[ref. x08196718] Enhanced Care Support Worker | East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust - Blackburn

The post holder will be required to use their initiative when working on the wards to implement person centred plans of care and are expected to report any clinical progress or change to the Nurse in Charge. The post holder will carry out assigned tasks involving direct/indirect service user care and support service users under the supervision of a RN.

To utilise skills to support patients with complex needs by:

Providing 1:1 care

Supporting with all aspects of Daily Living

Provide appropriate activities to engage the patient

To use knowledge to identify patients unmet needs

Established in 2003 East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust (ELHT) is a large integrated health care organisation providing high quality acute secondary healthcare for the people of East Lancashire and Blackburn with Darwen.

We employ over 8,000 staff, many of whom are internationally renowned and have won awards for their work and achievements.

Key Responsibilities

• Provide reassurance and support to patients and carers/family
• Enable patients to participate in recreation and leisure activities
• Support/enable patients to maintain their personal hygiene and appearance
• Support/enable patients to eat, drink and maintain personal care
• Support/enable patients to achieve physical comfort
• Support/enable patients to manage their domestic and personal resources
• Make written records under the supervision of an RN
• Recognise and respond appropriately to urgent and emergency situations
• Provide escort for therapeutic leave for service users
• May be requested to move to another ward within the Trust
• Give verbal reports on patients care, needs and daily outcomes
• Contribute to the support of patients during programmes of care/rehabilitation
• Provide 1:1 support for patients to maintain safety

• Support individuals equality, diversity and rights
• Ensure a friendly and helpful attitude to patients, visitors and colleagues, at all times.
• Enable patients to maintain contacts in the community
• Maintain effective working relationships with the multidisciplinary team.
• Provide verbal feedback to colleagues regarding patient presentation during for example, handover.
• To attend and participate in handovers
• Interacting with patients which may involve providing information and using skills to overcome barriers in an empathic and reassuring manner

• Monitor patient health and well-being and report any changes to the Nurse in Charge/Team Leader

• Work as part of a multi-disciplinary team in planning
• Undertake Safety and Security (SAS) duties if trained to do so.

• Can undertake de-escalation techniques

• To work within Trust and local policies and procedures

• Handle patient’s cash and property in line with the Trust’s Standing Financial Instructions

• May support student nurses and learners on the ward
• May participate in the internal induction and demonstration of own duties to new staff

• With support/guidance from the registered nurse can update patient records

• Participate in internal audits

• Works semi-autonomously during escort duties, ability to work with a minimum of direct supervision.

The range of duties and responsibilities outlined above are indicative only and are intended to give a broad flavour of the range and type of duties that will be allocated. They are subject to modification in the light of changing service demands and the training requirements of the post holder.

Special Conditions:

As a staff member, you have:

• Legal duties and responsibilities under Health & Safety legislation, plus a general duty to work safely and not to put others at risk i.e. colleagues, service users, visitors, as a result of any activity or omission at work.
• A duty to report any practice that you consider compromises standards of risk and health & safety. The Whistle-blowing Policy gives effect to the Public Interest Disclosure Act under which an individual who raises such concerns for unfair treatment is protected.

The Trust places great emphasis on the need for the strictest confidentiality in respect of personal data - both that of service users, staff. All information about people will be treated in the strictest confidence at all times. Breaches of confidentiality will be investigated and may lead to Discipl

This advert closes on Friday 15 Nov 2024