Healthcare Support Worker

at  University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire NHS Trust

Full time 37.5 HRS - Working out of a variety of bases and patients homes, across Coventry Out of Hospital setting, this service operates from Monday to Friday 8.30am to 5pm.
Would you like to be part of a team dedicated to improving the care and treatment outcomes across a wide range of patients whilst continuing to develop specialist skills in wound care?
We currently have vacancies within our Wound Healing Service. We are a specialist Wound Service focusing on Hard to Heal wounds, working with each patient on realistic goals depending on their wound healing potential.
We deliver advanced wound healing treatments within patients own home or residential/nursing home and within a clinic setting for ambulatory patients. We also work alongside Practice Nurses, Community Nurses and nursing homes offering lots of variety to the role with imparting wound care knowledge across the community.
The role involves working within a variety of settings including clinic, community or residential home settings depending on the patient’s needs, delivering advanced wound healing interventions.
To work as an engaged member of the Wound Healing Service to provide effective evidence based Wound healing treatments and advice to patients who attend the Wound Healing Service.

Closing Date: Please be advised that this job advert will close as soon as sufficient applications have been received. Please apply for this job as soon as you can, if interested.
§ Providing appropriately delegated care to patients receiving care within the designated service as directed by an RGN in line with the staff member’s competence.
§ Participate in the implementation, delivery & evaluation of nursing care plans to patients, their families and carers in community setting, including patients own homes.
§ Be responsible for reporting back to senior clinicians, on the care they have delivered, the outcomes for the patient and any other concerns they have about patient’s condition.
§ Adhere to Trust Policies, Procedures and best practice Clinical Guidelines.
Please be advised that interviews will take place on 16th September.
University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire NHS Trust, rated as good by the Care Quality Commission, is one of the largest teaching Trusts in the UK.
We are extremely proud of our employees across our hospital sites, with high quality patient care at the heart of everything we do.
Boasting some of the most modern facilities in Western Europe, the Trust is renowned for being at the forefront of research and innovation as part of its blossoming reputation as a worldwide leader in healthcare.
We are proud to be recognised as a Pathway to Excellence ® designated organisation – please click the link for further details about this prestigious award. Pathway To Excellence ® - University Hospitals Coventry & Warwickshire (uhcw.nhs.uk)
By joining our exciting journey, you will form part of a passionate, talented team and will be able to access a wide range of learning and development opportunities. There has never been a better time to join our team.
The Trust is committed to building an organisation that makes full use of the talents, skills, experience, and different perspectives available in our diverse society. We want everyone to feel they are respected, valued, can achieve their potential and receive the most appropriate and relevant care. We will create an environment where the equality and human rights principles of fairness, respect, equality, dignity and autonomy are promoted and are part of the organisation’s core values.

Communication

• Report to senior clinicians on the condition and needs of patients, families and carers, any delegated work not carried out, and escalate any concerns about the patient’s condition.
• Participate in providing patients, relatives and carer’s education/information relating to service area for example, wound care & tissue viability and pressure ulcer prevention.
• In instances of suspected safeguarding issues ensure that these are escalated to a senior clinician and reporting obligations of the HCA are fulfilled e.g., Incident Reporting
• Ensure effective communication with all staff, patients, relatives, carers and system colleagues.
• Ensure that all relevant information is relayed to clinical colleagues and senior clinicians at first opportunity including information on how individual’s needs are changing
• Ensure that all documentation is completed as contemporaneously as possible and is stored in line with the Trust Record Keeping Policy (Including Principle Standards).
• Maintain and enhance working relationships with other disciplines and promote effective communications within the Multi-Disciplinary Team.
• To ensure & respect patient confidentiality in line with the Coventry and Warwickshire Partnership Trust Policy on Confidentiality.
• Provide education/ information to patients’ relatives, carers within the remit of the of the non-registered clinician role.

For further details of the role please see the attached job description

Please refer the Job description for details