Community Support Worker - Rapid Response

NHS Jobs; Highweek; On-site; GBP 21,000 - 26,000; Full time

Job summary

The Community Support Worker - Rapid Response role at NHS Jobs focuses on supporting independent living and a range of daily tasks, with emphasis on mobility, personal care, nutrition and hydration in line with local policies. The post includes delegated clinical tasks after training, such as baseline observations, wound care, and dressing changes, plus recognising health changes and escalating with SBAR.

Strong communication with patients, families and professionals is essential.

Qualifications

Responsibilities

• Assist and promote independent social and living skills including mobility, personal care, bathing, dressing/undressing; nutrition, hydration and prompting, monitoring and administration of medication where required, in line with local policies.
• Undertake clinical tasks as delegated after training, including baseline observations and investigations, simple wound care and like-for-like dressings.
• Recognise deteriorating physical health and use clinical observations to assist in assessment; escalate using early warning score and SBAR as required.
• Ensure patients, relatives, carers and professionals are kept informed of progress following intervention and communicate complex information to meet varied understanding levels.
• Travel efficiently around the South Devon area; full driving licence and vehicle expected to carry out duties.

Job description

Community Support Worker - Rapid Response

Assist and promote independent social and living skills including the provision of a range of tasks, for example: involving assistance with mobility, personal care, bathing, dressing/undressing; continence, nutrition, hydration and prompting, monitoring and administration of medication where required, in line with local policies Therapeutic moving & handling skills often with the need for prolonged physical effort. Will include frequent use of wide range of moving & handling equipment To undertake specific clinical tasks as delegated once undertaken relevant training and deemed competent. These will include baseline observations and investigations, simple wound care and like for like dressings management. To be able to recognise deteriorating physical health, use clinical/physiological observations to assist in assessment and escalate using early warning score and SBAR as required To ensure that patients, relatives, carers and professionals are kept fully informed of progress following intervention. Due to the diverse and complex nature of the caseload, this requires the ability to communicate complex information to meet a range of levels in understanding, and to overcome such barriers as, e.g. hearing loss, cognitive impairment, dysphasia, pain, fear, social and cultural differences To contribute towards ensuring a safe working environment for self and others and report on situation of potential risk, working with local policies and procedure Full vacancy details can be found on the attached Job Description/Person Specification. Ability to travel efficiently around the South Devon area is important in order to carry out your duties (e.g. Full driving licence and vehicle). Please refer to your suitability to the post in your supporting information from the role requirements or person specification.