Find out about the current vacancies available at the Trust and take the next step in your career with us.
Site: North Tees and Hartlepool Foundation Trust
Town: Stockton-on-Tees
Salary: £23,615 pro rata, per annum
Salary period: Yearly
Closing: 28/01/2025 23:59
We are on a continuous journey of improvement and transformation; however, our main priority is, and always will be, providing safe and high-quality care to our patients every day; the kind of care we would want for ourselves and our loved ones. If you share our passion, then apply for this opportunity and help us make our patients’ experience the best it can possibly be.
With a budget of around £365m, three hospitals, and 5,500 staff, North Tees and Hartlepool NHS Foundation Trust provides hospital-based services to the population of Hartlepool, Stockton on Tees, and parts of East Durham and Sedgefield, as well as community, therapeutic, and screening to a wider population across Durham and Teesside.
Job overview
*Advert will close early once a sufficient number of applications is reached*
The Enhanced Care Worker will provide a full range of therapeutic interaction and support to patients who have complex health and social needs, on a one-to-one basis whilst maintaining respect for the individuality, confidentiality, and dignity of the patient.
They will work collaboratively with multi-disciplinary team members to ensure a high and consistent standard of enhanced care is delivered to individual patients following the assessment and planning of care by the Enhanced Care Coordinator.
The Enhanced Care Worker will have the opportunity to work with patients in the enhanced care activity room and on a one-to-one basis on the ward.
This post will close at midnight on 19th December 2023.
Please note - you will need to have an NVQ Level 2 in Care to be shortlisted for this post.
Due to the new visa requirements, we are unable to offer sponsorship for this post.
Main duties of the job
To provide Enhanced Care to individual patients who have complex health and social needs within an inpatient ward environment or department as directed by a Registered Nurse, which includes:
1. Enhanced observation of patients who are deemed suitable, including patients with dementia, learning disability, mental health, drug & alcohol withdrawal, falls, abscond risk, self-harm, and delirium.
2. Accompanying patients, allowing freedom to walk, with staff permission.
3. Use meaningful and therapeutic activities to engage with patients.
4. Talking and listening to patients.
5. Assist with nutritional and hydration needs with staff permission and guidance.
6. Accompany patients off the ward for appointments with staff permission.
7. Accurately record clinical observations of patients receiving enhanced care.
8. Help patients to wash, toilet, and dress using correct manual handling techniques.
9. To provide advice, support, and reassurance to patients and their families whilst maintaining their privacy, dignity, confidentiality, and safety throughout a patient's admission and stay in hospital.
Working for our organisation
At North Tees & Hartlepool NHS Foundation Trust, our main priority is, and always will be, to provide safe and high-quality care to our patients every day; the kind of care we would want for ourselves and our loved ones. We want our organisation to be the best place to work with the right staff, in the right roles, at the right time, to ensure we deliver exceptional patient care and experience.
We will support staff through providing an inclusive and supportive workplace with health and well-being initiatives, staff benefits, and opportunities for personal and professional development. Staff recognition is very important to us; as well as performance reviews and appraisals, we recognise staff through Star and Team of the month, colleague recognition – a note of thanks, Managers Awards, Shining Stars, and Service Awards.
We recruit for values and “Together we are North Tees & Hartlepool.”
Person specification
Qualifications
* NVQ level II in care or Level 3 Diploma in Care / Qualified Modern Apprentice in Health Care
Experience
* Nursing care experience gained within an NHS or care home setting.
Skills
* Excellent communication and listening skills.
* Ability to work under own initiative.
* Ability to work well within a team.
**Please note - Once sufficient applications have been received this vacancy may close early.**
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