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Band 3 Joint Emergency Team, Woolwich
Permanent, Full Time: 37.50 hours per week

***PREVIOUS APPLICANTS NEED NOT APPLY***

This is an exciting opportunity to join our integrated team and support the collaboration between Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust, Royal Borough of Greenwich and Lewisham and Greenwich NHS Trust.

This post will work as a part of a multi-disciplinary team, including health and social care colleagues to meet the needs of clients referred to the Joint Emergency Team, ensuring the highest possible standards of practice.

This post will involve assisting the physiotherapy occupational therapy and
nursing staff in delivering rehabilitation programme, treatment sessions, supporting activities of daily living and undertake clinical nursing activities.

• Assist patient with activities of daily living

To work closely with the registered therapists, nurses and wider
MDT.
Support the implementation if care plans; including therapy plans.
Engage patients in therapeutic activities, monitoring their physical
and mental state and progress.
Undertake appropriately delegated clinical tasks once deemed
competent i.e. Venepuncture – urinalyses – wound care – monitor
blood pressure – temperature – pulse – respiratory rate – blood
sugar – (administer enoxaparin this is not essential but may be
required in the future band 3 HCA’s are administering in the
community).

• To engage in supervision, reflecting on and modifying practice

where indicated
To promote independence and wellbeing for the patients to regain
their previous level of independence as quickly as possible.
Oxleas offers a wide range of NHS healthcare services to people living in South East London and Kent and to people in prison. Our services include community health care such as district nursing and speech and language therapy, care for people with learning disabilities and mental health care such as psychiatry, nursing and therapies. Our multidisciplinary teams look after people of all ages and we work in close partnership with other parts of the NHS, local councils and the voluntary sector and through our new provider collaboratives. Our 4,000 members of staff work in many different settings including hospitals, clinics, prisons, children’s centres, schools and people’s homes.

We have over 125 sites in a variety of locations across the London Boroughs of Bexley, Bromley Greenwich and into Kent and manage hospital sites including Queen Mary’s Hospital, Sidcup and Memorial Hospital in Woolwich as well as the Bracton Centre, our medium secure unit for people with mental health needs. We are one of the largest providers of prison health services providing healthcare to prisoners across Kent and South London. We are proud of the care we provide and our people

Our purpose is to improve lives by providing the best possible care to our patients and their families. This is strengthened by our new values:

• We’re Kind
• We’re Fair
• We Listen
• We Care
• Assist patient with activities of daily living
• To work closely with the registered therapists, nurses and wider MDT.
• Support the implementation if care plans; including therapy plans.
• Engage patients in therapeutic activities, monitoring their physical and mental state and progress.
• Undertake appropriately delegated clinical tasks once deemed competent i.e. Venepuncture – urinalyses – wound care – monitor blood pressure – temperature – pulse – respiratory rate – blood sugar
• To engage in supervision, reflecting on and modifying practice where indicated
• To promote independence and wellbeing for the patients to regain their previous level of independence as quickly as possible.

You will be working under the direct supervision of the Registered Therapists and Nurses.

You must have basic computer literacy and be able to document care delivered on RiO.