Job summary
Rehabilitation Support Worker - Band 3
City Community Team -Five Rivers Salisbury
30 Hours per week - Permanent
Could you support patients when they return
home from hospital? Are you keen to help prevent people being admitted to hospital?
Would you like to be a valued member of our forward-thinking community teams?
If so, then come and join our Home First programme.
We have a Band 3 Rehab Support
Workers/Therapy Assistants trained to NVQ III standard (or equivalent) or
people willing to train to this level. We want to meet applicants keen to
develop into this rehabilitation role or who have existing transferable skills.
Youll be part of the City Community Team, Five
Rivers Salisbury and you will be working across a wider area in our South
locality. You will be supported by our physiotherapists, occupational
therapists and nurses and will work alongside our Assistant Practitioners and
existing Support Workers. You will play a vital role helping people to
rehabilitate and regain their independence in their own home.
Main duties of the job
If you have experience in front line NHS
community patient care then thats great but its not essential. We want
enthusiastic, motivated and hard-working people who can work flexibly and
efficiently. We would like you to have effective communication skills, good IT
knowledge, and the enthusiasm to develop.
Wiltshire Health and Care is developing
training specific for these roles and will provide you with a supportive,
friendly and happy environment in which to learn new skills.
The community teams deliver services from 7am
to 10pm, seven days a week. We can talk about your preferred hours of work and
working patterns at the interview, or you can call the following manager for a
chat.
For this post you will need to hold a UK
Driving Licence and have access to a car.
For more information please contact Victoria [email protected]
About us
Wiltshire Health and Care provides community based health
services, enabling people to live healthy independent lives. Our Vision is to enable people to live independant and fulfilling lives for as long as possible. We are an NHS
partnership organisation, focused entirely on delivering quality health and
care to the people of Wiltshire - not on making a profit.
There has never been a better time to join us. Community
services are expanding as part of the NHS Long Term Plan and the population of
Wiltshire has never needed the energy, enthusiasm and commitment of our
community-focused teams more than now. You will join a friendly and supportive
team who live our values of Quality, Integrity, Partnership and Change, which
were developed with our staff, patients and carers. We have an overall good
rating from the CQC, with the majority of our services rated as Outstanding.
If you already live in or near Wiltshire, youll know that
it is a great place to live and work: rolling countryside, bustling market
towns and vibrant city life combined with excellent transport links and good
schools. If you are looking to move to the area, we offer local employment and
a chance to play a crucial role as part of your new community straight away.
What are you waiting for?!
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please see the attached
Job Description (under Supporting Documents) for more information regarding the
role and to access the full person specification.
Person Specification
Experience
Essential
- 12 months experience of working in a care setting.
- Experience of working under distanced supervision.
- Experience of supporting others.
- Experience of confidentiality issues
Desirable
- Experience of community working.
- Experience of the NHS.
- Experience of multi-disciplinary team (MDT) working.
Qualifications
Essential
- Good general education.
- NVQ Level 3 in health care (or willingness to undertake).
- Food Hygiene certificate (or willingness to undertake).
Additional Criteria
Essential
- Access to a vehicle that can be used for business purposes and hold a full and valid driving licence.
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 details
Employer name
Wiltshire Health and Care LLP
Address
Five Rivers Health Centre
Hulse Road
Salisbury
SP1 3NR