Community Support Worker

Sirona care & health CIC; Bristol; Hybrid; GBP 24,000 - 27,000; Full time

Job summary

A community health provider in Bristol seeks a Community Support Worker to enhance patient care through collaboration with clinicians. Candidates should have strong communication skills and experience in healthcare. The role offers competitive salary, flexible working hours, and opportunities for professional development, making a real impact in the community.

Benefits

Enhanced pay for weekends and bank holidays

Generous annual leave allowance

NHS Pension Scheme

Mileage reimbursement

Qualifications

• Experience in direct patient care in a health or social care setting.
• Ability to work without direct supervision to achieve objectives.
• Recent relevant experience within a community setting.

Responsibilities

• Undertake delegated clinical, therapy & nursing led activities.
• Provide safe, patient-centred care in community settings.
• Work within adult services to deliver healthcare activities.
• Maintain flexibility with other teams as needed.
• Travel throughout the service delivery area.

Skills

Communication skills

Initiative

Team working

IT proficiency

Education

NVQ Level 3 in Health & Social Care or willingness to work towards

Tools

EMIS

Job description

Please note, we cannot offer a Certificate of Sponsorship for this role.

If you currently require a visa to work in the UK, there must be a minimum of 14 months remaining until the expiry date. If you do not disclose your expiry date within your application, it may not be considered. Please state the date and not your share code.

Would you like to make a difference to the community you live in and love?

Our teams support patients to live independently and improve their quality of life in the place they like to call home.

As a Community Support Worker, you\'ll play a vital role in our service. You will work closely with the multi-disciplinary team made up of clinicians such as Physiotherapists and Nurses to provide ongoing clinical activities such as rehabilitation, recovery and support with daily routines and personal care.

Successful candidates will have support from their teams to be comfortable working independently in the community. If you have strong communication skills and can use initiative to ensure service users have the best experience, we want to hear from you. In return we can offer a fulfilling and rewarding career within our team with development opportunities.

We will offer a tailored training package to suit your needs to ensure you feel fully supported in your role - should you wish to progress further in your career then Sirona can offer a number of opportunities such as apprenticeships, where we have strong links with local higher education partners.

Main duties of the job

• Undertake a range of delegated clinical, therapy & nursing led activities to support the service users on the Integrated Network Team caseload.
• To provide a safe, patient centred and effective clinical activities in the community setting.
• You will work within adults services to deliver a full range of healthcare activities.
• You may be expected to work flexibly with other teams or services, both within the locality and Sirona wide when the need arises at short notice.
• Be able and willing to travel throughout the service delivery geographical area.

Enhanced pay for weekends and bank holidays, mileage is reimbursed whilst you carry out your duties at work. We also offer generous annual leave allowance and an attractive staff benefits scheme.

We have full and part time hours available and can support flexible working patterns - currently this service runs from 8am - 8pm - 7 days a week.

About us

Ever dreamt about a career that sparks excitement and fosters your professional growth? Picture yourself waking up eager to make a real difference in our community, surrounded by teams who value your unique ideas. It\'s time to turn your dream into reality!

We are Sirona care & health - England\'s largest provider of Adult\'s and Children\'s Community Services and we\'d love for you to join us in Bristol, North Somerset or South Gloucestershire.

Agenda for Change Salary, full NHS benefits, 27+ days\' annual leave, and participation in the NHS Pension Scheme - just a glimpse of the benefits we offer.

Whether you\'re starting your journey in healthcare, looking for a fresh challenge within the NHS, or contemplating a career change, don\'t be daunted by the prospect of something different - we create development opportunities for all our colleagues and apprentices.

Interested? View our benefits leaflet which you can find as an attachment on this vacancy.

Job responsibilities

Please see the attached Job Description for a full list of duties and responsibilities before applying for this position.

If you refer to qualifications or employment within your supporting statement, that has not been included in your Qualifications, Training or Employment History, this information may be discounted.

Person Specification

Qualifications

• NVQ Level 3 in Health & Social Care or willingness to work towards.

Skills, Knowledge & Experience

• Explain how you\'ve worked without direct supervision, to achieve the objectives of a post.
• Tell us about your experience of direct patient care in a health or social care setting.
• Tell us about your experience of team working and an understanding of team dynamics including what factors make a team work well and what can go wrong and why.
• Able to use a variety of IT systems e.g. email, EMIS.
• Recent relevant experience within a community setting.

Application Reason

• Please tell us why you have chosen to apply for this role with Sirona care & health?

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.

£24,937 to £26,598 a year pro rata, per annum