Job Description
Support Worker - Sheppey Community HospitalJob IntroductionIt is an exciting time to join our expanding rapid response and intermediate care teams within a Support worker/HCA role. This role will be working as a part of a multidisciplinary team with Nurses, Occupational Therapists and Physiotherapists.The team aims to support hospital discharges, prevent admissions and keep people as independent as possible in their homes through rehabilitation programmes. Our base office is at Sheppey Community Hospital, however you will be provided with equipment to enable you to be mobile working and with the implementation of virtual platforms handovers are now undertaken virtually to enable staff to maximise their productivity. Main ResponsibilityTo actively work as a member of the multi-disciplinary team (MDT) to provide a high quality of nursing, occupational therapy and physiotherapy intervention to the patient.To actively participate in patient’s individual rehabilitation/programmes of care under the guidance of an appropriate professional.To also work with the MDT including GPs and colleagues in the local acute hospital in order to provide a rapid response short term intervention to persons who have been referred on the Discharge to Assess (D2A) and 2 hour rapid response pathway. To take responsibility for completion ...