Generic Support Worker

York and Scarborough Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust; Selby; On-site; GBP 22,000 - 26,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare provider is looking for a Generic Support Worker to join the Selby Community Response Teams. This role involves delivering compassionate care to patients at home, supporting their rehabilitation needs while working within a friendly and enthusiastic team. Candidates must have a valid driving license and a vehicle for travel to various locations.

Benefits

Access to NHS Pension Scheme

27 days holiday rising to 33 days

Generous relocation package

Work-life balance leave

24/7 Employee Assistance Programme

NHS Car Lease scheme

Learning and development opportunities

Discounts on various providers

Qualifications

• Access to a vehicle for business purposes.
• Ability to support rehabilitation and recovery for patients.

Responsibilities

• Deliver high standards of interventions to support activities of daily living.
• Provide holistic, person-centred health care to patients at home.
• Work collaboratively with a multi-disciplinary team.

Skills

Compassionate care

Communication skills

Teamwork

Job description

Are you passionate about supporting patients in their own homes and committed to improving their quality of life?

We are seeking a Generic Support Worker to join Selby Community Response Teams – to deliver high standards of multi-disciplinary interventions to patients within their own place of residence to prevent avoidable admissions to acute care and to support discharges. This role will be delivering interventions which support activities of daily living and promoting independence, as able.

Our well-established teams cover the historical city of York, market town of Selby as well as the rolling countryside within North Yorkshire. The team consists of Physiotherapists, Occupational Therapists, Nurses and Support Workers and works alongside Primary Care and Partners to provide Urgent Care Response, Frailty Hub as well as short term reablement/rehabilitation programmes.

Do you feel ready for a new challenge and to make a difference to others alongside a fun, supportive and friendly team?

Access to a vehicle that can be used for business purposes and hold a full and valid driving licence (role will involve travel to numerous addresses that cannot be easily accessed by public transport means) is required

You will undertake duties delegated by the Nursing, Physiotherapy and Occupational Therapy teams, and will be responsible for providing holistic, person centred, compassionate health care to patient’s 18 years and over, supporting rehabilitation, reablement and recovery within the comfort of the patients home.

We provide a 7 day service, between the hours of 8am - 8pm; therefore successful candidates will take part in a rota that covers the hours of the service, however we do offer a flexible and varied shift pattern. If you are looking for a change and would like to join a team full of enthusiasm and humour, then we would love to hear from you!

Our Benefits

We offer a range of benefits to support our staff including:

• Access to the NHS Pension Scheme, providing generous benefits upon retirement, as well as a lump sum and pension for dependants
• 27 days holiday rising to 33 days (depending on NHS Trust service)
• A generous relocation package of up to 30% of salary (capped at £18k) to support with relocation expenses for hard to fill positions where relocation would be an expectation to undertake the role fully. If you would like to discuss a potential relocation package, please speak to the recruiting department/manager.
• A variety of different types of paid and unpaid leave covering emergency and planned leave
• Confidential advice and support on personal, work, family and relationship issues, 24/7, from our Employee Assistance Programme
• NHS Car Lease scheme and Cycle to Work scheme
• An extensive range of learning and development opportunities
• Discounts on restaurants, getaways, shopping, motoring, cinema and finance from a range of providers
  
  

For further information on the fantastic range of benefits we offer please visit the Trust's dedicated Staff Benefits pages.

For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Fiona Skelton Job title: AHP Team Leader for Community Response Teams Email address: [e-mail] Telephone number: 07951 104620