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Job summary

Main area
Community Healthcare
Grade
NHS AfC: Band 3
Contract
Permanent
Hours
Full time - 37.5 hours per week
Job ref
395-WF208-24
Employer
NELFT NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type
NHS
Site
Jane Atkinson health and wellbeing centre
Town
walthstow
Salary
£24,071 - £25,674 pa (plus HCAS)
Salary period
Yearly
Closing
25/11/2024 23:59

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NELFT NHS Foundation Trust logo

Bridging Care Assistant - WF Integrated Discharge

NHS AfC: Band 3

Joining #TeamNELFT means you’ll become part of a welcoming and supportive working environment. We’re CQC rated Good, and we want you to join us on the journey towards an Outstanding rating. NELFT has sites across North East London, Essex, Kent and Medway. We provide community and mental healthcare services to adults and children within these areas.

The Trust has award winning equality and diversity initiatives and staff health and wellbeing activities. We invest heavily in your development, because when you are valued and supported, we provide the best care to our patients. We are a Level 3 Disability Confident Leader, have been featured in the Working Families Top 10 Employers benchmark for three consecutive years, and we have achieved a Carers UK Level 1 Accreditation. Along with our staff networks and training opportunities, we work hard to embed a just and compassionate culture here at NELFT.

Find out more about NELFT careers and what makes our Trust a great place to work, in this video

Job overview

Have you got  experience of working in health or social care and looking for the next challenge?

If so, we would love to hear from you!

The post holder will assist clients in a range of daily living tasks, for example with transfers, mobility, washing and dressing, toileting, household tasks, meal preparation. In this role you will always work to a rehabilitation philosophy enabling clients to be as independent as possible.

You will need to have an understanding of the needs of the client group and be able to work flexibly between the hours of 07:00 and 21:00 seven  days a week (on a rota) in order to meet the needs of the service.

You will demonstrate a commitment to collaborative working and actively support and liaise with other health and social care professionals and agencies.

Main duties of the job

We have an exciting opportunity for someone with  experience of providing rehabilitation and social care in client’s own home, to join the newly commissioned Bridging Care and Rehabilitation Service.
The service is designed to provide short term packages of care and some rehabilitation in order to:

  • Facilitate timely safe discharge from acute hospital care
  • Help prevent unnecessary admissions to care homes
  • Help prevent unnecessary hospital admissions
  • Help to regain confidence with living skills or support with long term care needs until such time a Social Services / private package of care can commence.
  • Promote a reablement and rehabilitation approach to care to enable patient to regain a level of independence.

Working for our organisation

COVID-19 Vaccination

We continue to encourage all staff to ensure that they have been double vaccinated and received their booster. We recognise that taking the vaccine provides the best defence against COVID 19 for our patients, our staff and their families.

 

Probationary Period

This post will be subject to a probationary period. Internal applicants are exempt from the probationary period (unless you are an internal applicant currently part way through a probationary period or currently a bank member of staff).

 

Starting with NELFT

NELFT place a great deal of importance on new starters being properly welcomed and inducted into the Trust. All new starters will join the Trust on the first Monday of each month and will undertake a comprehensive induction of up to two weeks which will include mandatory training, systems training and the allocation of equipment. As part of the process new starters will have the opportunity to also meet the executive team, senior managers and attend a number of drop in sessions focusing in engagement, health and wellbeing and key processes. The induction will be held at our head office in Rainham, Essex.

 

High Cost Area Supplement – London

This post also attracts payment for High Cost Area Supplement of 15% of the basic salary (minimum payment of £4,313 and a maximum payment of £5,436 per annum pro rata).

 

 

 

 

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please refer to the attached job description and person specification for further details on this vacancy.

 

 Use of AI

Applications for this role should be written by the applicant. If artificial intelligence (AI) programmes are used then the application may be rejected due to this document being an important part of the assessment process. This does not prevent applicants seeking appropriate support with applications should they need to for the purposes of any declared disability.

 

Certificates of Sponsorship

 Although we are a registered sponsor organisation, we are unable to offer sponsorship for all job roles.  Please check your eligibility under the UKVI points based system

Person specification

Qualifications

Essential criteria
  • Health and Social Care training. e.g. NVQ level 3 or equivalent
  • Good standard of written and spoken English.
Desirable criteria
  • Care certificate qualification

Experience

Essential criteria
  • Knowledge of Reablement or Long term Homecare services
  • Previous experience in a health care setting
  • Working as a member of a team
Desirable criteria
  • Willingness to develop new skills.

Skills

Essential criteria
  • Communication/telephone skills.
  • Basic awareness of IT and IT skills

Knowledge

Essential criteria
  • Able to work in a demanding environment and meet deadlines
  • Ability to undertake manual handling procedures in line with Organisation Policy.
  • Empathy for different client groups and awareness of skills of older people
  • Health & Safety in a primary care setting.

Employer certification / accreditation badges

Employers for CarersApprenticeships logoAge positiveDisability confident employerHappy to Talk Flexible WorkingDefence Employer Recognition Scheme (ERS) - GoldEmployers Network for Equality & InclusionTop Employers for Working Families 2021Top 10 Employer 2023

Applicant requirements

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.

Documents to download

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Further details / informal visits contact

Name
Urvashi khatri
Job title
Integrated Discharge Hub lead
Email address
[email protected]
Telephone number
03003001720
Additional information

03003001720