Homecare Support Worker at Derbyshire Community Health Service (CoS Available)

An exciting opportunity is available for the position of Healthcare Support Worker at Derbyshire Community Health Services. This role offers a Certificate of Sponsorship for eligible candidates and invites applications from individuals with prior experience as support workers..

About the Trust

Derbyshire Community Health Services provides comprehensive community health care to a patient population exceeding one million people across Derbyshire and Derby. As part of the Joined Up Care Derbyshire initiative, the organization is dedicated to delivering integrated and high-quality healthcare.

Employing approximately 4,200 substantive staff, Derbyshire Community Health Services operates across 11 community hospitals and over 30 health centres. Services are also delivered in clinics, GP practices, schools, care homes, and increasingly in patients’ own homes and through virtual consultations.    

Position: Homecare Support Worker

Salary: £26,530 to £29,114 a year

Job Type: Full Time

Location: Belper, Derbyshire UK

About the Role

The Community Response Team supports discharges from the acute hospitals, providing short-term and interim care.

Previous caring experience is ESSENTIAL.

Your base will be Babington Hospital to cover the localities of Amber Valley and Erewash.

You will need to be flexible and committed to caring and supporting people at home with care needs.

You will need to be able to travel between visits, therefore a full UK driving licence and access to a vehicle is essential.

Shifts follow a 7 day rota, including weekends and bank holidays.

Please contact us to find out more. We look forward to hearing from you!

This vacancy may close early due to high volumes of applications so please ensure you complete application early.

Main Duties

  • To be responsible for the day to day supervision of Support Workers within the Community Response Team.
  • Delegate patient visits to ensure an effective support worker service is provided to patients in a timely and cost effective way.
  • To be a role model to the Support Worker team and actively monitor and maintain clinical skills and professional manner.
  • Communicate effectively with patients and carers to maximise rehabilitation potential as appropriate and under supervision.
  • Work with qualified Nurses and Therapists in the assessment and treatment of patients with a variety of conditions and progress/modify intervention programmes within parameters set by the Therapists and Nurses.

Qualifications

Education Qualifications and training (Essential)

  • NVQ level 4 or equivalent knowledge gained through experience and training
  • GCSE English and Maths
  • Experience working as a band 3 Support Worker
  • Community experience
  • Experience working with adults/older people in rehab setting

Skills and attributes (Essential)

  • Car driver or ability to travel between caseloads as part of daily role
  • Manual handling skills and experience

Aptitude and personal qualities (Essential)

  • Ability to work flexibly to meet needs of service
  • Ability to travel within wide geographical area (AV and ERE)

Benefits

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications.

Required Documents

  1. CV/Resume
  2. Cover Letter

Application Process

Ready to work for the NHS? Submit your application by visiting the official website

Application Deadline

January 26, 2025