community assistant Hawick, Scotland
Job description
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Location: Hawick Community Locality
Department: AHP services
We are looking for an energetic and innovative AHP Health care support worker to join our Community Rehabilitation teams. If you are motivated and passionate about person-centred services which support the wellbeing of people to live and age well in communities, then get in touch. The post holder will work in the community across the Home First and Community Hospital therapy teams.
This post holder will be working primarily with people with general frailty, who have fallen or at risk of falling. As part of the therapy team the post holder will be allocated a delegated caseload by the qualified AHP and be expected to work independently, assessing the patient’s care needs and/or modifying existing treatment plans and delivering this care without supervision. This includes assessing, progressing, reassessing and discharging people within the scope of practice. You will have excellent communication and interpersonal skills to complete clinical and non-clinical duties together with service development activities.
Ongoing personal and professional development is essential to provide a quality service and is supported through CPD, appraisals and in-service training.
For further information on what is included in the role and what skills/experience are being looked for, click on the links at the bottom of the screen to the job description and person specification. If after reading this information you have any questions please contact one of the Community AHP Team Leads below:
Informal enquiries are welcome and encouraged.
Yvonne Landers Contact No. 07812496816
Maxine Elliot Contact No. 07747757417
***PLEASE NOTE: We cannot accept late applications so please ensure your application is submitted early***
NHS Scotland is committed to encouraging equality and diversity among our workforce and eliminating unlawful discrimination. The aim is for our workforce to be truly representative and for each employee to feel respected and able to give their best. To this end, NHS Scotland welcomes applications from all sections of society.
