Enhanced Care Worker

The Enhanced Care Worker will provide a full range of therapeutic interaction and support to patients who have complex health and social needs, on a one-to-one basis whilst maintaining respect for the individuality, confidentiality, and dignity of the patient.

They will work collaboratively with multi-disciplinary team members to ensure a high and consistent standard of enhanced care is delivered to individual patients following the assessment and planning of care by the Enhanced Care Coordinator.

The Enhanced Care Worker will have the opportunity to work with patients in the enhanced care activity room and on a one-to-one basis on the ward.

This post will close at midnight on 19th December 2023.

Please note - you will need to have an NVQ Level 2 in Care to be shortlisted for this post.

Due to the new visa requirements, we are unable to offer sponsorship for this post.

Responsibilities include:

1. Enhanced observation of patients who are deemed suitable including patients with dementia, learning disability, mental health, drug & alcohol withdrawal, falls, abscond risk, self-harm, and delirium.
2. Accompanying patients, allowing freedom to walk, with staff permission.
3. Using meaningful and therapeutic activities to engage with patients.
4. Talking and listening to patients.
5. Assisting with nutritional and hydration needs with staff permission and guidance.
6. Accompanying patients off the ward for appointments with staff permission.
7. Accurately recording clinical observations of patients receiving enhanced care.
8. Helping patients to wash, toilet, and dress using correct manual handling techniques.
9. Providing advice, support, and reassurance to patients and their families whilst maintaining their privacy, dignity, confidentiality, and safety throughout a patient’s admission and stay in hospital.

At North Tees & Hartlepool NHS Foundation Trust, our main priority is to provide safe and high-quality care to our patients every day; the kind of care we would want for ourselves and our loved ones. We want our organisation to be the best place to work with the right staff, in the right roles, at the right time, to ensure we deliver exceptional patient care and experience.

We will support staff through providing an inclusive and supportive workplace with health and well-being initiatives, staff benefits, and opportunities for personal and professional development. Staff recognition is very important to us; as well as performance reviews and appraisals, we recognise staff through Star and Team of the month, colleague recognition – a note of thanks, Managers Awards, Shining Stars, and Service Awards.

We recruit for values and “Together we are North Tees & Hartlepool.”

For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Jacqueline Edwards, Job title: Clinical Care Coordinator, Email address: J.edwards28@nhs.net, Telephone number: 07824104143.

Seniority level

Entry level

Employment type

Full-time

Job function

Other

Industries

Hospitals and Health Care