Support Worker Intermediate Care Team and Community Therapy Services inNewton Abbot inNewton Abbot PUBLISHED 24 DEC 2023

Please see our attached job description and person specification form for full details.

Primary Duties and Areas of Responsibilities

Communication and Working Relationships

You will work as part of a team on a daily basis, ensuring excellent patient care.

To maintain accurate and contemporaneous clinical records of care given.

To record activity on a clinical data base(s) as required

Planning and Organisation

You will plan your day autonomously, taking into account the priority needs of the patients under your care.

You will organise your day to provide maximum productivity, planning tasks and travel routes etc to maximise time spent face to face delivering patient care

You will have your own caseload of community patients which you will need to manage autonomously, feeding back to the qualified staff member.

Responsibility and Accountability

You will take responsibility for the daily care and support of delegated patients, escalating any concerns about patients to an appropriate professional.

To implement treatment and care to patients under the guidance and supervision of a registered professional. e.g. dressings, injections, monitoring etc.

To work independently and autonomously, providing delegated treatment, support, care, treatment and advice to individuals, within guidelines and protocols identified for the role

Policy and Service Responsibility

You will deliver treatment/care within a community setting as specified in a written care plan, under the guidance of a registered practitioner.

You will maintain any equipment loaned to you to perform your role in good condition and report any defects or concerns as soon as possible.

Responsibility for Supervision, Leadership and Management

You may assist with induction of new team members, demonstrating working practices and procedures.

Responsibility for Finance, Equipment and Other Resources

You will have delegated authority for ordering equipment from the Devon

Equipment provider, therefore you will take responsibility for appropriate use of this resource and that eligibility criteria is met.

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The Intermediate Care Service facilitates crisis management in the community, prevention of hospital admissions, quicker discharge from hospital and supports people to remain as independent as possible at home. Patients are seen within the most appropriate setting; at home and in intermediate care placements in residential care homes. The team works in a truly integrated way, with support workers, assistant practitioners, nurses, paramedics, social workers, physiotherapists, pharmacists, and a dietician.

The post holder will be well supported by senior staff, as well as by the wider multi-disciplinary team, which will include medical support. There are excellent CPD training opportunities, including peer support groups, training from the South Devon Health Services training and development team.

The support worker role in this team is to undertake delegated tasks for the Nurses, Paramedics, Occupational Therapists and Physiotherapists on the team to contribute to excellent patient care.

The role also involves undertaking delegated exercise programmes and rehabilitation treatment programmes for community therapy patients and assisting with group exercise classes.

Please see job description attached for further information.