Healthcare Support Worker

at  Shropshire Community Health NHS Trust

The South East Shropshire Community Nursing Team is recruiting for a part time Healthcare Support Worker. The post holder will assist and support other members of the team in giving care / undertaking phlebotomy to patients within a designated area, under the supervision of a qualified nurse.
This is an exciting opportunity to join our team and we would like to hear from you!
Please note if this vacancy may close early if a high volume of applications is received, we advise you submit your application early to avoid disappointment.
Providing patient care to patients within the community, often in patients own homes.
Undertake delegated wound care and wound photography for patients with simple / routine care needs with appropriate training according to plan of care for the patient
Provide delegated simple continence support to patients such as catheter
management education with appropriate training according to the plan of care for the patient
Work under the supervision of a community nurse escalating any patient risks or deviation to the plan of care when required.
To organise own phlebotomy workload in the most time effective way whilst meeting the priority time scale requested by the referrer
Undertake community phlebotomy within the priority timescale requested by the referrer and to patients who are unable to access a phlebotomy clinic, escalating any inappropriate referrals to the service
Shropshire Community Health NHS Trust provides community-based health services for adults and children in Shropshire, Telford and Wrekin, and some services in surrounding areas too. These range from district nursing, health visiting and running four community hospitals through to providing very specialist community care through talented and dedicated staff.
Patients, carers and the public play a vital role in helping us to develop and improve our services and we are constantly looking for ways to work with local communities, patients and the public to innovate and improve. Have a look at the Have Your Say section of our website to find out how you can feed back your experiences and help us to continually improve.
Shropshire Community Health NHS Trust is an exciting place to work. It offers a wide range of employment opportunities for many people.
Shropshire Community Health NHS Trust positively encourages applications from all areas of the community, regardless of age, gender, ethnicity, disability, sexual orientation or religious beliefs. We are committed to ensuring people who work for the community trust have a good working life - and a good work life/home life balance.
Please see the Job Description and Person Specification attached for further information on the role

Please refer the Job description for details