Community Support Worker - South Warwickshire

South Warwickshire NHS Foundation Trust; Warwick; On-site; GBP 21,000 - 25,000; Full time

Job summary

South Warwickshire NHS Foundation Trust is seeking a Band 3 Clinical Support Worker to provide compassionate care within the Leg Ulcer Team North, covering clinics and home visits across South Warwickshire. The role focuses on wound care and self-care support for patients with leg ulcers, under supervision, as part of a multidisciplinary team in a community setting.

Travel to different sites is essential. We pride ourselves on outstanding CQC ratings and a collaborative working environment with

Qualifications

• Band 3 CSW with interest in wound care.
• Competent and well organised with good communication skills.
• Willingness to travel across South Warwickshire for clinics and home visits.

Responsibilities

• Assist in delivering a plan of care for patients with leg ulcers.
• Provide high-quality personal care under supervision of registered staff.
• Work as part of a multidisciplinary team in community settings, supporting self-care.

Skills

Wound care

Community healthcare

Patient care

Job description

Leg Ulcer Team North is pleased to offer the exciting opportunity of a Band 3 Clinical Support Worker. The Team is based at Royal Leamington Spa Rehabilitation and covers both Clinics across South Warwickshire and home visits across. The service currently runs Mon – Fri 8:30 – 16:30hrs.

We are looking to recruit a competent and well organised individual, with a particular interest in wound care. The role requires management of patients affected by Leg ulcers, and the post holder will assist and help deliver a plan of care to meet the individual’s needs with emphasis being placed on self-care.

The post is a community post and the ability to meet the travel requirements of the role is essential

The Band 3 Clinical Support Worker will undertake high quality, caring and compassionate personal care and associated duties under the direction but not direct supervision of the registered staff and working as part of the multidisciplinary team.

As a Band 3 Clinical Support Worker (CSW) you make a valuable and important contribution to the delivery of high quality healthcare, supporting the registered professional in the delivery of safe, effective, compassionate patient care. This job description is to be read in conjunction with the person specification for this particular job.

Come and join a Trust rated Outstanding by the CQC. South Warwickshire University NHS Foundation Trust have been rated as outstanding following our latest inspection by the CQC and we are recruiting new staff to come and help us improve even further. In addition our staff survey results have placed us 4th in the country for recommended place to work.

We provide services across Warwickshire and beyond ranging from Hospitals in Warwick, Stratford-Upon-Avon, Royal Leamington Spa and Shipston-on Stour to Community Services across the county. We are a progressive, expanding organisation with great ambition around improving quality, integrating pathways and delivering high levels of productivity. Our values can be summed up in one sentence. We are ‘Trusted to provide safe, inclusive, effective and compassionate care’. Throughout the recruitment process you will be asked to think about how you demonstrate these values and how they impact on your work. It doesn’t matter what role you do, whether it is patient facing or not, we are all working in the same way with our values at the core.

As Part Of Our Commitment To Equality, Diversity And Inclusion We Encourage All Applicants To Complete a Short Survey. This Can Be Accessed Via The Link Below

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We appreciate you completing the survey.

For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Susan Gray Job title: Professional Lead Email address: [e-mail] Telephone number: 07717733154

Please note my working days are Monday - Thursday