Community Healthcare Support WorkerNHS

Job summary

Are you an experienced Care Support Worker ready for a new challenge? Join our Community Care Teams at Harrogate and District NHS Foundation Trust and develop your clinical and rehabilitation skills while making a practical difference to people's everyday lives.

Based in one of our four Community Care Teams, you will support people across Harrogate and the Rural District. Working alongside Registered Nurses, Therapists and wider colleagues, you will deliver personalised care that helps people remain safely at home, recover skills and work towards goals that matter to them.

This is a varied role combining delegated clinical care, rehabilitation and personal support. You will build positive relationships with patients and carers, encourage progress and contribute valuable observations that help shape their care.

Our service operates every day of the year, including weekends and Bank Holidays. We offer flexible shift patterns within the service rota.

We are proud to offer:

• A full induction programme, regardless of your previous experience, to help you settle into community working.
• Support to develop your clinical skills alongside our in-house clinical educator.
• A continued commitment to professional development, with access to learning through local universities and other training providers.

This role offers the opportunity to broaden your skills across nursing and therapy, with supervision, competency assessment and access to professional advice.

Main duties of the job

• Contribute to assessing patients' health, social care and rehabilitation needs by gathering information, observing their abilities and reporting findings to a Registered Nurse or Therapist.
• Deliver delegated clinical care and prescribed rehabilitation activities, following individual care plans and working within your training and assessed competence.
• Take and record physical measurements and collect specimens as delegated, recognising results outside agreed parameters and promptly reporting concerns.
• Monitor changes in patients' condition, wellbeing, mobility and ability to manage at home, escalating concerns to the appropriate professional.
• Contribute to planning, delivering and reviewing care by reporting progress, responses to interventions and any difficulties encountered.
• Support people with agreed exercises, mobility, personal care and everyday activities, encouraging them to do as much as they can for themselves.
• Communicate sensitively with patients, families and carers, providing reassurance and reinforcing advice given by Registered Nurses and Therapists.
• Maintain accurate care records and work collaboratively with colleagues to support coordinated care.

You will need to travel reliably between community visits and participate in a rota that includes evenings, weekends and Bank Holidays.

If you enjoy helping people build confidence and independence, and want to develop your skills in community healthcare, we would love to hear from you.

Job description

For further information, please see attached Job Description and Person Specification or contact Catherine Wesbroom, Clinical Locality Manager, via [email protected].

About us

Adult Community Services are delighted to announce that we are rated as "outstanding" by CQC.

At Harrogate and District NHS Foundation Trust we support staff through benefits, health and wellbeing initiatives and opportunities for personal and professional development.

• An inclusive and supportive culture our Trust encourages staff to bring their whole selves to work and active Staff Networks identify areas for improvement.
• Staff Recognition - as well as regular appraisals, we recognise staff with our Making a Difference and Team of the Month Awards plus the Christmas Oscars.
• Employee Support and wellbeing - we have a comprehensive Employee Assistance Programme, counselling service and fast track physiotherapy service for employees.
• Staff Benefits - We have a range of staff benefits and schemes to support staff health, engagement, wellbeing and inclusion.