Senior Care Support Worker - FAU - Fixed term cover

Job overview

The successful applicant will be working in a Multidisciplinary Team within the Frailty Assessment Unit, ensuring patients admitted to the Unit receive a high standard of care, whilst continuing to achieve both National and Local Targets.

If you enjoy a challenge and are highly motivate, organised and have good communication skills and would like to join a dynamic and highly skilled team then this is the job for you. We offer support for flexible working and have excellent staff engagement and hold regular events throughout the year that put staff at the centre of change and innovation.

Main duties of the job

The Senior Care Support Worker will together with members of the Nursing team and contribute to the implementation of a high standard and individualised patient care under the direction of a registered nurse.

The post holder will be required to communicate effectively with other members of the health care team, patients and relatives and must be able to recognise and report to the appropriate person any changes in the patient's condition which may require the intervention of others.

The post holder will be assessed on appointment on their level of competence and required as part of the Trusts training and development programme for care support workers to undertake a structured pathway of development to include basic skills and in house development programme.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please refer to the attached job description for full details of the main duties and responsibilities that the post holder is required to undertake

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.