Job overview

Support Workers / Carers – Hospital Home Care Team

UHMB are looking for Support Worker / Carer staff within the South Cumbria area to help with patient’s discharges who have care or rehabilitation needs at home whilst their longer term care arrangements are being established. You will be integral in supporting patients to reach their goals as they return home from their stay in hospital.

Our service also provides high quality outreach care at home for our patients whilst they are awaiting a permanent care provider to begin.

If you want to work for a Trust which offers:-

- more than the minimum wage as a salary

- an extra 35% enhanced wage for working on a Saturday and any weekday evenings and an extra 69% for working Sundays and bank holidays

- an annual increase in salary every year

- 14.38% towards your pension every month

- 27 days holiday (pro rata) increasing to 29 after 5 years’ service and 33 days after 10 years PLUS bank holidays

- a huge number of discounts in high street and other stores through NHS Discounts and the Blue Light Card

- In-house Occupational Health and Wellbeing team with speedy referrals for counselling, CBT and MSK issues along with free annual health checks

- A relocation package of 20% of your salary up to £8000 if you live more than 60 miles away from the Trust and need to relocate

- Paid emergency leave (up to 7 days)

- Lease car opportunity

why not come and see what University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay has to offer?

Main duties of the job

What else will we offer you?

- 6 weeks notice of rotas

- Access to a Learning and Development hub

- Opportunities for bank or additional hours

- A supportive team environment which values the input of the team

- A structured two-way appraisal process to support your ongoing development

- A focus on employee involvement where your contribution is valued

- Encouragement for your professional development

- Opportunity to be part of our transformational programme of combining acute and community services

- - Excellent location of our sites near the Lake District to support a healthy worklife balance

As you will be required to travel to patient’s homes within rural locations your own transport or the ability to travel is an essential requirement to this role and you will require ‘business’ on your vehicle insurance. This does not usually incur any additional costs from insurance companies but does allow you to drive between clients homes. Any travel you do in the course of this role will be reimbursed to you. We also have a number of pool cars available for colleagues to use if you don’t have access to or don’t wish to use your own car.

Various hours and shifts will be considered.

Working for our organisation

We operate from three main hospitals - Furness General Hospital (FGH) in Barrow, the Royal Lancaster Infirmary (RLI), and Westmorland General Hospital (WGH) in Kendal, as well as a number of community health care premises including Millom Hospital and GP Practice, Queen Victoria Hospital in Morecambe, and Ulverston Community Health Centre.

FGH and the RLI have a range of General Hospital services, with full Emergency Departments, Critical/Coronary Care units and various Consultant-led services.

WGH provides a range of General Hospital services, together with an Urgent Treatment Centre, that can help with a range of non-life threatening conditions such as broken bones and minor illnesses.

All three main hospitals provide a range of planned care including outpatients, diagnostics, therapies, day case and inpatient surgery. In addition, a range of local outreach services and diagnostics are provided from community facilities across Morecambe Bay.