Would you like to make a difference to the community you live in and love? Are you looking to start a career in healthcare or are currently a Healthcare Assistant or Support Worker looking for a fresh start?
Our teams support patients to live independently and improve their quality of life in the place they like to call home.
As a Community Support Worker, you'll play a vital role in our service. You will work closely with the multi-disciplinary team made up of clinicians such as Physiotherapists and Nurses to provide ongoing clinical activities such as nursing tasks, rehabilitation, recovery, and support with daily routines and personal care.
Successful candidates will have the support from their teams to be comfortable working independently in the community. If you have strong verbal communication skills and can use initiative to ensure service users and their families have the best experience, then we want to hear from you. In return, we can offer a fulfilling and rewarding career within our teams with opportunities for development.
We will offer a tailored training package to suit your development needs to make sure you feel fully supported within your new role - should you wish to progress further in your career then Sirona can offer a number of opportunities such as apprenticeships, where we have strong links with local higher education partners.
Main duties of the job
* Undertake a range of delegated clinical, therapy & nursing led activities to support the service users on the Integrated Network Team caseload.
* Provide safe, patient-centred, and effective clinical activities in the community setting.
* Work within adult services to deliver a full range of healthcare activities.
* Work flexibly with other teams or services, both within the locality and Sirona wide when the need arises at short notice.
* Be able and willing to travel throughout the service delivery geographical area.
Enhanced pay for weekends and bank holidays, mileage is reimbursed whilst you carry out your duties at work. We also offer a generous annual leave allowance and an attractive staff benefits scheme.
About us
Ever dreamt about a career that sparks excitement and fosters your professional growth? Picture yourself waking up eager to make a real difference in our community, surrounded by teams who value your unique ideas.
We are Sirona care & health - England's largest provider of Adult's and Children's Community Services and we'd love for you to join us in Bristol, North Somerset, or South Gloucestershire.
Agenda for Change Salary, full NHS benefits, 27+ days' annual leave, and participation in the NHS Pension Scheme - just a glimpse of the benefits you'll receive.
We welcome and encourage all applicants. We are committed to having a workforce that reflects the communities we support and are proactively seeking to improve the diversity of our workforce. We know diversity fosters creativity and innovation.
We are committed to equality of opportunity, to being fair and inclusive, and to being a place where all belong. We aim to draw upon the widest possible range of views and experiences to meet the changing needs of our colleagues, partners, and communities we serve.
Whether you're starting your journey in healthcare, looking for a fresh challenge within the NHS, or contemplating a career change, don't be daunted by the prospect of something different - we create development opportunities for all our colleagues and apprentices.
Interested? View our benefits leaflet which you can find attached to this vacancy.
Job responsibilities
Please see the attached Job Description for a full list of duties and responsibilities before applying for this position.
We are unable to provide sponsorship for this role and can only accept applications from UK-based applicants.
If you currently require a visa to work in the UK, there must be a minimum of 12 months from your start date until the expiry date.
Person Specification
Qualifications
* NVQ Level 3 in Health & Social Care or willingness to work towards.
Skills, Knowledge, and Experience
* Able to work without direct supervision, as agreed within the team, to achieve the objectives of the post.
* Experience of direct patient care in a health or social care setting.
* Experience of team working and an understanding of team dynamics including what factors make a team work well and what can go wrong and why.
* Able to use a variety of IT systems e.g. email, EMIS.
* Recent relevant experience within a community setting.
Application Reason
* Please tell us why you have chosen to apply for this role with Sirona care & health?
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
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