Job summary
An exciting opportunity has arisen as Empowered Living Team (ELT) Coordinator at St Josephs. You will work as key member of a committed and creative Therapies team, which offers innovative, holistic and person-aligned care and support to people with palliative and end life care needs, and to their families and care-givers.
The post holder will provide coordination for, and service development of, the Empowered Living Service. This community-based service provides outstanding person centred rehabilitative enablement for people living with a palliative diagnosis. Following a joint professional assessment a detailed programme of patient led goals is enabled and supported by a trained ELT volunteer, in the patients own home. Volunteer recruitment, training, patient matching and regular support group/1-1 supervision is led by the ELT coordinator.
Main duties of the job
- A skilled professional with experience in health and social care, education or community development
- Experience of multi-disciplinary working in an community rehabilitation settings
- Experience working in an education or support role in relation to volunteers
The job is based at St Josephs. Some local travel is essential.
About us
St Josephs Hospice was founded in 1905 by the Religious Sisters of Charity and built on a rich Catholic heritage. Today, we are an Investors in Diversity awarded charity, providing expert, compassionate care to people of all backgrounds, cultures, and beliefs across East and North London.
Our specialist palliative care services delivered at home, in our in-patient unit, and through out-patient clinics are grounded in respect for human dignity and guided by compassion, justice, and a deep commitment to quality. Our values guide us in everything that we do. We work to ensure that everyone receives the support they need, with kindness, understanding, and respect by delivering individualised, responsive and holistic support to patients and their families.
We can offer:
- Experience working in a dynamic team who are leading work on rehabilitation in palliative care
- Development of specialist palliative care treatment skills
- Opportunities and support to advance your communication around challenging topics such as death, dying, loss
- Exemplary multi-professional working with commitment to holistic care
- 27 days holiday plus public holidays, increasing up to 33 days with service
- Subsidised cafe and early access to retail sale events
Season ticket/Welfare loans
- Continuation of NHS Pension Scheme or an excellent salary-exchange pension scheme
- Santander cycles discount and cycle to work scheme
- Health Cash Plan and access to the EAP services
Job description
Job responsibilities
Key Responsibilities
Volunteer Support and Management
- Recruit suitable volunteers
- Deliver ELT training modules and encourage volunteer personal development
- Ensure regular clinical supervision is provided for all volunteers individually or
as a group
- Undertake operational management of ELT volunteers, matching them with
suitable patients
- Oversee volunteer and patient matches for the duration of the programme
- Ensure ELT volunteers are compliant with maintaining accurate and timely
records of their contact with patients and carers
- Record statistics on numbers of referrals and volunteer patient contacts
Clinical Responsibilities
Work with members of the Therapies Team to support volunteers to deliver
empowerment plans including:
- Mobility practice
- Supporting patients to complete home exercise programs
- Practising breathing control techniques
- Promotion of independence whilst maintaining patient safety
- Recognise changes in patients condition, modifying input with patients where
appropriate and reporting back to a physiotherapist in a timely way
- Proactively seek support from colleagues for complex cases or in situations
where a patients condition is changing
- Be skilled in communication with people who have life limiting illness
- Maintain accurate and up to date documentation for all patients, consistent
with department documentation and Chartered Society of Physiotherapy
standards
Personal Development- If professionally registered, abide by the rules of professional conduct laid
down by the appropriate professional body
- Identify own learning and development needs
- Take responsibility for own continuing professional development by attending
regular 1-1 meetings with your supervisor and actively seeking to develop
skills and knowledge
Job description
Job responsibilities
Key Responsibilities
Volunteer Support and Management
- Recruit suitable volunteers
- Deliver ELT training modules and encourage volunteer personal development
- Ensure regular clinical supervision is provided for all volunteers individually or
as a group
- Undertake operational management of ELT volunteers, matching them with
suitable patients
- Oversee volunteer and patient matches for the duration of the programme
- Ensure ELT volunteers are compliant with maintaining accurate and timely
records of their contact with patients and carers
- Record statistics on numbers of referrals and volunteer patient contacts
Clinical Responsibilities
Work with members of the Therapies Team to support volunteers to deliver
empowerment plans including:
- Mobility practice
- Supporting patients to complete home exercise programs
- Practising breathing control techniques
- Promotion of independence whilst maintaining patient safety
- Recognise changes in patients condition, modifying input with patients where
appropriate and reporting back to a physiotherapist in a timely way
- Proactively seek support from colleagues for complex cases or in situations
where a patients condition is changing
- Be skilled in communication with people who have life limiting illness
- Maintain accurate and up to date documentation for all patients, consistent
with department documentation and Chartered Society of Physiotherapy
standards
Personal Development- If professionally registered, abide by the rules of professional conduct laid
down by the appropriate professional body
- Identify own learning and development needs
- Take responsibility for own continuing professional development by attending
regular 1-1 meetings with your supervisor and actively seeking to develop
skills and knowledge
Person Specification
General Requirements
Essential
- Please refer to job description above
Desirable
- Please refer to job description above
Person Specification
General Requirements
Essential
- Please refer to job description above
Desirable
- Please refer to job description above
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.
