Healthcare Support Worker - WF Rapid Response inLeytonstone inLeytonstone PUBLISHED FRI 22 DEC 2023

Band 3: £22,816 to £24,336 a year plus HCAS per annum (pro rata)  PERMANENT 
HOLISTIC MULTI-DISCIPLINARY

Please refer to the attached job description and person specification for further details on this vacancy.

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)

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