm in the event of the unexpected and under pressure.
- Ability to deal sensitively with distressing, emotional situations.
- Ability to work unsocial hours including 24/7 shift work and bank holidays.
Desirable
- Minimum GCSE level English and Maths or equivalent and possesses a fundamental level of ICT skills.
- Typing/word processing skills or qualification.
- Evidence of related training
- Previous experience working in a team in a heath care setting.
- Knowledge and experience of NHS IT systems/applications.
- Experience of rotational shift patterns, to include days and nights.
- Knowledge of the Trust's Values expressed in the LCHS Way.
- Experience of rotational shift patterns, to include days and nights.
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.
