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We‘re looking for some really special people to come and join our Ealing Community Partners health and care teams. You need to be caring and positive, hard-working and a good communicator. An interest in the care and rehabilitation of older people is essential. We will provide training and development as needed to the right people. You might be interested in our career progression into nursing and therapy roles or just be looking for somewhere to develop and share your caring skills. Previous experience is not essential, but initiative and a dedication to providing high quality health care is!

• Please note* We cannot sponsor for Health Care Assistant and therefore will only accept applicants for this role with a visa / right to work in the UK.

Previous applicants need not apply.

• To work as a Nursing and Rehabilitation support worker within the Intermediate Care team delivering care to people in the inpatient setting and occasionally in the community as required. There may be a requirement to provide cover in other parts of Ealing Community Partnership to meet the needs of the service.
• To undertake assessments for a defined and delegated group of patients including near patient observations.
• To use clinical reasoning/judgement as appropriate when following care plans as directed within protocols and scope of practice.
• To assist the Intermediate Care nurses, therapists and social workers by carrying out delegated aspects of patient care

West London NHS Trust is one of the most diverse providers of mental health, community and social care in the UK.

Our 3,982 staff care for people in hospital and in the community, helping them to recover and go on to lead full and productive lives. We aim to be the best organisation of our kind in the country.

We provide care and treatment for more than 800,000 people living in the London boroughs of Ealing, Hammersmith & Fulham and Hounslow, delivering services in the community (at home, in GP surgeries and care homes), hospital, specialist clinics and forensic (secure) units.

We’re rated good overall by the Care Quality Commission (CQC).

Together, we’re committed to promoting hope and wellbeing, working with patients, service users, carers, families and partners across the communities we serve.

We are keen to ensure that our workforce reflects the community it serves, particularly in terms of ethnicity, gender, disability, LGBTQ+ and experience of mental illness.

Roles will involve:

• working as part of a multidisciplinary team with nurses, doctors, pharmacists, therapists etc
• providing personal assistance to patients with their activity of daily living e.g washing and dressing/ shower, skin care, toileting
• undertaking physical measurement monitoring as trained and directed (e.g blood pressure, oxygen saturation, heart rate, ECG etc) and updating care plans accordingly.
• handling patients with mobility problems, which may include the use of hoist, sliding sheet, wheelchair, mobility aid etc.
• making observations, recording in care plans and sharing information with colleagues