Healthcare Support Worker - Torquay Health & Wellbeing Team
Healthcare Support Worker - Torquay Health & Wellbeing Team
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Torquay Health and Well-Being Team are recruiting for a Band 3 Healthcare Support Worker to join our large but supportive team who enjoys mentoring team members and students, and is passionate about delivering quality care to the housebound patients.
We work in an integrated way with allied health care professionals within the locality therefore, as a Healthcare Support Worker within an integrated team, you will work alongside and across the community teams which includes: Community Nursing, Intermediate Care and Community Matrons.
We are a motivated and caring team that are passionate about delivering high quality care to the housebound patients of Torquay and work as part of multi-disciplinary team and in partnership with primary care and secondary care.
Responsibilities
Working as a team to assist and perform clinical responsibilities as delegated by our qualified nursing staff, including though not limited to:
Observing, monitoring and recording patients' conditions by taking temperatures, pulse, respirations and weight.
As well as providing personalised care such as infection prevention and control, food, personal hygiene and overall reassurance, comfort and safety.
Where appropriate, you may be asked to conduct ECG Recordings, monitoring blood sugar, provide Stoma and Catheter care, Venepuncture, and Cannulation.
Administrative duties such as answer the telephone, take messages and refer to the Staff Nurse for instructions, to take part as requested in ward/unit meetings, encouraging effective communications between other staff.
Why work with us - Our team are flexible and promotes a healthy work/home life balance therefore, your package with us includes a lot more than just your pay!
Listed are a few of the additional benefits that are available to you as an employee:
NHS Pension Scheme
Childcare at our day nursery
A contract with Torbay means generous holiday entitlement starting at 27 days a year (for full time workers) plus bank/public holidays
Staff Discounts
Career development and training opportunities
Employee Support - Staff have access to a 24-hour helpline
An ability to effectively communicate routine information to patients/carers where co-operation is required and where there may be barriers to understanding
An ability to communicate and liaise within a range of settings to other health professionals, agencies and voluntary organisations including:
Community Nurse Team Leader
Community Nurse Team
GP and Practice Staff
Multi-Disciplinary Teams
Social Service Employees
Patients families and carers
Residential/nursing homes
Voluntary and private care providers
Responsibility and accountability
Assisting trained nurses in delivering a high standard of holistic nursing care to patients in the home environment, within the dimensions of the post
Communicate and liaise effectively with patients, carers and members of the primary health care team including statutory and voluntary organisations
Implementing delegated, planned and appropriate aspects of nursing and social care unsupervised and being responsible for informing the Community Nurse Team Leader/Nurse in charge of observations relating to patient care.
Ensuring confidentiality of patients and their care is maintained
Contributing to the maintenance of the Community Nurse Team agreed philosophy, aims and objectives, participating in Team Development
Be prepared to develop new
To assist in the induction of new staff and to demonstrate own activities to new employees and students within the work area
To accurately record personally generated clinical observations and work records, maintaining the Community Nurse documentation
An ability to communicate and liaise within a range of settings to other health professionals, agencies and voluntary organisations including:
Community Nurse Team Leader
Community Nurse Team
GP and Practice Staff
Multi-Disciplinary Teams
Social Service Employees
Patients families and carers
Residential/nursing homes
Voluntary and private care provider
Information technology and administrative duties
Computer literate
Monitor stores orders
Ability to generate prescriptions and order pressure relieving equipment using available IT systems in place
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