Health Care Support Worker in Maldon

We are looking for a Health Care Support Worker, who will work within a community nursing team based in clinics in Braintree, Maldon and Chelmsford, supporting adults with the management of leg ulcers. This role would suit a candidate with experience or interest in wound care.

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. To communicate with patients, relatives, carers and health care professionals to assist the registered staff in ensuring an integrated, holistic approach to patient care.

Main duties of the job:

• Able to work alongside a multidisciplinary group of health professionals.
• Able to work independently and autonomously undertake clinical and non-clinical tasks.
• Possessing observational and communication skills which complement your role.
• Possess basic computer skills.
• Willing to develop in your role and adjust your responsibilities as the service grows and transforms.
• A car driver with access to a car.

About us: 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

Job responsibilities:

Please see the attached job description for a full list of the main responsibilities within this role. Note that the job description for this role remains subject to banding.

Thank you for your interest in working with Provide.

Person Specification:

• Application form
• NVQ level 3 in Health and Social Care or Equivalent
• Car Driver
• Basic IT Skills
• Community Experience
• Work Related Knowledge and Experience
• Experience of working in a health/care environment
• Understanding of professional conduct
• Information Governance awareness
• Previous experience of wound care/leg ulcers

Skills and Aptitudes:

• Ability to work without direct supervision.
• Ability to work under pressure
• Good organizational skills
• Ability to organize and prioritize own workload under supervision of RN
• Effective demonstration of communication and interpersonal skills

Circumstances:

• Ability to work with others
• Discreet, helpful, empathetic, friendly

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.