Health Care Support Worker

Job Role Locala Health and Wellbeing embraces diversity and inclusion and encourages applicants from people from all backgrounds with our ambition to have a workforce that represents the wider communities we live and work within, which you can support us to achieve. We are an organisation that celebrates and values the individuality of our colleague’s lived experiences and can adapt accordingly, recognising the value inclusivity brings when delivering equitable, high-quality healthcare to our local communities. Where everyone feels valued, has the ability to develop, has flexible working opportunities, with a sense of belonging, supported by our Inclusivity Groups. “Locala is a ‘Disability Confident’ employer and as such any disabled applicants who meets all the essential criteria are guaranteed to be invited to the assessment process.” Responsibilities Job title - Health Care Support Worker Salary - Band 2: £22,383 Hours - 37.5 hours per week (part-time hours considered) Contract - Permanent Kirklees – Intermediate Care Beds (Ings Grove House) The health care support worker role is a fantastic opportunity to develop your rehabilitation skills. The post will involve completing a combination of delegated nursing and therapy tasks, typical duties will include daily mobility and transfer practice with patients, facilitation of group exercise programmes, completion of basic nursing tasks such as pressure ulcer prevention and malnutrition care plans. Do you have a passion for. Rehabilitation and supporting patients into their home setting? Do you have strong communication skills? Do you enjoy working as part of a Multidisciplinary team (MDT)? Are you looking to develop your existing skills? The service is based within Ings Grove House, serving the residents of North and South Kirklees, there may also be a need to work within patients home across Kirklees to support home visits and our outreach service when required. We offer a 7-day service, working 8am until 7pm in a rota pattern providing assessment, treatment and evaluation of clients’ needs using a holistic and patient centred approach. The ultimate aim being to prevent unnecessary future admission to hospital and to ensure the swift appropriate discharge from hospital to offer rehabilitation and enable our clients to return home. Working with initiative is essential, and there will be opportunities to support and skill share with colleagues within the team as well as across the different sectors. This is an exciting time to be part of a developing, although well-established team, with a number of service transformation projects in progress. Regular clinical and managerial supervision will be received, and the opportunity to develop clinical skills.