Senior Support Worker

Job summary

Senior Support Worker: Band 3 - Permanent (37.5 hours)

The Discharge to Assess/Intermediate Care at Home teams are looking for a Senior Support Worker, to fulfil an exciting opportunity within the community in Stockport NHS Foundation Trust

We need people who share our excitement, embrace different ways of working and are able to work flexibly across organisational boundaries. An opportunity has arisen for a Band 3 Senior Support Worker, to work flexibly within the Discharge To Assess/Intermediate Care at Home Team.

The Discharge To Assess element is a multi-professional service who assess patients upon discharge from hospital in the community. We provide individualised care to meet the person's needs and facilitate transfer for onward care into the appropriate service: Health, Adult Social care or partner agencies. The Intermediate Care at Home Team provide nursing and therapy rehabilitation to patients within the Stockport community.

This role will require the post holder to be flexible to cover all areas within the Discharge to Assess service, covering 7 days 08.00-21.00

Main duties of the job

To work within the multi-disciplinary integrated care teams that deliver community based services in the Discharge to Assess and Intermediate Care at Home, undertaking nursing, therapy and social care tasks within agreed parameters, delegated by the registered practitioners.

The job will include home visiting and lone working without direct supervision.

The scope of the role will focus on supporting early supported discharge and promotion of independence and assisting in the effective management of patients with long term conditions.

• To provide nursing, therapy and social care to patients within their own homes, carrying outhigher level delegated clinical, therapeutic and personal care intervention.
• To promote the physical, mental and emotional health and wellbeing to individuals and client groups.
• To be an effective member of the Multidisciplinary Team.
• To communicate effectively with patients and carers, recognising their needs for alternative methods of communication
• To carry out care/other duties under indirect supervision of a registered professional.

About us

We hold a unique position in the Stockport community as the provider of healthcare and we are one of its largest employers.

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 you.

If you require support with your application please contact a member of the recruitment team, who can discuss alternative application methods.

We recognise that flexible working is important. We take requests for flexible working seriously, consider any request we receive and try to work with you, so we can explore if your request may fit with the needs of the service.

Benefits we offer to you:

• Between 27-33 days of annual leave plus bank holidays
• NHS pension scheme membership
• Salary sacrifice schemes for lease cars, home electronics and more, to make your salary go further
• NHS Staff discounts
• Cycle to work scheme
• Salary finance - for loans, savings, budget planning and tips on managing debt
• Stockport Credit Union- for local financial advice