Job summary
An opportunity has arisen for a motivated support worker to join the Specialist Palliative Care Team (SPCT). The post holder will be based at North Tees and Hartlepool Foundation Trust – Stockton site. You will be joining a well-established team.
The successful support worker should be well motivated, enthusiastic and willing to develop new skills. It is expected that the applicant work as part of the team; using their initiative whilst delivering an excellent standard of care and service to our client group.
Professional and personal development is encouraged.
Support Worker Main Duties
The overall purpose of the support worker will be to provide support to the SPCT.
The Support worker will promote and deliver patient centred care aligned with the Trust vision and the Nursing and Midwifery/Allied Health professional strategy to patients in their own, residential/nursing care homes, hospital and hospice settings.
The support worker will be an active member of the multi-disciplinary team (MDT) that includes , doctors, nurses, physiotherapists, occupational therapists, clinical support workers, administrative and volunteer staff.
The support worker will have good communication skills to liaise with patients, family members and other health care professionals.
The post holder will be able to prioritise their caseload and have excellent organisational skills.
The post holder will continually develop professionally to ensure they have the appropriate level of skill, knowledge and competence to meet the speciality and service requirements.
About us
At North Tees & Hartlepool NHS Foundation Trust our main priority is, and always will be, to provide safe and high quality care to our patients every day; the kind of care we would want for ourselves and our loved ones. We want our organisation to be the best place to work with the right staff, in the right roles, at the right time, to ensure we deliver exceptional patient care and experience.
We will support staff through providing an inclusive and supportive workplace with health and well-being initiatives, staff benefits and opportunities for personal and professional development. Staff recognition is very important to us; as well as performance reviews and appraisals, we recognise staff through Star and Team of the month, colleague recognition – a note of thanks, Managers Awards, Shining Stars and Service Awards.
We support the Making Every Contact Count approach to behaviour change in the promotion of health and wellbeing of individuals and communities.
We recruit for values and “Together we are North Tees & Hartlepool”
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