Band 5 Theatre Practitioner

Whittington Health NHS Trust; London; On-site; GBP 24,000 - 28,000; Full time

Job summary

An exciting opportunity for a Band 4 Community Health Care Support Worker has arisen within Whittington Health's Intermediate Diabetes Specialist Service and Heart failure Specialist Service. The successful candidate will support healthcare professionals in delivering specialized care to patients facing health inequalities, along with administrative duties and occasional patient contact. This role demands compassion, the ability to work within a team, and a readiness to adapt in varied situations.

Qualifications

• GCSE level education with competence in maths and English.
• Experience in health and/or social care community work.
• Familiarity with local health needs.

Responsibilities

• Provide support to healthcare professionals in clinics and at home.
• Ensure effective communication with patients and carers.
• Perform administrative support within the health care team.

Skills

Communication

Problem Solving

Organisational skills

Teamwork

Clinical reasoning

Education

GCSE level or equivalent

NVQ Level 2 OR 3 and relevant experience OR NVQ Level 4

Job description

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An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Band 4 Community Health Care Support Worker to join our Intermediate Diabetes Specialist Service (IDSS) and Heart failure Specialist Service at Whittington Health. This is a joint working post for a health inequalities project. The project involves supporting patients who may face challenges engaging with healthcare professionals specialising in Diabetes and Heart failure. Within this role the post holder will support registered healthcare professionals to deliver diabetes and Heart failure care. There will be elements of patient contact, ensuring that the administration involved in care delivery is completed and supporting in facilitating some group consultations as delegated by the Specialist teams.

Main duties of the job

• To work within a multi-professional team and provide support to a team of health care professionals
• To support specialist nurses in clinic settings and on home support/case management which may involve domiciliary visits to patient’s homes.
• To be responsible for administrative support within the team as required.

Please see attached job description for more information about this role and working in our Trust.

Working for our organisation

Whittington Health serves a richly diverse population and works hard to ensure that all our services are fair and equally accessible to everyone. Nowhere is this more obvious than in the way we look after our staff. We aim to employ a workforce which is as representative as possible of this population, so we are open to the value of differences in age, disability, gender, marital status, pregnancy and maternity, race, sexual orientation, and religion or belief. The Trustbelieves that as a public sector organisation we have an obligation to have recruitment, training, promotion and other formal employment policies and procedures that are sensitive to these differences. We think that by doing so, we are better able to treat our patients as well as being a better place to work.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

• To work within a multi-professional team and provide support to a team of health care professionals
• To communicate effectively with patients and carers, using motivational interviewing skills where necessary.
• To work autonomously within structured boundaries which are risk assessed and supervised by a registered healthcare professional
• To ensure practice is evidence based, by keeping up to date with new research literature, and by regularly evaluating working practices through evidence-based practice projects, audit, and research.
• To demonstrate compassion, empathy and sensitivity to clients who may have complex emotional and physical conditions and social concerns requiring moderate emotional effort daily.

Person specification

Person specification

• Education to GCSE level or equivalent Able to demonstrate competence in maths and English NVQ Level 2 OR 3 and relevant experience OR NVQ Level 4 (6)
• Experience of community work in the health and/or social care field Comprehensive experience working in an area relevant to long term conditions. Awareness of local needs e.g., ethnic minority (6

Personal Qualities

• Ability to Work effectively as part of a team Flexible and Adaptable in different situiations Enthusiastic, Motivated and Shows Inititative and Assertiveness Able to work to promote the service Able to stay calm when dealing with a number of issues as the same time

Skills & Abilities

• Good communication • Written • Verbal Demonstrate computer literacy Organisational and time management Good presentation skills Ability to problem solve, prioritise & demonstrate clinical reasoning based on experience & knowledge Skills in the assessment and treatment of people with diabetes Ability to liaise and communicate well with professionals and patients at all levels

SAFEGUARDING CHILDREN AND ADULTS

To comply with the Trust’s Safeguarding Children and Adults policies , procedures and protocols. All individual members of staff (paid or unpaid) have a duty to safeguard and promote the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults This will require you to:

• Ensure you are familiar with and comply with the London Child Protection Procedures and protocols for promoting and safeguarding the welfare of children and young people.
• Ensure you are familiar and comply with theLondon Multi Agency Safeguarding Vulnerable Adults Pan London Procedures.
• Ensure you are familiar and comply with local protocols and systems for information sharing.
• Know the appropriate contact numbers and required reporting lines.
• Participate in required training and supervision.
• Comply with required professional boundaries and codes of conduct

Whittington Health is committed to safeguarding all children and vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.