support worker

Derbyshire Community Health Services NHS Foundation Trust; Buxton; On-site; GBP 21,000 - 29,000; Full time

Job summary

Derbyshire Community Health Services NHS Foundation Trust is seeking a Senior Community Health and Social Care Support Worker to deliver high-quality care as part of a multidisciplinary team in the High Peak. The role emphasizes leadership during shifts, coordination of care, and safe medication administration within organisational policies.

Care will be provided to people across Derbyshire, focusing on independence, dignity and wellbeing, and will involve working alongside registered

Responsibilities

• Part of an integrated multidisciplinary team delivering coordinated care in the most appropriate setting.
• Take on day-to-day operational leadership during your shift.
• Act as the first point of contact for Community Health and Social Care Support Workers, providing guidance and direction to ensure smooth running of the service.
• Coordinate care and maintain effective communication across the team.
• Safe administration of medication in accordance with organisational policies, procedures and training.
• Deliver high quality care, promoting independence, dignity and wellbeing across Derbyshire, working with registered practitioners.

Job description

Supporting people in their own homes or within the Community Support Bedded Unit, you will work as part of an integrated multidisciplinary team to deliver coordinated care in the most appropriate setting.

In addition to providing direct care, you will take on day-to-day operational leadership during your shift. Acting as the first point of contact for Community Health and Social Care Support Workers, you will provide guidance, support and direction to ensure the smooth running of the service. You will work closely with registered practitioners, Service Managers and other healthcare professionals to coordinate care and maintain effective communication across the team.

The role also includes responsibility for the safe administration of medication in accordance with organisational policies, procedures and training.

We're looking for caring, dedicated Senior Support Workers to join our Community Support Bedded Unitin the High Peak.

Our unit is located in the High Peak, where public transport links are limited, so applicants should be able to travel to and from the service reliably.

If you're passionate about making a real difference and enjoy working as part of a supportive team, we'd love to hear from you.

As a Senior Community Health and Social Care Support Worker, you will deliver high quality care to people across Derbyshire, promoting independence, dignity and wellbeing. Working alongside registered practitioners, you will provide clinical, therapeutic and non-clinical interventions within your scope of competence, following organisational policies and clinical standards to ensure safe, compassionate and effective care.

This position offers an excellent opportunity for an experienced support worker to develop leadership skills while making a meaningful difference to the lives of people in the community.

Our purpose is to provide community health services to a patient population of over one million people in Derbyshire and Derby, as part of Joined Up Care Derbyshire.

We employ around 4,200 substantive staff, caring for patients in 11 community hospitals and more than 30 health centres, as well as in clinics, GP practices, schools, care homes and, increasingly, in people's own homes and via virtual consultations.