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Job summary

Main area
Nursing/Rehab
Grade
Band 3
Contract
Permanent
Hours
Full time - 37.5 hours per week (Days/Nights/Weekends)
Job ref
828-PROVIDE3479
Employer
Provide CIC
Employer type
NHS
Site
Brentwood Community Hospital
Town
Brentwood
Salary
£24,071 - £25,674 pa, plus London fringe allowance
Salary period
Yearly
Closing
23/04/2025 08:00

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Health Care Support Worker

Band 3

Job overview

Bayman ward is a 25 bedded ward providing a service supporting stroke rehabilitation. The ward is nurse led, supported by Medical Practitioners and provides a progressive service which promotes multidisciplinary working. The philosophy is one that encourages staff participation at all levels and identifies opportunities for service and career development.

The successful applicant will be required to integrate flexibly across the ward with a particular focus on communication with the MDT to support a team approach to care. A key requirement of the role  will be to deliver safe high quality care that meets the needs of  increasingly complex patients in the community wards.

This will involve  joint working between all of our inpatient units and supporting community services to manage patient pathways safely and effectively and ensure that robust discharge plans are in place that support patients to live their lives as independantly as possible on discharge. There are close working relationships with medical practitioners and MDT which encourage a seamless and proactive approach to planning successful discharge.  

 

Main duties of the job

Provide are seeking Band 3 Health Care Support Worker to work on our community ward in Brentwood where we specialise in stroke rehabilitation. We are looking for candidates who can provide dynamic, professional,  compassionate and  high quality patient care to patients on Bayman Ward .

The successful candidate will need to have an academic qualification of NVQ Level 3 or higher and with previous Health Care experience.  The successful candidate will need to demonstrate that they are highly motivated and able to provide high quality patient care. Experience of team working is also essential.

You will be required to have excellent communication skills. Previous experience of nursing in an elderly care / rehabilitation environment desirable.

Working for our organisation

Provide is a Community Interest Company (social enterprise). We deliver a broad range of health and social care services in the community, and are committed to making sure that they are safe, responsive and of high quality. Provide is owned by its employees and has primarily social objectives. Any profits we make are reinvested into the local community or back into delivering services.

We work from a variety of community settings, such as community hospitals, community clinics, schools, nursing homes and primary care settings, as well as within people’s homes to provide more than 40 services to children, families and adults across Essex, Dorset, East Anglia and the North of England.

A highly respected, award winning health and social care provider. We expect our staff to demonstrate and uphold our values at all times:

Vision: Transforming Lives

Values: Care, Innovation and Compassion

Mission: An ambitious, employee owned social enterprise, growing in size and influence. We transform lives by treating, caring and educating people.

Provide is an equal opportunity employer committed to building a team that represents a variety of backgrounds, perspectives and skills, proud to have LGBT+ and Ethnic Minority Networks.

We welcome applicants from underrepresented groups. If you have the skills and experience for the job, please apply regardless of your background.

Eligible for NHS Pension

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Effective and supportive leadership with a strong focus on clinical supervision make this an exciting learning environment committed to improving clinical skills and team cohesion which ultimately impacts on the delivery of high quality patient care.

Working in an integrated team supported by skilled and professional colleagues from a range of professional services.

Opportunity to work within our Stroke Rehabilitation Unit alongside  the highly experienced members of the multi-professional team.

Opportunities to further develop your leadership knowledge and skills.

Practice support and clinical supervision. We provide you with competency frameworks to support you

Support and supervise colleagues including junior staff and temporary workers / mentor student nurses

Corporate and local induction package

Ongoing professional development - reviewed annually at professional development review

A range of employee benefits via our employment scheme

The opportunity to become a member and govenor of our community interest company so you have have a say and influence how your organisation is shaped.

Person specification

Qualifications

Essential criteria
  • NVQ level 3 or equivalent experience

Experience

Essential criteria
  • Support registered practitioners in the delivery of individual agreed health care plans
  • Experience in a health care setting
  • Experience of working without supervision

Employer certification / accreditation badges

Positive about disabled peopleAge positiveMINTDisability confident employerEssex Family Friendly EmployersArmed Forces CovenantQNI

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.

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Further details / informal visits contact

Name
Trudy Connolly
Job title
Ward Matron
Email address
[email protected]
Telephone number
01277 713990
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