Community Support Worker

Sirona care & health CIC; Weston-super-Mare; On-site; GBP 26,000 - 27,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

NHS pension scheme

27+ days annual leave

NHS benefits package

Job summary

Sirona care & health CIC has a vacancy for a Community Support Worker to join our Integrated Network Team in the Bristol area. The role involves delivering delegated clinical, therapy and nursing activities in the community, working with an MDT to support service users and families.

Successful candidates will have NVQ Level 3 in Health & Social Care and experience in community or health settings. The post offers enhanced weekend pay, mileage reimbursement, generous annual leave and NHS benefits,

Qualifications

• Experience in community health or social care settings.
• Ability to work with minimal supervision.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
• IT literacy and use of clinical systems.

Responsibilities

• Undertake delegated clinical, therapy & nursing activities to support the service users on the Integrated Network Team caseload.
• 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.
• Be able and willing to travel throughout the service delivery geographical area.
• We may require flexible working patterns and weekend coverage as needed.

Skills

Direct patient care

Teamwork

Communication

IT skills - EMIS

Education

NVQ Level 3 in Health & Social Care

Tools

EMIS

Job description

Would you like to make a difference to the community you live in and love? Are you looking to start a career in healthcare or are currently a Healthcare Assistant or Support Worker looking for a fresh start?

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, nursing tasks, rehabilitation, recovery and support with daily routines and personal care.

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

We will offer a tailored training package to suit your development needs to make sure you feel fully supported within your new 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.

We are unable to provide sponsorship for this role and can only accept applications from UK based applicants.

If you are currently require a visa to work in the UK, there must be a minimum of 14 months from your start date until the expiry date.

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.

£25,760 to £27,476 a yearpro rata, per annum