Community Healthcare Support Worker for Bladder & Bowel health service

We are looking for an enthusiastic Community Healthcare Support Worker to provide bladder and bowel care and support for patients in the community setting as delegated by the registered nurse.
Access to a motor vehicle is essential - car, with appropriate driving license. You will be based at various sites across Hounslow and Richmond. Please ensure that your application demonstrates that you meet the essential criteria as listed in the job specification.
There may be an opportunity for the successful candidate to transfer onto the Trust's apprenticeship scheme., To work within the Bowel and Bladder Health Service Team to provide care and support for patients in the community setting as delegated by the registered nurse.
To carry out clinical duties and be prepared to undertake clinical skills update as per needs of the service and specific patient after training and competence assessment, with support from an identified mentor for example, blood pressure, pulse and temperature recording, urinalysis, blood glucose monitoring, simple wound dressings, and non-complex assessments such as continence reviews and pads assessment and ordering.
This will involve working independently but as part of the team covering a specific geographical area and be flexible to support corporate approach to patient care depending on the need of the service.

Community healthcare is unlike any other part of the NHS. It's personalised care that helps people to retain their independence. It's the NHS at its best and the difference you make is truly tangible. Our colleagues often describe us as a family, and we know how important that sense of belonging and support is when you start a new job. It's simple - happy, engaged staff provide better services.
In 2018, we were named 'Best Place to Work for Employee Satisfaction' by the Nursing Times. The same year, we won the Workforce category at the HSJ Awards. In the latest NHS Staff Survey results 2020, we had the best response rate amongst community trusts nationally.
We are the top community trust in the country on the theme Quality of care for the third year. We had the highest percentage of staff who felt they are able to deliver the care they aspire to and are satisfied with the quality of care they give to patients or service users.
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