Harm Free Care Clinical Support Worker

East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust; Ipswich; On-site; GBP 18,000 - 24,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a compassionate team as a health care assistant in Ipswich, dedicated to providing high-quality care for elderly patients with fragility fractures. This role involves patient assessments, working closely with a multidisciplinary team, and ensuring excellent care standards.

Benefits

Generous pension scheme

27 days annual leave

NHS discounts

Flexible working options

Qualifications

• Previous experience in a health setting.
• Knowledge of clinical procedures and observations.

Responsibilities

• Meet the direct and indirect care needs of patients under supervision.
• Ensure high standards of patient care at all times.

Skills

Communication

Patient Care

Education

NVQ level 3 or equivalent

Care certificate achieved

Job description

Job summary

Do you want to make a difference and become part of our compassionate, dedicated & patient centred team? Do you have a passion for supporting patients admitted with a fragility fracture?

We are looking for a dedicated, enthusiastic health care assistant with a passion for providing high quality care for patients admitted to Needham Ward. The patient group are general elderly, frail and have a neck of femur fracture and often will have a cognitive impairment such as dementia or delirium.

This role encompasses all aspects of patient care, including pressure sore assessment and prevention, falls management, nutrition and continence assessment and management. As the support worker your role includes ensuring timely assessments are undertaken and provide ongoing involvement in the care of all patients, especially those deemed at high risk.

Good communication skills are essential as you will be working closely with members of the multidisciplinary team, including therapy, orthogeriatrician consultant and fracture liaison nurses.

In return we will be committed to supporting you to develop and enhance your skills and to feel confident in your role

Main duties of the job

• To meet the needs of the Trust with regard to Induction, mandatory and statutory training
• To meet the direct and indirect care needs of patients under the delegation and supervision of a Registered Nurse
• To ensure high standards of patient care at all times, in line with Trust policies and guidelines
• To work as an effective member of the nursing and wider multi-professional healthcare team
• To work within the boundaries of the role of the HCA supporting more junior colleagues as required and refer to the Registered Nurse as appropriate

About us

We are ESNEFT and we provide hospital and community health services to almost one million people across east Suffolk and north Essex. Our dedicated staff deliver care from acute hospitals in Colchester and Ipswich, community hospitals, surgeries, community clinics and in patients' own homes.

We are one of the largest NHS organisations in England, employing more than 12,000 staff.

We pride ourselves on supporting our staff. We offer a wide range of training and development opportunities, as well as flexible working options.

Along with supporting you to achieve your career goals we offer a generous pension scheme, unsocial hours payments (where applicable), 27 days annual leave on commencement (pro rata) and access to a range of NHS discounts. Our Staff Health and Wellbeing programme offer a variety of services.

Our philosophy is that Time Matters to everyone. Across the Trust, we concentrate on improving the things we do and removing those which cause time delays for our staff and patients.

We are investing in our commitment to Time Matters with a partnership with leading electronic patient record (EPR) supplier Epic. This digital transformation will bring what's widely regarded as the world's best EPR system to ESNEFT, transforming life in hospital for staff and patients.

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Job description

Job responsibilities

For full details of the responsibilities and duties of this role please see the attached job description.

Job description
Job responsibilities

For full details of the responsibilities and duties of this role please see the attached job description.

Person Specification

Experience

Essential

• Previous experience in a health setting

Desirable

• Experience within an acute setting

Qualifications

Essential

• Care certificate achieved
• Evidence of completed competencies as part of a professional portfolio
• NVQ level 3 or equivalent

Desirable

• Evidence of functional skills or willingness to undertake
• Willingness to undertake further study

Knowledge

Essential

• Awareness of physical, psychological and spiritual needs of patients relatives and carers.
• Awareness of the nature of the carers role in assisting patients to fulfil basic human needs
• Knowledge of clinical procedures and observations
• Knowledge of relevant legislation

Desirable

• Understanding of risk management, health and safety issues, including safe manual handling.

Person Specification
Experience

Essential

• Previous experience in a health setting

Desirable

• Experience within an acute setting

Qualifications

Essential

• Care certificate achieved
• Evidence of completed competencies as part of a professional portfolio
• NVQ level 3 or equivalent

Desirable

• Evidence of functional skills or willingness to undertake
• Willingness to undertake further study

Knowledge

Essential

• Awareness of physical, psychological and spiritual needs of patients relatives and carers.
• Awareness of the nature of the carers role in assisting patients to fulfil basic human needs
• Knowledge of clinical procedures and observations
• Knowledge of relevant legislation

Desirable

• Understanding of risk management, health and safety issues, including safe manual handling.

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Employer details

Employer name

East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust
Address

Ipswich Hospital

Ipswich

IP4 5PD

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