Support Worker

This post is to work in the Community Respiratory Service alongside experienced exisiting support workers, assistant practitioners, specilaist nurses, specialist physios, OT and dietitian to support people living with Asthma, COPD, Bromchiectasis and ILD within Sandwell., The post holder will work alongside specialist respiratory nurses and physiotherapistsas well as other members of the Community Respiratory Service (Dietitian, OT), to deliver care in the patients home and clinic settings for patients who live in Sandwell and/or have a Sandwell GP. The successful candidate will be required to contribute to the development of an expanding service, ensuring high quality patient focused care.

The successful candidate will also need to cover shifts, weekends and bank holidaysas part of a rota. The post holder will need to be flexible to meet the demands of the service carrying out other duties as required.

The post holder will need to have excellent communication and interpersonal skills as they will be expected to liaise with members of the multidisciplinary team across primary and secondary care.

The post holder will be expected to take blood (training can be given) and observations from patients at home and in a clinic setting and support the Sandwell Home Oxygen Service and Pulmonary Rehab.

For this post you must be able to drive/hold a UK licence and have a car that you can use for work purposes.

Sandwell and West Birmingham NHS Trust (SWBT) is an integrated careorganisation with a budget of approximately £600 million and over 7,000 staff. Diversity and social care is at the core of what we do as the Trust provides Community and Acute Services to over half a million people in an urban centre that demands massive regeneration and has substantial premature mortality.

Our new acute hospital, the Midland Metropolitan University Hospital (MMUH), opens this year and will provide care to our local population from first class, purpose-built premises. As a result, the base of this role may change to MMUH . If this is applicable to your role, you will be informed during the recruitment process and continue your application with this understanding. The development of the new hospital will play an important role in the regeneration of the wider area and in improving the lives of local people and reducing health inequalities.

We have three strategic objectives:
1. Our People - to cultivate and sustain happy, productive and engaged staff
2. Our Patients - to be good or outstanding in everything we do
3. Our Population - to work seamlessly with our partners to improve lives