Job summary
NHS Band 3 Salary: £25,760 - £27,476 per annum
Hours Per Week: 37.5 hours per week
Contract: Permanent
The Team covers a large geographical area, so being a confident and competent car driver and owner is essential.

Main duties of the job
Are you a HCSW who has a passion for rehabilitation?You will work alongside a multi-disciplinary team to support patients in their journey of recovery. This is an opportunity for career progression and recognition of your skills; whilst playing an important part in enhancing the patient experience.

You will be based in the community where you will be able to deliver personalised care, help aid in a patient's independence during their rehabilitation and helps reduce hospital readmissions.

About us
Here at Portsmouth Hospitals University NHS Trust, we are proud to provide expert, compassionate care for our local population. We are ranked as the third in the country for research, embedding education and training across the organisation. Our main hub is the Queen Alexandra Hospital, which is one of the largest hospitals on the south coast employing over 8,700 staff.

Our patients come from all walks of life and so do we. We hire great people from a wide variety of backgrounds because it makes our hospital stronger. If you share our values and our enthusiasm for getting it right for patients, colleagues, and our community, you will find a home at Portsmouth Hospitals University NHS Trust

Job responsibilities

• Under the supervision of registered health care professionals assist the multidisciplinary team with the provision of nursing and rehabilitation support to a high standard for neurological, including stroke patients.
• To participate and support in the implementation of Care Plans and Goal planning, to enable the patients to achieve maximum potential, independence, health and self-esteem.
• The post holder shows initiative, motivation and excellent organisational ability working closely with the interdisciplinary team.
• Ensure patient safety is maintained and patient experience is positive by treating all patients, relatives and colleagues with respect, dignity, and courtesy in accordance with Trust values.
• Ensuring that, always you act within the aims, objectives, policies and procedures of Portsmouth Hospitals University Trust.

Person Specification
Personal Qualities
Essential

• Flexible and willing to embrace innovative ways of working.
• Ability to initiate and prioritise tasks.
• Self-motivated and skilled in motivating others.
• Ability to recognise personal risk.
• Approachable, sensitive to the needs of others.
• Self-resilience
• An awareness of ones personal and professional limitations.
• Commitment to personal development.

Qualifications
Essential

• QCF or BTEC or equivalent (NVQ) Level 2 qualification in Health and Social Care/Clinical Health, or completion of NHSP Care Support Worker. Development Programme with 1 year experience as a Health Care Support Worker + an English and Maths qualification at Level 2.
• To have 1 year as a band 2 in rehabilitation or equivalent setting, such acute stroke or orthopaedics.
• Experience of working with people in a caring setting and a multidisciplinary team.
• Experience working as part of a team.

Desirable

• Experience within a hospital setting as a Health Care Support Worker.
• 1 years experience, as minimum, as a Band 2 in a rehabilitation setting.

Skills and Knowledge
Essential

• Ability to work as part of a team and to work safely under own initiative.
• Effective patient/client care skills.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills, including by telephone.
• Respect for confidentiality.
• Able to meet the minimum skill set within first twelve months of appointment with support and development where required (list of skills as defined in generic competency framework).
• Skill in engaging others in a therapeutic relationship.
• Knowledge of the underpinning philosophy of rehabilitation.
• Knowledge of health and social care issues.

Desirable

• IT skills.
• European Computer Driving Licence (ECDL).
• To be or working towards being a care certificate assessor.
• Experience of liaising with other agencies.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.