UCR Healthcare Support Worker- Whitchurch

Shropshire Community Health NHS Trust

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Job summary

Would you like to be a crucial part of an innovative project? An exciting opportunity has arisen for Health Care Support Workers to join the Shropshire, Telford & Wrekin Virtual Wards across all the localities.

The Virtual Ward is a system wide initiative, working in partnership to provide our patients with access to rapid assessment, treatment, virtual monitoring and care planning to stabilise and support an acute episode of ill health or a deteriorating chronic condition that would alternatively require admission to hospital.

The service offers an appropriate alternative to admission pathway, which aims to deliver a recommended and agreed medical, nursing & therapeutic treatment plan. The focus is supporting the safe management of people in their own home. The role and service offer integration and partnership working across the system to ensure a seamless service.

Full time and part time positions are available.

Main duties of the job

You will be responsible to support the delivery of quality healthcare interventions to patients living in their own environment in the community, in order to meet their health and wellbeing needs, and to facilitate re-ablement support in order to maximise a patients functional independence at point of referral.

You will support individuals and clinical teams to deliver high quality, clinically effective patient care through assessment, planning, implementation and evaluation. Along the way, you'll build strong relationships with a wide range of healthcare professionals and patients.

About us

Shropshire Community Health NHS Trust provides community-based health services for adults and children in Shropshire, Telford and Wrekin, and some services in surrounding areas too. These range from district nursing, health visiting and running four community hospitals through to providing very specialist community care through talented and dedicated staff.

Patients, carers and the public play a vital role in helping us to develop and improve our services and we are constantly looking for ways to work with local communities, patients and the public to innovate and improve. Have a look at the Have Your Say section of our website to find out how you can feed back your experiences and help us to continually improve.

Shropshire Community Health NHS Trust is an exciting place to work. It offers a wide range of employment opportunities for many people.

Shropshire Community Health NHS Trust positively encourages applications from all areas of the community, regardless of age, gender, ethnicity, disability, sexual orientation or religious beliefs. We are committed to ensuring people who work for the community trust have a good working life - and a good work life/home life balance.

Date posted

29 January 2025

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 3

Salary

£24,071 to £25,674 a year per annum

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time, Part-time, Flexible working

Reference number

825-6924005-OPS

Job locations

Whitchurch Community Hospital

Claypit Street

Whitchurch

SY13 1NT

Job description

Job responsibilities

Please see the job description and person specification attached for further information on the role.

Job description

Job responsibilities

Please see the job description and person specification attached for further information on the role.

Person Specification

Training and Qualifications

Essential

GCSE Grade A-C in English & Maths or equivalent.
NVQ Level 3 in Direct Care or equivalent.
Venepuncture Certificate of Competency or willing to work towards.

Experience

Essential

Demonstrable experience in a healthcare setting.
Ability to work with MS Office package or willingness to work towards.

Knowledge and Skills

Essential

Awareness of long-term conditions.
Awareness of needs of palliative care patients.
Experience in performing basic nursing tasks such as simple dressings.
Experience in the administration of insulin and monitoring of blood sugars, or willing to undertake additional training.
Able to work independently with guidance.
Remains aware of own limitations.

Personal Qualities

Essential

Able to work as part of a team.
Excellent telephone manner.
Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal.

Person Specification

Training and Qualifications

Essential

GCSE Grade A-C in English & Maths or equivalent.
NVQ Level 3 in Direct Care or equivalent.
Venepuncture Certificate of Competency or willing to work towards.

Experience

Essential

Demonstrable experience in a healthcare setting.
Ability to work with MS Office package or willingness to work towards.

Knowledge and Skills

Essential

Awareness of long-term conditions.
Awareness of needs of palliative care patients.
Experience in performing basic nursing tasks such as simple dressings.
Experience in the administration of insulin and monitoring of blood sugars, or willing to undertake additional training.
Able to work independently with guidance.
Remains aware of own limitations.

Personal Qualities

Essential

Able to work as part of a team.
Excellent telephone manner.
Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal.

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

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).

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