Community Support Worker (Physical Health)

Tees, Esk and Wear Valleys NHS Foundation Trust; Scarborough; On-site; GBP 25,000 - 35,000; Full time

Job summary

A regional NHS healthcare provider is seeking a dedicated healthcare professional to join their team in Scarborough. The successful candidate will deliver high-quality care to patients with eating disorders, monitor their physical health, and perform essential phlebotomy tasks. Experience in healthcare and effective communication skills are essential. The role requires own means of transport and offers a chance to make a significant impact in patient care.

Qualifications

• Experience in healthcare, particularly with eating disorders.
• Ability to undertake physiological observations.
• Familiarity with patient documentation.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate a phlebotomy service for tests.
• Maintain patient safety, privacy, and dignity.
• Perform ECG monitoring as needed.
• Communicate results to healthcare team.

Skills

Monitoring physical health

Phlebotomy

ECG monitoring

Communication skills

Patient-centered care

Job description

The successful candidate will work as part of a team to deliver high‑quality care to those with an eating disorder and their families. The main duties of the role will include monitoring physical health such as undertaking weight, height, BMI, blood pressure, temperature, ECG and phlebotomy. This will be carried out both in a clinic setting and by visiting patients in their homes; therefore, the successful candidate will require their own means of transport. In addition, the successful candidate will support other areas of the eating disorder pathway as this is evolving.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

• Co‑ordinates a phlebotomy service, including REFERRALS from qualified practitioners to ensure haematological tests are carried out in line with national guidelines, COMPLETING pathology request forms, BOOKING appointments in accordance with existing workload, VENEPUNCTURE, RECORDING interventions in patient electronic notes and databases, and PROCESSING pathology results in accordance with local guidelines.
• Maintains safety, privacy and dignity of all patients in the delivery of patient‑centred care, recognising and respecting differences including spiritual and cultural.
• Contributes to the creation of a physical and psychological environment conducive to the provision of high quality.
• Performs ECG monitoring as required.
• Accurately records and reports physiological observations (e.g. temperature, blood pressure, pulse).
• Identifies changes in patient’s presentation or monitoring and acts, reports and documents appropriately.
• Communicates monitoring results with the treating team, including any abnormal results.

Please refer to the attached job description and person specification for further detailed information to ensure that you meet the role criteria before applying.

Rights and Immigration

Right to Work in the UK: Applications from job seekers who require sponsorship to work in the United Kingdom (UK) are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. Please note that from January 2021, to work in the UK all candidates who are not UK or Republic of Ireland (RoI) nationals require sponsorship unless you have permission to work via another route. Non‑UK / RoI candidates wishing to apply can self‑assess the likelihood of obtaining a Certificate of Sponsorship here Browse: Work in the UK - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk). Please provide full and accurate details of your current immigration status on the application form. Overseas applicants applying for entry clearance into the UK must present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided in continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk). Your current immigration status will not be considered as part of the shortlisting or interview process. Please note that not everyone needs a ‘Skilled Worker’ visa. If you are applying for a vacancy in health or adult social care, you may be eligible to apply for the Health and Care Worker visa instead, subject to role meeting the required conditions. We are able to offer sponsorship for a Health and Care Worker or Skilled Worker visa, subject to candidate and position eligibility. Please review the job eligibility guidance for skilled workers here: Skilled Worker visa: Your job - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk) and for the Health and Care Worker visa here: Skilled Worker visa: eligible healthcare and education jobs - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk). Please note: if the job you are applying for does not meet the eligibility criteria above, we will be unable to offer you sponsorship and you will need to explore whether you may be eligible to apply for an alternative immigration route which will secure your Right to Work in the UK before you apply. If you are in the UK already on a visa, please ensure you have no restrictions that would prevent you from taking this post.

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About the Trust

We are the Mental Health & Learning Disability NHS Trust for County Durham and Darlington, Teesside, North Yorkshire, York and Selby. From education and prevention, to crisis and specialist care -our talented and compassionate teams work in partnership with our patients, communities and partners to help the people of our region feel safe, understood, believed in and cared for. We nurture the recovery journey of anyone in need of our help. In Our Trust, everyone has a say in how they are supported and treated because we listen to every person in our care until they feel understood. Our patients, their families and carers work together with us towards better mental health. We're committed to new thinking that improves the wellbeing of our region. We connect with our communities and partners to get mental health care right, in areas that really need it. We won't rest until everyone in our region has the mental health care they need, to lead their best possible life.

Here at Tees, Esk and Wear Valleys Foundation NHS Trust, we want you to have a positive experience when you start your new role with us. To ensure you have a great welcome, for all new starters joining the Trust, we offer two start dates per month on the 1st and 3rd Mondays of that month.