Job summary
- Main area
- Therapy support worker
- Grade
- Band 3
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Part time - 30 hours per week
- Job ref
- 201-24-505
- Employer
- Cornwall Partnership NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Liskeard Community Hospital
- Town
- Liskeard
- Salary
- £22,816 - £24,336 Pro rata
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 29/07/2024 23:59
Employer heading
Adult Speech & Language Therapy Support Worker
Band 3
Thank you for your interest in joining us at Cornwall Partnership NHS Foundation Trust.
We pride ourselves in striving to be an employer of choice.
Strategic Themes
Great Care
- Care based on what matters to people.
- Care provided at home or close to home.
- Improvement through learning, research and innovation.
- Prevention and alternatives to hospital.
Great Organisation
- Buildings that support health and wellbeing.
- Technology enabled care.
- Care teams are supported by responsive corporate services.
- Safe, efficient, effective and productive.
Great People
- A place people love to work and feel valued.
- Living our values with staff (all voices count).
- Attract, grow and develop talent.
- Leaders with compassion, who continuously learn and listen.
Great Partner
- Encourage and enable effective partnerships.
- Joined-up community services.
- Work with others to maximise workforce opportunities.
- Reduce our impact on the environment.
At the NHS, we are reminded every day of how important life is. As a flexible working friendly organisation, we want to be sure that you can work in a way that is best for us and for our patients, and for you. Speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement whether that’s job share, part time or another flexible pattern. In addition, although the role advertised may have a ‘home’ office base indicated, we remain committed to supporting flexibility around workplace locations. If it works for the service, we will do our best to make it work for you.
The successful applicant will be an NHS employee and may therefore have contact with vulnerable service users. During the COVID-19 pandemic, it has been necessary to take significant steps to protect the health and safety of our staff, service users and those attending our sites. Unless exempt, we encourage and support staff to be vaccinated as this remains the best line of defence against COVID-19.
Job overview
An enthusiastic support worker is required to join the Adult Speech & Language Therapy Service based at Liskeard Community Hospital. This post offers the opportunity to work on wards, in clinics and in the community and is suitable for a person who has health care experience working with people who have communication difficulties.
The successful candidate will work under the guidance of qualified Speech & Language Therapists. There is a lone working requirement of the job. You will be expected to see a variety of adult patients and undertake some basic clinical administrative duties.
Whilst the post is based at Liskeard Community Hospital, the post holder will be expected to work across several clinics in the East of Cornwall and may be required to provided occasional input to sites in West Cornwall therefore a clean driving license is essential.
Main duties of the job
The support worker will be a member of the East Team and will participate in team meetings, training and supervision. Support is available from experienced specialists and on site staff. We are passionate about staff wellbeing and actively support this.
Working for our organisation
We’re an NHS community and mental health provider Trust based in Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly. We deliver community and hospital-based care to improve people’s physical and mental health. We also provide specialist support to people with dementia or a learning disability.
We are a people organisation and people matter to us. As part of the team, you’ll help support the health and wellbeing of the people who live and visit this beautiful part of the UK.
Over 4,000 people make up the Trust. This includes doctors, nurses, therapists, plus admin and support staff.
We work in people’s homes, in community clinics and bases. Some staff work from one of our 13 community hospitals. Our aspiration is to have great people, provide great care, be a great place to work and a great partner.
Approximately 568,000 people live her. A third of people who live in Cornwall are supported by acute hospital services in Devon. As a result, we also work closely with our partners in Devon. In the summer, and during other holidays lots of people choose to visit the area. This increase the numbers of people who use out services.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please note we are not accepting any communication from Recruitment Agencies at the current time. Please refrain from Sending the Trust CV’s as this does not count as an introduction
Person specification
Education / Qualifications and Relevant Experience
Essential criteria
- NVQ Level 3 in care/therapy or equivalent
- Experience of working in a care environment e.g. hospital wards, therapy department.
- Experience of working with a range of people who have disabilities
- Experience of working with adults who have communication difficulties
Skills and Aptitude
Essential criteria
- Excellent verbal communication
- Computer literate-ability to demonstrate use of programmes and search engines
Employer certification / accreditation badges
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Applicant requirements
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Jessica Cornford
- Job title
- East Team Lead / Dysphagia Clinical Lead SLT
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 07983 104988
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