Health Care Support Worker | Provide CIC
| Posting date: | 13 May 2024 |
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| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | £22,816 - £24,336 per annum |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 12 June 2024 |
| Location: | Maldon/Braintree/Chelmsford, CM9 6EG |
| Company: | Provide CIC |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 6308190/828-PROVIDE2746-B |
Summary
The post-holder will work within a community nursing team based in clinics in Braintree, Maldon and Chelmsford, supporting adults with the management of leg ulcers. This role would suit a candidate with experience or interest in wound care.
This involves assisting the registered staff in ensuring appropriate pathways of care for patients who require those services.
To contribute to the assessment and the treatment of individual patients on the caseload and communicate any changes in care needs to the registered staff.
To communicate with patients, relatives, carers and health care professionals to assist the registered staff in ensuring an integrated, holistic approach to patient care.
The job description for this role remains subject to banding
• Able to work alongside a multidisciplinary group of health professionals.
• Able to work independently and autonomously undertake clinical and non-clinical tasks.
• Possessing observational and communication skills which complement your role.
• Possess basic computer skills.
• Willing to develop in your role and adjust your responsibilities as the service grows and transforms.
• A car driver with access to a car.
If so your skills and experience are invaluable to us.
Provide is a Community Interest Company (social enterprise). We deliver a broad range of health and social care services in the community, and are committed to making sure that they are safe, responsive and of high quality. Provide is owned by its employees and has primarily social objectives. Any profits we make are reinvested into the local community or back into delivering services.
We work from a variety of community settings, such as community hospitals, community clinics, schools, nursing homes and primary care settings, as well as within people’s homes to provide more than 40 services to children, families and adults across Essex, Dorset, East Anglia and the North of England.
A highly respected, award winning health and social care provider. We expect our staff to demonstrate and uphold our values at all times:
Vision:Transforming Lives
Values:Care, Innovation and Compassion
Mission:An ambitious, employee owned social enterprise, growing in size and influence. We transform lives by treating, caring and educating people.
Provide is an equal opportunity employer committed to building a team that represents a variety of backgrounds, perspectives and skills, proud to have LGBT+ and Ethnic Minority Networks.
We welcome applicants from underrepresented groups. If you have the skills and experience for the job, please apply regardless of your background.
Eligible for NHS Pension
• Able to carry out delegated tasks.
• Able to evaluate difference approaches to task and identify which is the most useful.
• Understands when to seek guidance from more expert practitioners
• Is aware of the range of equipment and devices that can support independent living.
• Takes responsibility for own development and work practice.
• Attends regular clinical supervision
• To be responsible for inputting patient information onto the computer.
• Makes judgements, some of which require a comparison of options.
• Able to work with others towards shared goals.
• Able to listen to, understand and follow lengthy instructions and narratives
• Attending clinical training specifically glucose blood testing and phlebotomy.
• Participating in appraisal, supervision and peer review and maintain an up to date development portfolio including evidence of experiential learning, reflective practice and any relevant training and experience. This should demonstrate responsibility for maintaining competency levels.
• Maintaining on-going personal development by taking part in relevant training courses as identified in the yearly professional development review. To incorporate acquired knowledge into working practice as appropriate and following discussion with peers and more senior staff. To disseminate information from training to appropriate team members.
• Is aware of health and safety practices and procedures and acts in accordance with these
• Understands and respects confidentiality
This advert closes on Monday 27 May 2024
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