Overview
We are looking to recruit a support worker to work within the Community React Team (CRT). The post holder will work as part of the Community multi-disciplinary teams to provide care and treatment to patients in the community setting, including the patient's home, clinics and the Community beds.
Responsibilities
* To follow individual care and treatment plans, with indirect supervision, for patients according to needs identified by qualified staff.
* To assist the qualified therapists in the preparation of treatment materials and equipment.
* To deliver care as prescribed by qualified staff in an enabling manner that is conducive to promoting the independence of patients.
* To carry out administration duties, e.g. monitoring equipment stock and ordering as needed in line with recommended level, preparing MDT assessment packs.
* To provide aspects of social care, for example, domestic duties as directed by qualified members of the team.
* To be competent in monitoring and recording blood pressure, pulse, temperature, respiration and blood glucose. Competencies checked annually by a qualified nurse. Record observations in the patients\' notes and inform trained nurses of any deviation from baseline observations.
* To be competent in carrying out venepuncture with competencies checked annually by a qualified nurse.
* To be compotent in completing female catheterisation; Planning and Organisational Duties.
* To maintain an accurate up-to-date record of work-based interventions by recording this information in a personal diary, electronic system and departmental work sheet according to departmental guidelines.
* To be responsible for recalling equipment when loan period expires.
Communications and Key Working Relationships
* To ensure that documentation is completed in accordance with Trust and departmental requirements.
* To ensure that care plans are adhered to and any changes in the patient\'s needs are reported to a qualified nurse or therapist immediately.
* To attend departmental meetings when on duty to receive team brief, strategic plans and organisation objectives information.
* To record interventions in a single patient record, ensuring that entries meet Trust and departmental guidelines.
* To contribute to multi-disciplinary working by attending MDT meetings on a daily basis, feeding back patient progress information to qualified staff.
* To act in a supportive manner to patients, carers and/or families by respecting their privacy, dignity, culture and human rights.
Health & Safety
* Deliver and fit equipment as directed by qualified members of the team, giving written and verbal advice to ensure that the patient can use it safely, and making a decision if it is appropriate for the environment.
* To receive training in equipment fitting by a qualified therapist and competency checked annually by a qualified therapist.
* To keep updated with all Trust policies and procedures to ensure that practice is updated and evidence-based.
* To promptly report any untoward incident to a qualified clinician.
* Maintain confidentiality of patients, their families and colleagues.
* Ensure that mandatory training is attended: moving and handling annually, Fire Lecture annually, Basic Life Support bi-annually.
* Observe the rules governing Health and Safety as stipulated in The Health and Safety at Work Act (1974).
Teaching
* To receive clinical supervision from a Band 6 Nurse, Chartered Physiotherapist and Occupational Therapist both informally and formally.
* To attend supervision sessions with allocated mentor to ensure that competencies and practice is updated and maintained.
* To keep informed of latest Trust News and Events.
Recruitment Information for Candidates
* Experience in a UK healthcare/NHS role
* RQF accredited Health & Social Care NVQ Level 2 or NHS accredited Care Certificate (we cannot accept certificates from short online courses as these are not NVQs)
* An Enhanced DBS with Adults\' Barred List check will be obtained during pre-employment checks.
* Based in the Community division so you will need to be able to travel Ashton, Wigan and Leigh.
Wrightington, Wigan and Leigh NHS Foundation Trust are the proud providers of acute hospital and community services to the people of the Wigan Borough and surrounding areas. At WWL, we value our staff believing that \'happy staff, makes for happy patients\'. We have a recognised track record in staff engagement and living our values \'the WWL Way\'. WWL are committed to placing the patient at the heart of everything we do, and in the provision of safe, effective care that acknowledges and ensures dignity. With this in mind we are seeking to recruit people who share our values and beliefs.
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