Job summary
Employer heading
Health Care Support Worker – Intermediate Care
Band 2
Job overview
We require enthusiastic and highly motivated individuals to play an important role dedicated to ensuring excellent standards of care to our patients within the Intermediate Care setting.
Working within a team of highly skilled and motivated staff where patient focus is our priority.
Main duties of the job
Establish and maintain communication with patients, relatives and carers, working in partnership with the multidisciplinary team to provide holistic patient care
- Contribute to own personal development
- Assist in maintaining own and others’ health, safety and security
- Contribute ideas for service improvement
- Ensure own actions help to maintain quality and patient safety
- Undertake routine assessment tasks related to individuals’ health and well-being, making modifications within prescribed parameters and reporting back to Senior Staff on patients’ progress
- Assist in delivering programmes of care to meet individuals’ health and well-being, in partnership with the multidisciplinary team
- Ability to work flexibly and unsociable hours to meet the demands of the service
Unfortunately, this role does not meet the criteria required to qualify for sponsorship
Working for our organisation
The Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust (NCA) provides hospital and integrated health and social care services to over one million people living across Greater Manchester. Our 20,000 colleagues care for people in hospital and in the community, working across Bury, Rochdale, Oldham and Salford, to save and improve lives.
As a large NHS trust we are committed to enhancing the health of our local population by delivering consistently high standards of care and working closely with local authorities and key partners. We believe in our power and potential to make a difference and we’re always looking for people who demonstrate our three core values - care, appreciate and inspire – to join our team.
In return, we can offer you a job role with purpose and flexibility. The size and scale of the NCA means we can provide more challenge and opportunities so your career can always be moving in the right direction. By joining us you can also access a competitive benefits package, including, a fantastic annual leave allowance, flexible working opportunities and protected hours for health and wellbeing activities, helping you to achieve more personal downtime and a better work-life balance.
We are currently in process of updating our values. For the latest information around our values and behaviours, please visit our careers website www.careers.northerncarealliance.nhs.uk
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
To read more information about the advertised role, and the main job duties/responsibilities please open the Job Description and Person Specification located under the supporting documents heading. You can also read more information about working at the Northern Care Alliance within the attached Candidate Information Pack or by visiting our careers website: www.careers.northerncarealliance.nhs.uk
Person specification
qualificaions
Essential criteria
- Level 1 Literacy and Numeracy
Desirable criteria
- qualifications
- Care certificate
Knowledge, Skills & Experience
Essential criteria
- Experience of working within health environment in the Health Service
- Good communication skills
- Good organisational skills
- Commitment to undertaking continuous professional development (CPD)
Desirable criteria
- Experience of working within a health environment setting
- Basic IT skills
Applicant requirements
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Jayne Summerskill
- Job title
- UNIT MANAGER
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 0161 206 3049
- Additional information
Or contact,
Ann Bracken unit manager
Claire Rigby Band 6 Sister 0161 206 3048
Gaynor Loghan Band 6 Sister 0161 206 3049
Janet wilson Band 6 Sister 0161 206 3049
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