Job summary
- Main area
- Clinical Support Worker - CICC
- Grade
- Band 2
- Contract
- Bank: Working day and night shifts
- Hours
- Flexible working
- Job ref
- 844-6130784-A
- Employer
- Wirral Community Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Community Intermediate Care Centre (CICC)
- Town
- Wirral
- Salary
- £22,383 pro rata per annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 10/07/2024 23:59
Employer heading
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Bank Clinical Support Worker
Band 2
Wirral Community Health & Care NHS Foundation Trust's common purpose:
We will support you and your community to live well.
Our values:
Compassion
Supportive and caring, listening to others.
Open
Communicating openly, honestly and sharing ideas.
Trust
Trusted to deliver, feeling valued and safe.
Wirral Community Health & Care NHS Foundation Trust provides high quality community health and care services which are responsive to the needs of our local population. Services are delivered by our dedicated and innovative multi disciplinary professionals and supported by equally committed staff behind the scenes. We strive to continue developing and improving our services by working with and listening to our populations, partners, commissioners and staff.
WCHC offers you a great opportunity to be a part of a talented, passionate and committed team delivering excellent community based services across Cheshire and Merseyside.
We are proud to support our Armed Forces Community as a Veteran Aware NHS Trust and are pleased to share that we recently achieved Bronze Award accreditation, in the Defence Employer Recognition Scheme. We support the armed forces as an employer; recognising the experiences and skills ex-military personnel have gained through their service.
Job overview
PREVIOUS APPLICANTS NEED NOT APPLY
At Wirral Community Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust, we pride ourselves in providing the best possible care for our patients and we can only achieve this through our dedicated and committed staff.
Main duties of the job
We are looking for proactive and dynamic Clinical Support Workers to join our Flexible Nurse Bank as a band 2 in our Community Intermediate Care Centre (CICC).
This is a 0-hour contract offering flexibility as well as many other benefits.
We offer Morning, evening , long days and nights shifts covering over a 24 hour period .
The bedded unit will focus on providing high quality, integrated care for patients from within the local adult population with sub-acute health care needs. Your role will be to provide person centred care to the patients in line with their care plan. The care will be planned and assessed by the Registered Nurses and Therapists and provided under the direct supervision of the registered nurses or other members of the multidisciplinary team.
To join our Flexible Nurse Bank Team, you must have:
- NVQ Level 2 in Health and Social Care, or demonstrable equivalent experience.
- caring and compassionate attitude
- a strong desire to help people
- good communication skills
Working for our organisation
The CICC is made up of integrated teams of health and care professionals including, Nurses, Physiotherapists, Occupational Therapists and Social Workers. The unit will be an integral step up/step down facility that supports the recovery and recuperation of our patients following medical and surgical illness and also provides palliative care and manages the planning of complex discharge packages. One of the fundamental principles of the unit is to support our patients with their reablement and self-care, encouraging them to reach their optimum level of independence.
Benefits & Rewards
The Trust offers access to a wide range of employee benefits, including:
- Annual leave
- Pension scheme
- Staff discount schemes e.g. discounted leisure centre membership
- In house training
- Free on-site parking (dependent on site)
- Personal resilience training
- Mindfulness support
- Staff counselling service
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please refer to the documents attached which detail the job description and main responsibilities for this role along with the person specification requirements
Person specification
Personal qualities
Essential criteria
- Ability to work shift patterns over a 24 hour period
- Be able to manoeuvre patients using handling aids
- Willingness to undertake in-service training and development
Skills and Attributes
Essential criteria
- Good communication skills verbal/written
- Computer skills and experience of IT
- Ability to work as part of a multidisciplinary team
Qualifications and professional training
Essential criteria
- NVQ Level II in Health and Social Care or equivalent experience
Desirable criteria
- the Care Certificate
Experience and knowledge
Essential criteria
- experience of patient care
- Experience of safe moving and handling of patients
- Knowledge of Infection Control measures
Desirable criteria
- Experience of supporting patients in a rehabilitation or intermediate care unit
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
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Ann Bayley
- Job title
- Flexable Staffing and Recruitment Manager
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 01515146677
- Additional information
Ann Bayley
Flexable Staffing and Recruitment Manager
01515146677
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