Health Care Support Worker

Provide Community; Chelmsford; On-site; GBP 24,000 - 26,000; Full time

Job summary

Provide Community is seeking a qualified Podiatrist to enhance clinic capacity across multiple locations. The role involves assisting with patient assessments, ensuring quality care, and managing clinic operations. Ideal candidates will possess a valid UK clinical registration and demonstrate strong patient care skills.

Benefits

Eligible for NHS Pension

Equal Opportunity Employer

Qualifications

• Essential experience in healthcare
• Driving capability required

Responsibilities

• Support clinicians in providing specialized podiatry care.
• Assist with patient assessment and treatment plans.
• Ensure smooth clinic operations through stock management.

Skills

Patient Care

Communication

Attention to Detail

Education

Professional UK clinical registration

Driving License

Job description

Main area podiatry Grade 3 Contract 12 months (Fixed Term) Hours

• Full time
• Part time
  
  

30 hours per week (Monday -Friday 08.15-16.15) Job ref 828-PROVIDE3571

Employer Provide CIC Employer type NHS Site Springfield Green Clinic Town Chelmsford Salary £24,625 - £25,674 0 Salary period Yearly Closing 26/06/2025 08:00

Job Overview

The main duties will include supporting the clinicans in clinic to increase capacity across the X 3 locations where podiatry services are delivered.

Assisting with ordering and stock control.

Main duties of the job

• To support the team in providing a highly specialised podiatry service in a clinic setting to adults with a range of foot care needs, providing a high standard of clinical care in community settings. This involves assisting the registered staff in ensuring appropriate pathways of care for patients who require those services.
• To contribute to the assessment and the treatment of individual patients on the caseload and communicate any changes in care needs to the registered staff.
• Provide clerical and clinical assistance to Podiatrists in the treatment of a wide range of Podiatric conditions.
• To contribute to the smooth running of the clinic ordering stock ensuring stock levels are maintained and clinic is set up appropriately.
• Carry out observations record accurately and report abnormal results to senior colleagues.
  
  

Working for our organisation

Provide is a Community Interest Company (social enterprise). We deliver a broad range of health and social care services in the community, and are committed to making sure that they are safe, responsive and of high quality. Provide is owned by its employees and has primarily social objectives. Any profits we make are reinvested into the local community or back into delivering services.

We work from a variety of community settings, such as community hospitals, community clinics, schools, nursing homes and primary care settings, as well as within people’s homes to provide more than 40 services to children, families and adults across Essex, Dorset, East Anglia and the North of England.

A Highly Respected, Award Winning Health And Social Care Provider. We Expect Our Staff To Demonstrate And Uphold Our Values At All Times:

Vision: Transforming Lives

Values: Care, Innovation and Compassion

Mission: An ambitious, employee owned social enterprise, growing in size and influence. We transform lives by treating, caring and educating people.

Provide is an equal opportunity employer committed to building a team that represents a variety of backgrounds, perspectives and skills, proud to have LGBT+ and Ethnic Minority Networks.

We welcome applicants from underrepresented groups. If you have the skills and experience for the job, please apply regardless of your background.

Eligible for NHS Pension

Detailed Job Description And Main Responsibilities

• To help implement and evaluate podiatric care to variety of patients with a wide range of clinical need, e.g., high risk diabetes, chronic neuropathy, vascular problems, and rheumatoid arthritis, under the supervision of a podiatrist.
• To provide foot care in line with the individual treatment plan in the form of education, assessments and redressing’s for wound care patients where required.
• To notify the podiatrist if there is any change in the patient’s health status that may influence the treatment plan.
• To ensure that all information relating to clients and staff gained through employment with the Trust is kept confidential. Disclosure to any unauthorised person is a serious disciplinary offence.
• Understands the processes, techniques, equipment, terminology, and basic theory relevant to the work area.
• To maintain accurate patient records if required, using SystmOne record system.
• Understands relevant legislation, policy and guidance.
• Able to carry out delegated tasks and to take responsibility for the completion of tasks.
• Able to solve straight forward problems by integrating information from more expert sources.
• Understands when to seek guidance from more expert practitioners.
• Can undertake basic maintenance of work area equipment. Ensure all equipment is maintained.
  
  

Person specification

Essential

Essential criteria

• Education
  
  

Desirable criteria

• Experience in working in health care
  
  

Essential

Essential criteria

• able to drive
  
  

Desirable criteria

• good computer skills
  
  

FURTHER INFORMATION:

How will we contact you?

• All correspondence for this post will be by email or text messaging. Please register for text messages on your TRAC account. Applicants are advised to check their email accounts regularly to ensure that email filters are set to allow our mails.
• As we often have many applicants for jobs at Provide, we regret that we will only be able to contact those external applicants who are shortlisted for interview. Therefore if you have not heard from us within 2 weeks of the closing date, then please assume you have not been shortlisted for interview on this particular occasion. Internal candidates who are unsuccessful can seek feedback from the recruiting manager.
• If you wish to contact the Recruitment Team, please do this via [e-mail]
• If you wish to contact the Recruiting Manager about the vacancy/role or for feedback after interview, their details are provided within the advert.
  
  

Checking progress on your application?

To check progress on your application, please log into your TRAC account. We aim to keep you updated on the status of your application as soon as we can.

Closing Date

Provide reserves the right to close this vacancy at any time or bring forward the closing date should it have an overwhelming response. We therefore encourage an early application to ensure consideration for this post.

Professional UK clinical registration required for the role?

If we require you to hold UK professional clinical registration to undertake a role we appoint you to, Provide will pay for your registration during the first year of your employment.

COVID-19 Vaccination

Provide CIC continues to encourage all colleagues to ensure they have been double vaccinated and received a booster vaccination.

We recognise taking the vaccine provides the best defence against COVID 19 for our patients, service users, customers, fellow colleagues, and their families.

Anti Fraud

Our staff have been trained in 'Anti-Fraud' and will use technology to examine identity/immigration documents.

Disability

If you have a disability and need assistance or more time to complete your application or attending interview, please contact a member of the HR Services Team on 0300 3030 2661 or [e-mail].

Work Trials

Please check with your local Job Centre Plus to see if you are eligible for a Work Trial. If you are interested in trying this job first, please contact the HR Services team and we can help you make the arrangements with the Job Centre and the Recruiting Manager.

We are committed to equal opportunities, flexible working practices and the National Living Wage.

Successful Applicant:

You will be required to bring all your documentation to your interview to show the recruiting manager and again at your pre-employment appointment with the Recruitment Co-Ordinators.

The information that you provide will be treated confidentially. If you fail to provide all of the information, Provide may not be able to fulfil our contractual obligations to you or may be prevented from complying with our legal obligations.