Extra Care Night Support Worker Job Bristol area,England UK,Healthcare

About the job Extra Care Night Support Worker

1. PURPOSE OF JOB

Under the general direction of the Service Manager / Registered Manager (Extra care and step-down service) to provide personal care personal care, basic health care and practical support as determined by assessed needs, to enable individuals to live as independently as possible in their care setting. This will involve providing services to encourage service user functional rehabilitation.

2. PRINCIPAL ACCOUNTABILITIES

Service Delivery

Departmental

With the Extra Care Service Manager to ensure the effective and efficient implementation of Council policies and the achievement of the Council's objectives.

To contribute to co-operative working across services in accordance with the Council's Vision and Values. To contribute to cross-service initiatives as required

To assist in ensuring the team's services are responsive to community needs and that equal opportunity and health and safety issues are identified and addressed effectively

To assist in ensuring effective external and internal working relationships are established and maintained with organisations and agencies relevant to the work of the service.

To ensure effective and accessible communication with staff, service users, the general public and others as appropriate.

To ensure that holistic care and support is provided to meet users physical and psychological needs and to promote the continuing spiritual, family and social life of the tenants, helping them to maintain social interaction with family, friends and the community in line with their wishes.

b) Functional

To provide a service that is responsive to the needs of the service users.
To ensure that effective working relationships are developed and maintained, which are relevant to service needs, both within the team and with external agencies.
To ensure accessible and responsive communication with staff, service users, the general public and others as appropriate.
With the Registered Manager and other senior staff to ensure the effective and efficient implementation of relevant legislation, the Councils policies and objectives.

Service User Care

To provide essential holistic care and support to meet service users physical and psychological needs and to promote the continuing spiritual, family and social life of service users, including helping them to maintain social interaction with the family, friends and the community in line with their wishes.
Develop appropriate and professional relationships with service users and carers, which value them as individuals, including establishing and maintaining effective communication. To promote and maintain person-centred service.
Keep up to date written records regarding individual service users as required and in order to provide information which can contribute to care planning and assessment.
To maintain high standards of confidentiality at all times
In accordance with the individual service users care/service plan to provide personal care and basic nursing care to individuals, following instruction and recognised training received. This may include, for example, help with:

Getting up/putting to bed

Personal hygiene

Use of toilet/commode

Catheter care including stoma and sheath care

Assisting with prostheses (false legs/eyes etc)

Application of simple dressings

Foot and hand care

Basic nursing care during illness and terminal illness

Health promotion

Person centred support for those living with dementia

Assisting residents to eat and drink which include preparation of simple snacks and beverages

To operate safely (and after training) appropriate equipment, for example: bathing and lifting equipment.
Provide personal and practical care to all service users regardless of their ethnicity, gender, sexual orientation, impairment, age, HIV status, or any other health condition. This will include the provision of First Aid assistance should it be necessary.

To liaise with emergency and support services in accordance with set procedures, as necessary (including ambulance, fire brigade, property services, police and the Emergency Duty team).

To monitor the general health and wellbeing of service users for any signs of…


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