Support Worker Intermediate Care

NHS; Torquay; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job description

Torbay and South Devon NHS Foundation Trust

Care to join us as a Permanent Band 3 Intermediate Care Support Worker?

You will assist Occupational Therapists, Physiotherapists and Community Nurses working under supervision to provide rehabilitation to patients within a rehabilitation unit to promote faster recovery from illness, prevent unnecessary acute hospital admissions, support timely discharge and maximise independent living within the recommended time frame of six to eight weeks.

Main duties of the job

As a Support Worker, you will take part in the Baywide Intermediate Care weekend rota and late duty rota within the zone.

Our vision is to provide safe, seamless high-quality care incorporating our Trust values.

You will make a difference by helping patients through recovery and returning back to health and independence.

There might be a requirement to support community rehabilitation, intermediate care and urgent care depending on the needs of the service.

Job responsibilities

• Communicate with a range of people on a range of matters that is appropriate to them and the situation.
• Interact and communicate with patients, carers and relatives appropriately and effectively taking behaviour and body language into account in order to ensure information is understood by all concerned.
• Communicate effectively with those who may have a physical and/or mental impairment, e.g. loss of sight/hearing, depression/anxiety and stroke.
• Skilled in sensitively ensuring patients are aware of their limitations and that all goals are specific, measurable, achievable, realistic and time-bound.
• Participate in the review or case conference of individual clients and contribute to the evaluation and development of their progress in reaching goals.

Person Specification

Qualifications and training

• NVQ 3 in Health and Social care.
• Good written and verbal skills.
• Basic IT skills.
• Experience of rehabilitation in a number of settings.

Knowledge and experience

• Experience of working within multidisciplinary team/multiagency team (in hours).
• Ability to communicate effectively with diverse groups of people.
• Ability to keep accurate reports according to organisational procedure.
• Ability to work in a way that minimises risks to health safety and security.
• Understands need to work within the limits of own competence and responsibility and refer issues beyond these to relevant people.
• Ability to recognise and report behaviour that undermines inequality and diversity.
• Ability to work in a way that is in accordance with legislation, policies, procedures and good practice.
• Evidence of continuing professional development.
• Familiarity with IHCS and PARIS computer systems.

Specific Skills

• Working independently.
• Ability to prioritise delegated work.

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 name

Torbay and South Devon NHS Foundation Trust