Role Summary
An Urgent Community Response Support Worker needs to be compassionate in nature, be confident to provide high quality and professional personal care in a lone setting, escalating patient safety issues as necessary to their clinical team, have excellent communication skills, be competent with IT and hold a full UK driving licence.
About the Role
For more information on the Job Description and Responsibilities please click the link below.
More detail about the role
Are you looking for a new and rewarding career within the NHS, one that provides training and ongoing development opportunities? A career where you can make a difference and change lives for the better? A career where commitment, talent and potential are recognised and rewarded?
This is a development role for those who are new to health care, therefore no formal experience is required. You only need the desire to help and care for people across the Tiverton and Cullompton area. We have opportunities to join the Royal Devon University Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust UCR team front line staff providing support to patients at home. This includes following discharge from hospital after illness or surgery and also help with End-of-Life care.
You will be travelling across a wide geographical area linked to one or more of these bases. You must demonstrate willingness and flexibility to work across multiple sites and localities as the need arises.
It is essential that you have a kind and caring nature, are patient and able to offer a friendly smile. You must feel comfortable working on your own supported by a team of professional colleagues. Duties will include provision of personal care, clinical duties were delegated, monitoring the patient's condition and working with health and social care professionals to ensure that patients are safe and well at home. You will need great interpersonal and communication skills to be able to connect with individuals with varying levels of understanding.
Please refer to job description for further details of desirable attributes, skills and qualifications.
The Trust offers a comprehensive package including access to NHS pension, generous holiday entitlement, maternity and paternity pay and sickness benefits.
This is a permanent post, full-time and part-time applications welcome.
You must have a full UK driving licence with access to own vehicle (with appropriate business insurance) as you will be travelling to patients’ homes to care for them.
Previous Applicants need not apply as your applications are still being processed.
Working Pattern: 07.30-15.30 and 16.00-22.00. The service operates on a 7-day rota system between 07.30 - 22.00 including evenings, weekends and bank holidays.
Interview Date: Tuesday 24th February 2023
For further information please contact Emma McCord, Support Worker Manager: emma.mccord@nhs.net, Elaine Barker, Support Worker Manager: elaine.barker1@nhs.net and Della-Marie Reed, Support Worker Manager: della-marie.reed2@nhs.net
Preference will be given to staff with ‘Priority’ and 'At Risk' status including NHS At Risk staff throughout Devon.
The Royal Devon University Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust reserves the right to close vacancy when sufficient applications have been received.
The Royal Devon University Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust was established in April 2022, bringing together the expertise of both the Royal Devon and Exeter NHS Foundation Trust and Northern Devon Healthcare NHS Trust.
About Us
Stretching across Northern, Eastern and Mid Devon, we have a workforce of over 15,000 staff, making us the largest employer in Devon. Our core services, which we provide to more than 615,000 people, cover more than 2,000 square miles across Devon, while some of our specialist services cover the whole of the peninsula, extending our reach as far as Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly.
We deliver a wide range of emergency, specialist and general medical services through North Devon District Hospital and the Royal Devon and Exeter Hospital (Wonford). Alongside our two acute hospitals, we provide integrated health and social care services across a variety of settings, including community inpatient hospitals, outpatient clinics, and within people’s own homes. We also offer primary care services, a range of specialist community services, and Sexual Assault Referral Centres (SARC).
Our state-of-the-art equipment, leading technologies and strong links to local universities put us at the forefront of research and innovations, enabling us to provide world-class care to our local communities.
Our values are at the heart of everything we do, click here to find out more
It has never been a more exciting time to join the Royal Devon, as you will help to shape our services as we continue along our integration journey.
Benefits
Looking after you is important to us.
We strive to help our staff create a healthy work-life balance through flexible working schemes and our family friendly policies.
If you are starting out in the NHS, you’ll start with 27 days paid annual leave (plus bank holidays), rising to 33 days plus bank holidays.
You will benefit from access to our own comprehensive occupational health services, including counselling, onsite wellbeing activities and groups.
We will work together to maintain a culture that develops and supports you and your team.
This might include funding for a care certificate, a degree or leadership qualifications. Or it might include days off to study, engage in CPD or rotational placements to help you hone your skills. Wherever you are heading in the NHS, we will help you get there.
Salary is not the only financial benefit
You will have access to an extensive range of staff discounts on shopping, fitness and leisure options and you can spread the cost of technology and home appliance purchases from major retailers. You will also have access to other benefits including:
- National discount services such as the Blue Light Card and Health Service Discounts.
- Salary sacrifice options including our OFSTED rated outstanding nursery onsite at Exeter
- Car lease schemes.
- The NHS Pension scheme (one of the most generous and comprehensive in the UK).
- Cycle to work scheme
These are just a few of the benefits available – if the role is something you are interested in, we would love to hear from you.
