Health Care Support Worker
Torbay and South Devon NHS Foundation Trust, Dawlish, Devon
Health Care Support Worker
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Torbay and South Devon NHS Foundation Trust, Dawlish, Devon
- Full time
- Permanent
- Onsite working
Posted 1 week ago, 29 Mar | Get your application in now before you're too late!
Closing date: Closing date not specified
job Ref: 552907aae5774ae8bb4d43b6eb9e47b6
Full Job Description
To work collaboratively, under direct and indirect supervision of Registered Nurses, and Podiatrists as a member of the Lower Limb Therapy Service, to deliver gold standard leg ulcer treatments to patients. To provide leg ulcer management treatments as required, to include limb reshaping, delegated patient specific compression therapy, and measuring for compression hosiery/wraps as required. To assist in yearly well leg assessments for patients under the LLTS leg leg programme. The service aims to promote health and wellbeing, facilitate timely healing for lower limb ulceration and maximise independent living for our patients.Main duties of the job o To work as part of a peripatetic specialist team in Trust wide outpatient clinics delivering leg ulcer management treatments, to include wound bed preparation and compression therapy treatments.
- To be responsible in the preparation of clinics at the beginning and end of the working day. Complying with infection control protocol. o To actively support patients encouraging self-care to prevent leg ulceration recurrence, post healing with the LLTS. oTo accompany RN/Podiatrist to patients' homes to deliver specialist assessments to housebound patients under the care of Community Nursing Services o To liaise with members of the wider healthcare teams - Vascular; Podiatry; Tissue Viability Service; Dermatology; GP's and Practice Nurses.
Working for your organisation Our people are caring, committed, inclusive and focused on quality. We focus on solutions and people's strengths. We encourage outside the box thinking and embrace innovation and change wherever it can drive improvement. If you share our values and vision and are passionate about working with people on what matters to them, you could be a real asset to Team Torbay and South Devon. And if you do join us, you'll be working in one of the most beautiful parts of the UK, with a fantastic quality of life. We actively encourage our people to enjoy a good work/life balance and Devon offers everything from city living to a host of outdoor activities. Whether it's the coast that floats your boat, the adrenaline of white-water rafting, trekking across the moors or being mindful in nature, you'll find it all right on your doorstep.
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