Community Response Support Workers

Are you passionate about people and looking to continue your career in healthcare? Or as you have some healthcare experience you are keen to join an innovative and dynamic NHS Trust thats really going places? Join us as an Urgent Community Response Support Worker, get paid while you continue to learn and develop your career with the Royal Devon.

Every day, you will make a huge difference to the lives of the people we care for, delivering a high standard of care alongside your colleagues. Providing personal care, promoting nutritional needs, and assisting in the recovery and recuperation of patients on their journey to better health are just some aspects of this essential role., Our Urgent Community Response Support Workers form an essential and well-respected part of our healthcare teams across a number of dynamic settings;

out in the community, in our acute and community hospitals..

You will be a valued member of the team through our comprehensive training and induction programme and our commitment to learning and development will satisfy even the most ambitious person.

Urgent Community Response is a joint Health and Social Care Service providing support to people in their own homes in times of crisis, to avoid unnecessary admissions to hospital and facilitate discharges home from hospital.

The service provides care over 7 days a week 365 days a year, with shift patterns covering the hours from 07:30 hours until 22:00 hours. The service provides care across Sidmouth, Seaton, Axminster and outlying areas and you will be part of a team providing a quality service promoting independence, dignity and support. This service aims to avoid unplanned hospital admission for people who could safely be maintained and supported at home, as well as enabling people to return to their home as quickly as possible from hospital.

Previous community experience is desired but not essential as the teams will give you the support and guidance you need to excel. You will join a dynamic multi-disciplinary team, working with Health and Social Care Teams to respond to urgent situations, to enable people to stay in their own homes or ensure a timely discharge from Acute and Community Hospitals.

You will be provided with a comprehensive induction programme which will include support to complete the National Care Certificate., Urgent Community Response Support Workers are lone workers within the community, although support is always available.

Our teams are caring, compassionate and inclusive, so whatever your background, you will be made to feel very welcome.

Working Pattern: 30 hours per week. We care for our patients around the clock so we will need you to work a range of shift patterns. These range from, Early shifts between 07:30 - 15:30 hours and Late shifts from 14:00 - 22:00 hours and at least alternate weekends. Please do check this at your interview.

Successful candidates will have a Level 3 Diploma / NVQ 3 in Health and Social Care or equivalent or have equivalent experience of working with older people in a community setting. You will also need to be competent with IT as electronic recording is an essential part of the role. As this is a community based position, a driving license is essential as is access to a vehicle.

For more detail about the main duties of this role, please see the job description section below. As a key member of the Royal Devon University Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust, you will be joining an exceptional team working together to help our patients to stay healthy, when they need it most.

Stretching across Northern, Eastern and Mid Devon, we have a workforce of over 15,000 staff, making us the largest employer in Devon. Our core services, which we provide to more than 615,000 people,…