Healthcare Support Worker
Job Description
Job summary
Health Care Support Worker - Band 2
Covering Archer Ward and Assessment Unit, Lincolnshire
Opportunities for both full and part time posts.
We are looking for reliable, flexible Health Care Support workers to work within Archer Ward
Please see job description for more details
Main duties of the job
Health Care Support Worker - Band 2
Archer ward/AAU is a 24 bedded ward which provides holistic person centred care that enables individuals to increase independence, improve health outcomes and reduce unnecessary admissions to secondary Care or long term care. This is achieved through timely interventions, rehabilitation, management of long term and limiting conditions and partnership working across the health and social care community.
We also have Palliative Care Beds for people at the end of life by providing holistic person countered care which includes symptom management and the provision of psychological, social, spiritual and practical support.
All staff within the service work in collaboration with the patient, their carer and other statutory and voluntary organisations and agencies.
You must have excellent interpersonal and communication skills, be highly motivated and positive in your approach to care delivery to ensure we maintain a high quality service delivery to our patients.
About us
"Patients first" are Lincolnshire Community Health Services NHS Trust values and it is at the heart of everything that we do. Do you share the same values? Are you a registered nurse who is looking for a new challenge? Then this opportunity may be just what you are looking for.
Lincolnshire Community Health Services NHS Trust is a vibrant and creative organisation which provides a diverse range of clinical services across Lincolnshire.
Job responsibilities
You must have excellent interpersonal and communication skills, be highly motivated and positive in your approach to care delivery to ensure we maintain a high quality service delivery to our patients.
Please see job description for further details
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- NVQ level 2 in care or equivalent experience
- 3 GCSES A-C or equivalent
Previous experience
Essential
- Previous experience of working in care evironment
- Working with people and dealing with members of the public
Knowledge, skills and aptitude
Essential
- excellent written and verbal communication skills
- Ability to work as part of the team
- ability to seek appropriate assistance from colleagues
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Employer details
Employer name
Lincolnshire Community Health Service NHS Trust
Address
Louth Hospital
High Holme Road
Louth
LN11 0EU
Employer's website
https://www.lincolnshirecommunityhealthservices.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)
