Tuberculosis Outreach Worker - St Leonards-on-Sea, United Kingdom - East Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust

East Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust

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St Leonards-on-Sea, United Kingdom

4 days ago

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Tom O´Connor

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Description

The post holder will contribute to the delivery of East Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust TB service, assisting in the prevention and control of the spread of TB.

The post holder will work as part of the multi-disciplinary East Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust TB team to provide a flexible and responsive high quality TB service, to ensure effective patient management and protection of public health.

The post holder will assist in supporting patients to access the TB service and to complete their TB treatment and to promote awareness and understand of TB within a variety of groups and settings within the local community.

To identify barriers to patients adhering to treatment and liaise with the necessary partners to identify mechanisms by which these may be overcome.

To work as part of the MDT in tracing contact patients to invite them for screening.

To undertake other assigned tasks to adult and paediatric patients within the East Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust service as designated by the clinical team.

This post will involve travelling across the catchment area on a daily basis and therefore requires that the post holder has a flexible approach to their working day.

It may also involve occasionally working some unsocial hours i.e. evenings/weekends.

The post holder will contribute to the delivery of East Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust TB service, assisting in the prevention and control of the spread of TB.

To identify barriers to patients adhering to treatment and liaise with the necessary partners to identify mechanisms by which these may be overcome.

To work as part of the MDT in tracing contact patients to invite them for screening.

To undertake other assigned tasks to adult and paediatric patients within the East Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust service as designated by the clinical team.

This post will involve travelling across the catchment area on a daily basis and therefore requires that the post holder has a flexible approach to their working day.

It may also involve occasionally working some unsocial hours i.e. evenings/weekends.

A wide range of staff benefits are available to our staff including staff development, enrolment in the NHS pension scheme, auto-enrolment to our Temporary Workforce Service, access to nurseries at EDGH and Conquest, staff restaurants and on-site staff accommodation.

In addition to an internal Occupational Health department, all staff also have access to free psychological support through our confidential Employee Assistance Programme which is available to staff 24 hours a day 7 days a week.

Onsite parking is available from only £30 a year.

Please refer to the job description attached.

If you have any questions about this position please do not hesitate to contact us.