Technical Care Instructor

Tameside Hospital; Ashton-under-Lyne; On-site; GBP 23,000 - 28,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible working

27-33 days annual leave

NHS Pension Scheme

Free eye tests and health checks

Gym discount

Bike loan scheme

Job summary

Tameside and Glossop Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust is recruiting a Band 3 staff member to join our community-based Hospital at Home team. The role involves working with service users to promote independence and maintain dignity, across a seven-day rota with weekend and bank holiday shifts.

Travel is an essential part of the role, with access to a vehicle required. The post supports multi-disciplinary staff in safe patient care and documentation in the community, in line with Trust

Qualifications

• Band 3 NHS role in community/home setting.
• Travel will be essential for the role.

Responsibilities

• Support multidisciplinary team in safe patient care.
• Coordinate individualised patient care and maintain documentation.
• Promote independence and maintain dignity for service users.

Skills

Compassion

Respect

Job description

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a band 3 member of staff to join our enthusiastic multi-disciplinary team. The candidate will work closely with service users in ways which promote independence, to improve existing skills and to acquire new ones and maintain dignity. The Hospital at Home Team is a joint health and social care service which is leading on the implementation of 'Home First' which is Tameside and Glossop Admission Avoidance and Discharge to Assess Model. Shifts are carried out over a seven-day rota including weekends and bank holidays, shift patterns are 07:30-15:30 or 14:00-22:00. Please note that this service is based in the community and travel will be an essential part of the role and access to a vehicle will be essential to carry out the role. The main purpose of this role is to ensure that safe care is provided to patients within a community setting i.e. an individual's own home. The post holder will work within the Integrated Urgent Care Team supporting both qualified and non-qualified nursing, therapy and social work staff in the safe management of patient care. Co-ordinating individualised patient care and quality. Maintaining trust standards in documentation and support audits undertaken in the community. The post holder will work in the Integrated Urgent Care Team and will support all multi-disciplinary team members in monitoring and maintaining policies, standards of care, staff and service development within the department/ward environment. The post holder is expected to always act in a professional manner within their scope of practice, carrying out his/her duties in accordance with Trust policies and procedures.

Please note that whilst the trust does offer sponsorship this role is unfortunately not eligible for visa sponsorship under the UK Health and Care Worker/Skilled visa route. This is due to the position not meeting the minimum salary threshold of £25,000/£41,700 per annum and/or the required skill level set by UK Visas and Immigration. We appreciate your interest in this opportunity. Tameside and Glossop Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust serves a community of 250,000 people across Tameside & Glossop. We provide a range of services both within the hospital and across our community for both adults and children. Our vision is to improve health outcomes for our population and influence wider determinants of health through collaboration with our health & care partners. We have a clear set of values & behaviours which we expect all of our staff to demonstrate:

• Compassion
• Accountability
• Respect
• Excellence

We believe that the best organisations are those that reflect the communities they serve. We are therefore seeking to improve the diversity of our workforce to make it truly representative of our local population. We actively encourage applications irrespective of race, age, disability, sex, gender reassignment, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, religion or belief, marriage & civil partnership, or pregnancy or maternity. Recognising those communities that are underrepresented within our workforce, we would particularly welcome applications from Black, Asian & minority ethnic candidates, LGBTQ+ & Disabled people.

Benefits include; flexible working, 27-33 days annual leave plus bank holidays, sick pay, NHS Pension Scheme, free eye tests and health checks, gym discount, free bicycle loan scheme, salary sacrifice car scheme, support with stress, bereavement, relationships, finance, and much more.