Generic Worker - Felixstowe, United Kingdom - East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust
1 week ago
Description
Felixstowe Community Healthcare Team has another opening for a permanent fulltime (37.5 hours per week) B3 Generic Worker to work alongside the District and Community Nurses.
The Felixstowe Community Healthcare service is part of a wider Integrated Neighbourhood Team (INT) consisting of district & community nurses, generic workers, community matron, occupational therapists, physiotherapists and Social Care Workers led by a B7 registered health team lead and overall managed by an INT manager.
The team continues to change to support developments in NHS which includes close working relationships with the local statutory, non-statutory and voluntary services including GP, acute hospital colleagues, GP Federation, Social Prescribers, SuffolkMind, NSFT and many local community voluntary groups.
Applicants need to be a Car Driver and have access to a car for work which is community based
The role involves providing therapy and nursing interventions to the housebound residents of Felixstowe and surrounding area, who are 18 and over and registered with a Felixstowe GP.
Our main aim is to support, maintain and encourage people to make healthy lifestyle choices in the ageing well process.
Health conditions include long-term neurological disorders, palliative and end of life care; diabetes; acute medical episodes, wound care and phlebotomy - all with a view to preventing admission and supporting early discharge.
- Understand own role in delivering care, enabling or providing interventions and treatments to meet individual's needs
- Plan and prioritise own visits to delegated patients and ensure these are scheduled on SystmOne.
- Ensure patient records are completed for each intervention, and that SystmOne inputting is completed.
- Make basic observations on patients' response to prescribed treatment/care plans, identify risks, and report findings to a qualified practitioner. Make suggestions on care, protection and support.
- Liaise with other health care professionals as required.
One of the largest Trust's in East Anglia, East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust (ESNEFT) provide hospital and community health services to people living across a wide geographical area.
Along with supporting you to achieve your career goals we offer a generous pension scheme, unsocial hours payments (if applicable), 27 days annual leave on commencement (pro rata) and access to a range of NHS discounts.
Our philosophy is thatTime Mattersto everyone.
Across the Trust, we concentrate on improving the things we do and removing those which do not work or cause time delays for our staff and patients.
To support our employees to achieve their career aspirations you may be eligible to obtain a qualification via an apprenticeship.
If you are passionate about patient care and want to develop your skills and knowledge then we are keen to hear from you.
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