Senior Healthcare Support Worker - Community Stroke
Senior Healthcare Support Worker - Community Stroke
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Job Description
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37.5 Hours per week
Permanent Contract
The Community Stroke Rehabilitation Team is a nationally respected Early Supported Discharge Team. It is an essential part of the Portsmouth Hospitals Stroke Pathway ensuring the timely transfer of patients out of hospital for rehabilitation at home.
An opportunity has arisen within CSRT for a Senior Healthcare Worker to join the team.
The post holder will be closely working with a large MDT (multidisciplinary teams) with competencies across several disciplines. You should have the willingness and ability to learn new skills as working across MDT is essential as well as being an excellent communicator is vital.
Your role will consist of supporting stroke patients in their home with personal care and other activities of daily living as well as carrying out therapy tasks under direction from the wider MDT.
Experience of working with patients with neurological deficits and community working would be desirable. You need to be a confident car driver and user as the team covers a large geographical area.
Working with us you will witness firsthand the positive impact your caring nature and efforts will make on our hospital.
The HCSW role includes a variety of working patterns which we are happy to discuss.
Key Responsibilities:
Following care and therapy plans provided by registered healthcare professionals you will be assisting the team to provide stroke rehabilitation to patients within their homes. This will include providing essential care in a therapeutic manner as well as support with adjustment to life after stroke and reintegration in community. In addition you will take all possible steps to safeguard the welfare safety and security of patients their families and other staff.
For more information please refer to the Job Description.
Qualifications :
Essential
- QCF or BTEC or equivalent (NVQ) Level 2 qualification in Health and Social Care/Clinical Health or completion of NHSP Care Support Worker Development Programme.
- English and Maths at Level 2 Functional Skills or GCSE equivalent
- Full driving license with appropriate car insurance.
- Desire to deliver compassionate handson rehabilitation and care in patients homes
Experience
Essential
- Caring and working with people/children in a health care environment
Skills and Knowledge
Essential
- Ability to communicate verbal and written English.
- Ability to work independently demonstrating initiative decisionmaking and prioritisation skills.
- Ability to work as part of a team.
- Effective patient care skills relevant to specialty
Additional Information :
The health and wellbeing of our staff is at the forefront of everything we do. We are proud to be able to offer our staff some fantastic benefits including our onsite Nursery access to our free Beach Hut for those long summer days our onsite Wellness Centre including a gym and a swimming pool access to our fantastic staff networks including LGBTQ Race Equality and DisAbility and awards ceremonies to recognise your achievements. We believe we can offer support to all of our staff when they need it the most.
We welcome the unique contributions that you can bring in terms of your education opinions culture ethnicity race sex gender identity and expression nation of origin age languages spoken veterans status colour religion disability sexual orientation and beliefs.
Remote Work :
No
Employment Type :
Fulltime
Employment Type
Full-time
