Support Worker in Dementia and Delirium Care(Copy)

Somerset NHS Foundation Trust; Yeovil; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A regional healthcare provider in Yeovil is seeking a compassionate Support Worker to assist patients with dementia and delirium. The role involves planning individual care, effective communication with families, and teamwork in an acute setting. Candidates should have experience in care and hold an NVQ 2/3 in care or rehabilitation. This position provides the opportunity for personal development while offering a range of benefits including flexible hours.

Benefits

Flexible working

Pension contributions

Career progression

NHS discounts

Qualifications

• Experience in adult/elderly rehabilitation or as a care worker.
• Ability to implement basic treatment plans with support.
• Sound patient interviewing skills and a patient-focused approach.

Responsibilities

• Support patients with dementia in their mental and physical health.
• Organise and plan your own caseload under guidance.
• Assist in developing care plans and meaningful activities.

Skills

Compassion

Excellent communication skills

Interpersonal skills

Organisational skills

Flexibility

Education

NVQ 2/3 in care/rehabilitation

Tools

Basic computer skills

Job description

Support Worker in Dementia and Delirium Care(Copy)

We are looking for a compassionate, enthusiastic and caring Healthcare Assistant, who is reliable and flexible to join our Dementia and Delirium Team.

As part of our vision to provide excellence in Dementia and Delirium care for all our patients across the organisation, the Dementia and Delirium team have an exciting opportunity for a Dementia Support Worker to join their team within Somerset Foundation Trust. We are looking for dedicated individuals, who enjoy engaging with patients with a cognitive impairment and is committed to providing individualised care.

The role will entail working across all inpatient's wards within acute and community services to support patients and wards staff in caring for those who have dementia and are at risk of developing a delirium. It will involve helping to develop care plans and personalised meaningful activities, meaning excellent communication skills are essential. The successful candidate will need to be confident in liaising with families and carer's of patients. The role would include working with the wider MTD sharing assessments and knowledge to help facilitate appropriate discharges in a timely manner

If you have good interpersonal and organisational skills, enjoy a challenge and have a passion to deliver a high standard of patient care, then this is the opportunity for you!

Main duties of the job

To be responsible for organising and planning your own caseload delegated by and in discussion with, senior team members to meet service and patient priorities, readjusting plans as situations change/arise.

To ensure that your own practice always meets Trust standards and is in line with Trust

To ensure your own ongoing personal/professional development by attending courses, clinical supervision and peer supervision on a regular basis.

To comply with the Trust and departmental policies and procedures

To be able operate appropriate Information and Digital Technology systems to contribute to record keeping and data analysis, under guidance from Trust Policy.

Work with patients with dementia to improve their mental health, physical health, and wellbeing through therapeutic activities

Be confident in working with patients who have behavioural and psychological symptoms of dementia and be able to support ward staff with management strategies.

Assist to identify patients who are admitted with a dementia or delirium and proactively make contact with them and their family/carers

Ensure that appropriate documentation and flagging is in place and appropriate referrals are made

Liaise with wards to ensure 'What matters to me' documents are meaningfully completed

Establish relationships with patients and identify ways to support them whilst in hospital, regularly engaging with individuals and their families/carer.

About us

As an organisation, the NHS offers a wide range of benefits including flexible working, fantastic pension contributions, market leading annual leave allowance, career progression and regular conversations, not to mention our Blue Light Card and NHS exclusive discounts.The benefits of working in Somerset include the idyllic countryside, with our areas of outstanding beauty and stunning coastlines. You will get to enjoy these perks whilst still only being a stone's throw away from bustling city centres like Bristol, Bath and Exeter and only two hours away from London.There are excellent educational facilities in the area and, when compared to other regions, house prices are reasonable. You will to experience the best of both in Somerset, the countryside and the cosmopolitan -- there is truly something for everyone!

Job responsibilities

Please see attached Job Description for more information as well as a full list of duties and responsibilities.

Person Specification

Qualifications

• Adult/elderly rehabilitation, nursing, care worker experience
• Post holder will be required to achieve NVQ 2/3 or equivalent in care/rehabilitation if not already held

Experience

• Sound patient interviewing skills. Basic computer skills.
• Professional and patient focussed approach with inspirational skills, acting as a role model to colleagues and junior staff members
• Ability to implement basic treatment plans with appropriate support from the therapist.

Additional Criteria

• Evidence of a good standard of Literacy / English language skills
• Good time management
• Flexibility and adaptability to meet the needs of the patients.
• Excellent interpersonal skills
• Good verbal and written communication
• Appropriate use of initiative and ability to work as integrated team member or under own initiative.
• Willingness to learn and develop new skills
• To be able to demonstrate an awareness and responsibility whilst recognising the impact frequent exposure to distressing circumstances has on care and compassion.

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.