Health Care Support Worker - WF Rapid Response

at  NELFT NHS Foundation Trust

Rapid Response Team
Health Care Support Worker.
Waltham Forest Adults Community Health Services – Unplanned Care
37.5 hours per week
Are you a caring and confident individual with enthusiasm and a wish to deliverer person cantered care in the community, alongside a flexible welcoming multidisciplinary team
Working as part of the Waltham Forest Rapid Response team you will experience a rewarding and varied day, everyday.
Waltham Forest Rapid Response Team is 24 hours 7days a week multidisciplinary service, providing a crisis response service with a two hour response to referrals from various health and social care organisations and GPs.
The service aims to: avoid unnecessary hospital admissions; support hospital discharges; provide unplanned nursing/therapy care 24/7 including crisis management for patients at the end of their life and pick up falls in their own home.
You will
Work collaboratively with health and social care professionals across the borough and Integrated Care System.
Liaise with other teams/organisation to plan joint care and safe discharges
Support the delivery of complex nursing care with other multi-disciplinary agencies.
Delivering aspects of community based interventions across nursing, social and therapy specialities.
Be able to develop and extend your skills into areas where you may have less knowledge and/or experience. A willingness to learn is therefore key.
Work collaboratively and carryout joint visits with MDT colleagues within the team to promote holistic person-centred assessment and approach to care
Participation in clinical supervision
Be supportive of colleagues
Contribute towards and carryout audits within the service
Report incidents appropriately using trust and national frameworks and help support any lessons learnt within the service
Applicants are required to evidence a full UK driving licence and the ability to travel to a variety of sites across Waltham Forest. (This criteria will be reasonably adjusted to meet the requirements of a disabled applicant)
If you would like to discuss the post please contact Saquib Khan 07927588421
Starting with NELFT
NELFT place a great deal of importance on new starters being properly welcomed and inducted into the Trust. All new starters will join the Trust on the first Monday of each month and will undertake a comprehensive induction of up to two weeks which will include mandatory training, systems training and the allocation of equipment. As part of the process new starters will have the opportunity to also meet the executive team, senior managers and attend a number of drop in sessions focusing in engagement, health and wellbeing and key processes. The induction will be held at our head office in Rainham, Essex.
Probationary Period
This post will be subject to a probationary period. Internal applicants are exempt from the probationary period (unless you are an internal applicant currently part way through a probationary period or currently a bank member of staff).
High Cost Area Supplement - London
This post attracts payment for High Cost Area Supplement of 15% of the basic salary (minimum payment of £4,551 and a maximum payment of £5,735 per annum pro rata).
Certificates of Sponsorship
Although we are a registered sponsor organisation, we are unable to offer sponsorship for all job roles. Please check your eligibility under the UKVI points based system.
Please refer to the attached job description and person specification for further details on this vacancy.
Use of AI
Applications for this role should be written by the applicant. If artificial intelligence (AI) programmes are used then the application may be rejected due to this document being an important part of the assessment process. This does not prevent applicants seeking appropriate support with applications should they need to for the purposes of any declared disability

Please refer the Job description for details