Senior Healthcare Support Worker
- NHS
- Full Time
- Portsmouth
- 24071.00 - 25674.00 a year
Job Description
Job summary
This post is only open for applications for individuals employed within the Hampshire and Isle of Wight NHS Care System
Organisations within scope are as follows:
- Hampshire and Isle of Wight Integrated Care Board
- Southern Health Foundation Trust
- Portsmouth Hospitals University NHS Trust
- University Hospital Southampton
- Solent NHS Trust
- South Central Ambulance Service
- Isle of Wight NHS Trust
- Hampshire Hospitals
Are you looking for a new challenge? Do you want to develop further in your career as a Support worker?
We have a vacancy to join our Frailty Interface Team as a Band 3 Senior Heath Care Support Worker within OPM.
Main duties of the job
As part of a highly skilled and well-established team you will support the Older Persons Specialist Nurses with assessments of frail older patients attending the Emergency Department, Acute Medical Unit and Older Persons Medicine Same Day Emergency Care Unit on QAH site.
The role provides an opportunity to build skills and knowledge of frailty and functional assessments whilst gaining understanding of treatment and discharge planning.
Excellent written and verbal communication skills are essential for this role and paramount when consulting with patients and relatives, as well as liaising with both internal and external healthcare providers.
About us
Here at Portsmouth Hospitals University NHS Trust, we are proud to provide expert, compassionate care for our local population. We are ranked as the third in the country for research, embedding education and training across the organisation. Our main hub is the Queen Alexandra Hospital, which is one of the largest hospitals on the south coast employing over 8,700 staff.
Our patients come from all walks of life and so do we. We hire great people from a wide variety of backgrounds because it makes our hospital stronger. If you share our values and our enthusiasm for getting it right for patients, colleagues, and our community, you will find a home at Portsmouth Hospitals University NHS Trust.
Job responsibilities
Confidence in your ability to identify and escalate concerns is paramount to this position.
You will work in collaboration with multi-disciplinary teams leading on the improvement, expansion and development of the frailty pathway.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- English and Maths at Level 2 Functional Skills or GCSE equivalent.
- QCF or BTEC or equivalent (NVQ) Level 2 qualification in Health and Social Care/Clinical Health, or completion of NHSP Care Support Worker Development Programme with 1 year experience as a Health Care Support Worker.
Experience
Essential
- 1 year care experience in an acute health setting.
Desirable
- Able to demonstrate knowledge / understanding of Frailty / community services
- Experience of working with people in a caring setting and a multidisciplinary. team including elderly medicine and therapy.
- To have 1 year as a band 2 in rehabilitation or equivalent setting, such acute stroke or orthopaedics.
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
Portsmouth Hospitals University NHS Trust
Address
Queen Alexandra Hospital
Cosham
PO6 3LY
Employer's website
https://www.porthosp.nhs.uk/work-for-us/ (Opens in a new tab)
