It is an exciting time to join our expanding rapid response and intermediate care teams within a Support worker/HCA role. This role will be working as a part of a multidisciplinary team with Nurses, Occupational Therapists and Physiotherapists.The team aims to support hospital discharges, prevent admissions and keep people as independent as possible in their homes through rehabilitation programmes. Our base office is at Sheppey Community Hospital, however you will be provided with equipment to enable you to be mobile working and with the implementation of virtual platforms handovers are now undertaken virtually to enable staff to maximise their productivity. Package DescriptionAs a Support worker / Healthcare Assistant, you’ll be part of our valued team working within Rapid Response and Intermediate Care services within Swale.You will feel valued as a Support worker / Healthcare Assistant within HCRG Care Group, receiving access to exclusive rewards and benefits including: £24486.00 salary with access to our group pensionPlentiful on site-parkingWorking for an organisation that has been shortlisted in the Nursing Times Workforce Awards 2023 for Best Equality and Diversity Project and Best Social Responsibility Programme. We are also delighted to have been shortlisted for the Wellbeing and Employee Engagement Award for our menopause support package, and for the Best Cost of Living Response Award for our cost of living support. The winner will be announced at the CIPP's Annual Excellence Awards on Thursday 5 October.Membership of My Reward Hub, giving you access to discounts on everyday purchases like grocery shopping as well as cashback and voucher offers for treats for you and those special to youAccess to your wages as you earn them to help cover life’s emergencies and avoid overdraft fees or high interest ratesOnline and face to face help with your mental and physical wellbeing – from healthy recipes and activity challenges through to post trauma support, legal, debt and life management help, as well career coaching and counselling Access to eLearning, bespoke career pathways and opportunities for continuing professional development through our ‘Outstanding’ learning and development team, The Learning Enterprise An open, just culture where you’re encouraged to have and implement ideas which can help us deliver our purpose: changing lives through transforming health and care – backed up by at least £100,000 of ringfenced innovation funding each yearThe pride of working for an organisation committed to the highest clinical and quality standards: with a majority of our rated services holding “good” or “outstanding” ratings from the Care Quality CommissionFree tea, coffee, and milk at your base locationMain ResponsibilitiesTo actively work as a member of the multi-disciplinary team (MDT) to provide a high quality of nursing, occupational therapy and physiotherapy intervention to the patient.To actively participate in patient’s individual rehabilitation/programmes of care under the guidance of an appropriate professional.To also work with the MDT including GPs and colleagues in the local acute hospital in order to provide a rapid response short term intervention to persons who have been referred on the Discharge to Assess (D2A) and 2 hour rapid response pathway. To take responsibility for completion of basic assessment processes under the supervision of the relevant members of the MDT – to undertake Trusted Assessor Training when it becomes available. To provide and promote a high standard of rehabilitation of patients. To work autonomously as well as part of a team To be able to use and take initiative to seek additional work to assist the team as a whole (e.g. team administration tasks, being the first point of contact for patients, families and other health professionals, assisting in the maintenance of service equipment).The Ideal CandidateThis is an opportunity to put your NVQ level 3 or equivalent/appropriate qualification/experience to great use. With strong communication and organisation skills, and a flexible approach will ensure you deliver positive experiences to patients at every stage of their healthcare journey. In this role, you will need to be able drive and have access in your own car, allowing you to travel across our services in a timely manner. You will also need to be confident using IT systems and be able to demonstrate working knowledge of Microsoft Office packages i.e. Outlook, Word, Excel.About The CompanyWe change lives by transforming health and care.Established in 2006, we are one of the UK's leading independent providers of community health and care services, working with health and care commissioners and communities to transform services with a focus on experience, efficiency and improved outcomes. We deliver and transform adult and children community health services, primary care services including urgent care, sexual health, dermatology and MSK services as well as adult social care and wellbeing services. Across England, we support communities of many millions and directly help more than half a million people each year - guided by our simple values: we care, we think, we do.We're committed to equal opportunities and welcome applications from a broad, diverse range of people who want to join our team. We're a Disability Confident Committed company, so we work to provide facilities, work environment adjustments and technical solutions to be as inclusive of everyone.While it doesn't happen often, sometimes a role is very popular, and well need to close it earlier than the date we've shown here. If you're keen to join our team, we’d love to hear from you so please apply as soon as you can.To find out more about HCRG Care Group, please visit https://www.hcrgcaregroup.com/about-us-2
