Job summary
This exciting role has been developed to support the urgent community response multidisciplinary team working across the South Tees locality. Your main role will be with the Home First Team who support early discharge from hospital when a package of care cannot be sourced. Part of your role will be to support with personal care and completion of activities of daily living. There will also be an element of therapy rehabilitation to improve the patients outcomes.

Successful applicants must have:

• Numeracy & Literacy Level 2
• Care certificate (willing to work towards if already holds NVQ level 3)
• Level 3 vocational qualification or Short courses and completion of competency workbook equivalent to Level 3 in a range of patient and clinical care duties and/or Equivalent knowledge and experience in a range of clinical care duties equivalent to Level 3; - Theoretical knowledge - Experience of a range of care and related procedures. - clinical observations - knowledge of relevant legislation

Completion (at the point of start date or within the probationary period) of the WASP competencies and Trust face to face training session related to insulin administration, and/or oral medication administration, following the Trust approved standard operating procedure and policy.

Failure to provide correct qualifications will result in the withdrawal of any conditional offer made.

Applicants must have access to a vehicle for work purposes to meet the requirements of the role.

Main duties of the job
This is an opportunity for those who are interested in working in the local community and being part of an exciting new model of working in the community localities of Middlesbrough, Redcar & Cleveland.

Excellent communication skills, organisational skills, enthusiasm, ability to travel around the locality, commitment and ability to work with a wide range of agencies are also vital in this post.

You will need to be able to work on your own; as part of a team and be involved with individuals with a range of medical, social and mental health conditions, therefore knowledge and experience of this is needed. You will work within agreed protocols and carry out therapeutic interventions and care programmes under the supervision of qualified therapists and nurses.

About us
South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust and North Tees and Hartlepool NHS Foundation Trust have come together to form University Hospitals Tees. As a result, post holders may be required to work across sites within both organisations.

Across University Hospitals Tees, our ambition is to be the best place to work, ensuring we have the right staff in the right roles at the right time to deliver outstanding patient care and experience.

We are committed to supporting our staff through an inclusive and supportive working environment, offering health and wellbeing initiatives, staff benefits, and opportunities for personal and professional development.

We support the 'Making Every Contact Count' approach to behaviour change in the promotion of health and wellbeing of individuals and communities.

Job responsibilities
Please see the full job description and person specification document(s) for main responsibilities of the role.

Person Specification
Qualifications & Training
Essential

• Numeracy and Literacy Level 2 or ? Maths & English (English Language or English Literature) GCSE A-C/4-9 or ? Maths & English O Level/GCE A-C or ? Maths & English CSE Grade 1 or ? NARIC/ENIC which compares the qualification to UK GCSE (https://www.enic-naric.net/)
• Care Certificate (if you don't hold this certificate, you would be expected to complete this during your first 6 months of employment)
• Short courses and completion of competency workbook equivalent to Level 3 in a range of patient and clinical care duties and/or ? Equivalent knowledge and experience in a range of clinical care duties equivalent to Level 3. - Theoretical knowledge - Experience of a range of care and related procedures - clinical observations - knowledge of relevant legislation
• Completion (at the point of start date or within the probationary period) of the WASP competencies and Trust face to face training session related to insulin administration, and/or oral medication administration, following the Trust approved standard operating procedure and policy.

Knowledge & Skills
Essential

• Analytical and judgement skills to make decisions based on patient / service user interactions and observations and metrics.
• Timekeeping, planning and prioritisation skills
• Excellent interpersonal, communication and active listening skills. Ability to adopt appropriate styles and methods of communication.
• Understanding of the importance of robust, accurate, clear, timely documentation.
• Insight into behaviours and skills of a carer and the need for effective teamwork.

Experience
Essential

• Experience of working in health or social care.
• Experience of undertaking and recording clinical observations and escalation of changes or findings.

Disclosure and Barring Service Check
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.

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