Job summary
Join Our Team as a Lymphoedema Support Worker
Based at Trowbridge Community Hospital,18 Hours Per Week
Are you passionate about making a real difference in peoples lives? Were looking for a compassionate, motivated Lymphoedema Support Worker to join our dedicated multi-professional team in a community setting.
In this rewarding role, you'll provide high-quality care, support, and treatment to individuals living with lymphoedema and chronic venous oedema, working within clearly defined clinical guidelines and protocols. You'll be a vital part of a supportive team that puts patient wellbeing at the heart of everything we do.
This is a fantastic opportunity for someone with excellent interpersonal skills and a commitment to delivering person-centred care. Whether you're looking to take the next step in you
Main duties of the job
To work within the Tissue Viability and Lymphoedema team.
To perform designated treatment by following a personalised specialist care plan.
To report to LSN any changes in patient condition and any relevant information.
To keep the patient at the centre of his or her care, ensuring patient and carer participation in decision making.
To undertake specific tasks as delegated; to include clinical intervention such as lower limb bandaging, simple wound care, measuring for hosiery and garments.
To have a good knowledge of infection control, to reduce risk of health care acquired infections.
To give practical support and advice to patients, relatives and carers within the bounds of knowledge and job role.
To practice the principles and philosophy of individualised
About us
About the Company
We change lives by transforming health and care.
Established in 2006, we are one of the UKs leading independent providers of community health and care services, working with health and care commissioners and communities to transform services with a focus on experience, efficiency and improved outcomes. We deliver and transform adult and children community health services, primary care services including urgent care, sexual health, dermatology and MSK services as well as adult social care and wellbeing services.Across England, we support communities of many millions and directly help more than half a million people each year - guided by our simple values: we care, we think, we do.
Were committed to equal opportunities and welcome applications from a broad, diverse range of people who want to join our team. Were a Disability Confident Committed company, so we work to provide facilities, work environment adjustments and technical solutions to be as inclusive of everyone.
While it doesnt happen often, sometimes a role is very popular, and well need to close it earlier than the date weve shown here. If youre keen to join our team, wed love to hear from you so please apply as soon as you can.
To find out more about HCRG Care Group, please visit https://www.hcrgcaregroup.com/about-us-2
Job description
Job responsibilities
<p style="margin:0px;font-size:inherit;padding:5px 0px;">As a<strong style="font-weight:700;"> Lymphoedema</strong><strong style="font-weight:700;"> Support Worker</strong>, youll be part of our valued Team.</p><p style="margin:0px;font-size:inherit;padding:5px 0px;">You will feel valued as a<strong style="font-weight:700;"> Lymphoedema</strong><strong style="font-weight:700;"> Support Worker</strong> within HCRG Care Group, receiving access to exclusive rewards and benefits including: </p><ul style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:10px;"><li style="font-size:inherit;"><strong style="font-weight:700;">£24,486 (pro rata to hours worked) </strong>with access to our group pension</li><li style="font-size:inherit;">Free tea and coffee at your base location</li><li style="font-size:inherit;">Membership of My Reward Hub, giving you access to discounts on every day purchases like grocery shopping as well as cashback and voucher offers for treats for you and those special to you</li><li style="font-size:inherit;">Access to your wages as you earn them to help cover lifes emergencies and avoid overdraft fees or high interest rates</li><li style="font-size:inherit;">Online and face to face help with your mental and physical wellbeing from healthy recipes and activity challenges through to post trauma support, legal, debt and life management help, as well career coaching and counselling</li><li style="font-size:inherit;">Access to eLearning, bespoke career pathways and opportunities for continuing professional development through our Outstanding learning and development team, The Learning Enterprise</li><li style="font-size:inherit;">An open, just culture where youre encouraged to have and implement ideas which can help us deliver our purpose: changing lives through transforming health and care backed up by at least £100,000 of ringfenced innovation funding each year</li></ul> <p style="margin:0px;font-size:inherit;padding:5px 0px;"> Good general education.</p><p style="margin:0px;font-size:inherit;padding:5px 0px;"> NVQ Level 3 in health care or willingness to achieve.</p><p style="margin:0px;font-size:inherit;padding:5px 0px;"> Experience of working under distanced supervision.</p><p style="margin:0px;font-size:inherit;padding:5px 0px;"> Experience of supporting others.</p><p style="margin:0px;font-size:inherit;padding:5px 0px;"> Ability to work as a team member.</p><p style="margin:0px;font-size:inherit;padding:5px 0px;"> Delivering patient focused care.</p><p style="margin:0px;font-size:inherit;padding:5px 0px;"> Ability to recognise own limitations.</p><p style="margin:0px;font-size:inherit;padding:5px 0px;"> Typing/data inputting skills.</p><p style="margin:0px;font-size:inherit;padding:5px 0px;"> Physical skills to manually handle patients and use appropriate lifting aids.</p><p style="margin:0px;font-size:inherit;padding:5px 0px;"> Undertake specific nursing/therapy skills.</p><p style="margin:0px;font-size:inherit;padding:5px 0px;"> Current full driving license and use of a car during working hours.</p><p style="margin:0px;font-size:inherit;padding:5px 0px;"> Willing to work in other areas of </p><p style="margin:0px;font-size:inherit;padding:5px 0px;"> the organisation as and when required to do so.</p><p style="margin:0px;font-size:inherit;padding:5px 0px;"> Driven to achieve.</p><p style="margin:0px;font-size:inherit;padding:5px 0px;"> Self-motivated.</p><p style="margin:0px;font-size:inherit;padding:5px 0px;"> Good time management</p><p style="margin:0px;font-size:inherit;padding:5px 0px;"><br></p>
Job description
Job responsibilities
<p style="margin:0px;font-size:inherit;padding:5px 0px;">As a<strong style="font-weight:700;"> Lymphoedema</strong><strong style="font-weight:700;"> Support Worker</strong>, youll be part of our valued Team.</p><p style="margin:0px;font-size:inherit;padding:5px 0px;">You will feel valued as a<strong style="font-weight:700;"> Lymphoedema</strong><strong style="font-weight:700;"> Support Worker</strong> within HCRG Care Group, receiving access to exclusive rewards and benefits including: </p><ul style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:10px;"><li style="font-size:inherit;"><strong style="font-weight:700;">£24,486 (pro rata to hours worked) </strong>with access to our group pension</li><li style="font-size:inherit;">Free tea and coffee at your base location</li><li style="font-size:inherit;">Membership of My Reward Hub, giving you access to discounts on every day purchases like grocery shopping as well as cashback and voucher offers for treats for you and those special to you</li><li style="font-size:inherit;">Access to your wages as you earn them to help cover lifes emergencies and avoid overdraft fees or high interest rates</li><li style="font-size:inherit;">Online and face to face help with your mental and physical wellbeing from healthy recipes and activity challenges through to post trauma support, legal, debt and life management help, as well career coaching and counselling</li><li style="font-size:inherit;">Access to eLearning, bespoke career pathways and opportunities for continuing professional development through our Outstanding learning and development team, The Learning Enterprise</li><li style="font-size:inherit;">An open, just culture where youre encouraged to have and implement ideas which can help us deliver our purpose: changing lives through transforming health and care backed up by at least £100,000 of ringfenced innovation funding each year</li></ul> <p style="margin:0px;font-size:inherit;padding:5px 0px;"> Good general education.</p><p style="margin:0px;font-size:inherit;padding:5px 0px;"> NVQ Level 3 in health care or willingness to achieve.</p><p style="margin:0px;font-size:inherit;padding:5px 0px;"> Experience of working under distanced supervision.</p><p style="margin:0px;font-size:inherit;padding:5px 0px;"> Experience of supporting others.</p><p style="margin:0px;font-size:inherit;padding:5px 0px;"> Ability to work as a team member.</p><p style="margin:0px;font-size:inherit;padding:5px 0px;"> Delivering patient focused care.</p><p style="margin:0px;font-size:inherit;padding:5px 0px;"> Ability to recognise own limitations.</p><p style="margin:0px;font-size:inherit;padding:5px 0px;"> Typing/data inputting skills.</p><p style="margin:0px;font-size:inherit;padding:5px 0px;"> Physical skills to manually handle patients and use appropriate lifting aids.</p><p style="margin:0px;font-size:inherit;padding:5px 0px;"> Undertake specific nursing/therapy skills.</p><p style="margin:0px;font-size:inherit;padding:5px 0px;"> Current full driving license and use of a car during working hours.</p><p style="margin:0px;font-size:inherit;padding:5px 0px;"> Willing to work in other areas of </p><p style="margin:0px;font-size:inherit;padding:5px 0px;"> the organisation as and when required to do so.</p><p style="margin:0px;font-size:inherit;padding:5px 0px;"> Driven to achieve.</p><p style="margin:0px;font-size:inherit;padding:5px 0px;"> Self-motivated.</p><p style="margin:0px;font-size:inherit;padding:5px 0px;"> Good time management</p><p style="margin:0px;font-size:inherit;padding:5px 0px;"><br></p>
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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.
