Community Health Support Worker

Job overview

The Carelink Service is a team of Community Health Support Workers who provide care within the boundaries of Camden for adults over 18 although most of the clients are older adults. The service predominantly provides care between the hours of 7am and 10 pm seven days per week. However, the service also provides a night sit in service from 10pm to 7am. Carelink is part of Camden Integrated Adult Service (CIAS) which is a physical health integrated service run by CNWL, supporting GPs and hospitals. Working together, the different teams in the service provide health care for adult patients in Camden, including rapid response for admission avoidance, discharge to assess and palliative care. We also provide a Phlebotomy service to clients who are house bound in the Camden community.

The post holder will be working in the community to provide enabling care and promoting independence and/or providing end of life care with the client in their home environment and to undertake visits to client’s homes independently or with other team members as and when required.

Please note this is not a mental health support worker role.

Main duties of the job

You will be part of a multi-disciplinary team supporting registered healthcare professionals in providing patient’s clinical care, including monitoring, observing, and ensuring personal hygiene standards are maintained or participate to provide a range of therapeutic activities for our patients.

We are dedicated to the ongoing development of our staff; we offer a wide range of opportunities for personal and professional growth including excellent progression through various career pathways.

Our priority is hiring the person who shares our Trust Values and have the ability to work as part of a dynamic team delivering high-quality care.

** PREVIOUS NEED NOT APPLY **

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please refer to the Job descriptions attached for detailed responsibilities

Band 3 Health Care Support Worker work closely with people who use our Services, their families, friends and carers and play an important contribution in how people experience our services. Band 3 Health Care Support Workers are expected to be kind and responsive but professional and informative and contribute to the quality of the services we provide by:

• keeping the people who using our services as safe as possible by recognising the limits of the Health Care Assistant role and working closely with Registered Nurses
• contributing to the best possible clinical outcomes by using up-to-date skills and adhering to evidence based policies and procedures when implementing care plans
• ensuring the people using our services have a good experience by respecting, empowering and working in partnership with people when contributing to the implementation and evaluation of care plans.

Please complete an online application asap

Closing date is indicative only and this vacancy may close once sufficient applications have been received.

Applicant requirements

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.