Healthcare Support Worker: Sponsorship Available

Derbyshire Community Health Services NHS Foundation Trust

Job Summary

The Community Response Team supports discharges from the acute hospitals, providing short-term and interim care.

Previous caring experience is ESSENTIAL.

Your base will be Babington Hospital to cover the localities of Amber Valley and Erewash.

You will need to be flexible and committed to caring and supporting people at home with care needs.

You will need to be able to travel between visits, therefore a full UK driving licence and access to a vehicle is essential.

Shifts follow a 7 day rota, including weekends and bank holidays.

Please contact us to find out more. We look forward to hearing from you!

This vacancy may close early due to high volumes of applications so please ensure you complete application early.

Main duties of the job

  • To be responsible for the day to day supervision of Support Workers within the Community Response Team.
  • Delegate patient visits to ensure an effective support worker service is provided to patients in a timely and cost effective way.
  • To be a role model to the Support Worker team and actively monitor and maintain clinical skills and professional manner.
  • Communicate effectively with patients and carers to maximise rehabilitation potential as appropriate and under supervision.
  • Work with qualified Nurses and Therapists in the assessment and treatment of patients with a variety of conditions and progress/modify intervention programmes within parameters set by the Therapists and Nurses.

Person Specification

Education Qualifications and training

Essential

  • NVQ level 4 or equivalent knowledge gained through experience and training
  • GCSE English and Maths
  • Experience working as a band 3 Support Worker
  • Community experience
  • Experience working with adults/older people in rehab setting

Skills and attributes

Essential

  • Car driver or ability to travel between caseloads as part of daily role
  • Manual handling skills and experience

Aptitude and personal qualities

Essential

  • Ability to work flexibly to meet needs of service
  • Ability to travel within wide geographical area (AV and ERE)

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

Closing Date: 26 January 2025

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