GR - Clinical Support Worker - Orthopaedic Supported Discharge Team

NHS Lothian; City of Edinburgh; On-site; GBP 20,000 - 23,000; Full time

Job summary

NHS Lothian is seeking a motivated Health Care Support Worker to join the Orthopaedic Supported Discharge Team. In this role, you will provide essential rehabilitation support to patients post-discharge, facilitating their transition back home and ensuring quality care. You'll work independently and collaboratively, engaging with multi-disciplinary teams to deliver high-quality support. This permanent position offers a shift-based schedule including weekends, aimed at making a positive impact on patient recovery.

Qualifications

• Must have clinical experience, ideally in Orthopaedics.
• Experience as a Health Care Support Worker.
• Ability to work independently and engage with a multidisciplinary team.

Responsibilities

• Provide supported discharge rehabilitation from hospital wards to home.
• Facilitate functional rehabilitation treatment plans for patients.
• Support physiotherapists, occupational therapists, and nurses.

Skills

Clinical experience

Independence

Teamwork

Education

Relevant experience as a Band 3 Support Worker

Job description

Are you looking to apply for your first permanent role as a Clinical Support Worker?

Our Nursing and Midwifery Strategic Plan sets out our Vision, Ambitions, and Values that enable excellent care for our patients and service users. It also demonstrates what you can expect from our organisation and what you can aspire to in your own career development.

A collaborative, person-focused approach is at the very centre of everything we aspire to achieve, and necessary to deliver care that is high quality, compassionate, safe, and effective. We continue to work towards having a diverse and inclusive culture for people who work for us and use our services. We want everyone to realize their full potential and make a positive contribution. We encourage applications from people from all backgrounds and communities.

We are committed to supporting the development of a nursing and midwifery workforce that is made up of diverse skills and experiences. We are interested in your passion for developing with us as a leader as well as demonstrating alignment with the values and ambitions set out in our Strategic Plan.

We are committed to providing the strong foundations of clinical education with our Clinical Education and Training team, education coordinators, robust induction programmes, and preceptorship, as well as working with you to build on your leadership strengths.

A link to the NHS Lothian Nursing and Midwifery Strategic Plan can be found below:

Recruitment Process

We use a values and competency-based recruitment process linked to the ambitions set out in our Strategic Plan. For more information on our interview questions, click the link below.

NHS Lothian provides a generic recruitment process, meaning no need for multiple applications or interviews. You submit one application, have one interview, and a single decision is made, matching your skills, experience, and preferences to one of our vacancies.

If you are an internal NHS Lothian Band 5 candidate, we will not proceed with shortlisting and interviews; instead, you will move to our internal transfer process. To learn more about this process, please click the link below.

If you would like to arrange a Stay And Grow conversation to discuss your career, pathways, and opportunities within NHS Lothian, please click the link below:

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Band 3 Orthopaedic Supported Discharge Team - Health Care Support Worker

37 hours (Shift work 11.5-hour days including weekends, NO nights)

Permanent

We are seeking a highly motivated and enthusiastic Health Care Support Worker (HCSW) to join our Orthopaedic Supported Discharge Team. This team focuses on providing supported discharge rehabilitation from orthopaedic/major trauma hospital wards, followed by assessment and treatment within the patient's home environment for up to 4 weeks.

• You will be required to drive to complete visits in the Edinburgh City area. Business car insurance is required for this role.

As an HCSW, you will be allocated visits to complete each shift. You will work independently and alongside team members, attending to patients' needs, facilitating functional rehab treatment plans, and delivering care as required without supervision. This includes progressing patients with functional tasks such as meals, washing, dressing, then reporting progress back to senior staff members. Full engagement with the multidisciplinary team is essential.

You will also support physiotherapists, occupational therapists, and nurses through various non-clinical duties, including equipment ordering and referring patients to community teams.

Shifts within the OSD team are 11.5 hours. You will complete 3 shifts per week, with 4 shifts in one week each month.

Candidates must have clinical experience in various areas, ideally including Orthopaedics, and relevant/current experience as a Band 3 Support Worker.

For further information, please contact:

• Jon Beard (Team Lead) or Kirsty Cairns (DCN) at 0131 242 1103 or via email at [e-mail] and [e-mail].

For more about our sites and services, visit the NHS Lothian careers website.

If you would like to arrange a Stay And Grow conversation, please click the link above.

Please contact the generic recruitment team at [e-mail] for any queries.